Dental advice please

Blue_Mermaid

PasturesNew wrote: »

I see my hygienist every 3 months and have a clean and an injection of gel called Dentomycin. The gel is expensive but they only inject the pockets and so the syringe is kept in the fridge until my next appointment; I am on the first syringe and it looks like there'll still be enough for my 3rd injection. I can't give prices as I'd signed up for Denplan and am now stuck with that until this is all over before I drop it....... but on top of Denplan I paid £64 for the gel.

The dentist says the pockets are reducing and what I am doing is "right/working". I use the interdental brushes daily.

Last visit I also had an extraction due to the bone having disappeared and infection settling in behind the tooth.

This year I am getting more out of Denplan than I paid in, thank goodness!

I'm glad your pockets are reducing PasturesNew and well done you for doing all the right things at home.

Sorry to read about the extraction though. That's awful and something I dread for the future. I hope you don't lose any more.

The Dentomycin sounds worth it, if it can be afforded. I was reading about the Periochip yesterday. Don't know if I'll be offered either of those unless I see the Periodontist.

All the best.

Blue_Mermaid

Any recommendations for which electric toothbrush to buy? I asked hygienist as she was rushing me out the door for next patient and she grabbed a leaflet with the Oral B Pro range and said to make sure I go for one with a sensitive feature.

I have a very small mouth, and I'm very petite, so a small one will probably be best and not too heavy.

Blue_Mermaid

I was looking at them online the other day and I think it was the Oral B Pro 3000 that reviewers said was quite small and compact but they also said it took 20 hours to charge each time. I don't know how that compares to others (charge time I mean).