Hi, I am Sanda Valcu-Pinkerton, and I am the myofunctional therapist working with Dr. Zaghi
during the frenuloplasties.
I am here to share with you our post-operative instructions.
It is normal in the first days to experience minor bloody oozing.
However, if that is going to happen, we recommend to use the gauze and just slip it under the
tongue and apply pressure.
If it happens to be more than just a couple of drops, please contact our office for more
information on what to do about it.
But please keep in mind, it is really within normal limits to have a little bit of bleeding
in the first two days.
You'll be provided with 2% viscous lidocaine and gauze applicators.
What we advise you to do is soak the gauze in a teaspoon of lidocaine, and just apply
on the surgical site.
In order to keep it nice and clean, just change it as many times as you feel is necessary.
We strongly recommend you to have the gauze inside of your mouth for 1 to 2 days, especially
during the nighttime.
With gauze, you can change it as needed, but keep in mind that it's very good to have
it for the first 24 to 48 hours inside your mouth at the surgical site.
We recommend Tylenol or Ibuprofen.
For some people, if they prefer, Dr. Zaghi will prescribe a pain medication.
For the patient already taking pain medication for chronic illness or pain, we do strongly
recommend for them to ask us about our in-house, outstanding pharmacist, who will be able to
sort out what kind of medication will best suit their needs for this procedure and aftercare.
We use dissolvable sutures.
It takes anywhere between 4 and 10 days for them to dissolve by themselves, so there is
no need for you to come back to have them removed.
However, if one of the sutures will come out sooner than 4 days, please don't panic.
It is still considered normal.
They will come off based on the fact if your tongue is touching the edge of the teeth.
If the sutures are coming out, then we encourage you to brush the surgical site using an extra-soft
toothbrush, which we provide in the post-care kit.
We recommend rinsing with salty water or alcohol-free mouthwashes as many times as you desire.
After you eat, that's an excellent idea, a perfect time.
Also a great choice is using a colloidal silver spray on the surgical site.
Myofunctional therapy exercises are extremely important.
So please follow your myofunctional therapist's advice in terms of exercises and stretches
before and after surgery.
We'd like to recommend waggle flap, waggle spot, caves, tongue pops, flat tongue, also
known as puppy tongue, skinny tongue, also known as snake or pointy tongue, and taco.
We wish you the best of healing and please, feel free to reach out to us if you have any
questions.