Our daughter is 20 & has had 6 surgeries on her cleft
lip/nose/alveolar ridge. She is in the middle of getting a bridge
from a prostadontist and the injections that she has to receive
to numb the upper front teeth are excruciating for her because of
all the scar tissue that has built up from her surgeries. Has
anyone had to deal with this? Are there ways to avoid some of the
excruciating pain? Are there prostadontists that specialize in
kids with clefts who have special ways to give these injections?
Any help will be appreciated. Maybe there is a new technique or
type of injection that can be administered in these type of
situations that we could tell our prostadontist about.