hi everyone, i'm new to the group.

i'm generally pretty terrified of dentists, but i love my teeth very
much and pretty much force myself to go get cleanings (usually once
evert 3 years i can work myself up to it).

last year i skipped out on a crown procedure and then became pregnant,
and then my two teeth that needed crowns deteriorated more during my
pregnancy. so after my daughter was born, i forced myself to go get
the procedure done (i told them to give me the gas, but even during
the procedure i was incredibly tense and my legs were shaking)...

after they took impressions, and then ground my two front teeth down,
they put the temporary teeth on.
when i looked in the mirror, the gums around my top right tooth were
blue and bruised looking. i thought that was normal since the dentist
didn't say anything about it. but now that i think about it, the gums
above my left tooth looked normal, so i probably should have asked.

anyway, the next day the blue/bruised part of my gums was completely
white. it was like there wasn't any blood getting to that part of my
gums, or the tissue had died or something. i'm still not sure what
happened, because friday my dentist office was closed. i tried
calling the emergency number but the on-call dentist didn't know
because he couldn't see it, but said that my gums were probably
irritated when they were grinding my teeth down. he told me just to
ask my dentist on monday, but in the meantime rinse with saltwater
three X daily.

but i'm really worried, because the next day when i was brushing my
teeth, a chunk of the white part sluffed off, so there was a hole
within the white part of my gums. it exposed part of my temporary
tooth, where the gums SHOULD have been covering.

today i woke up and the hole is gone, but now it's just a
whitish/brown blob of gum tissue surrounded by purplish/red gums.
it is not swollen at all. i'm avoiding that area with my toothbrush
from now on, because i don't want more of it to sluff off. :(

so i guess my question is, is it trying to scab over?

will my gums grow back? will they grow normally?

has this happened to anyone else where a dentist irritated your gums
and they turned white?

i'm really scared and nervous. i'm scared of having gum problems, and
even more scared of needing a gum graft to cover that area if it needs
it. i've heard lots of horror stories about gum grafts popping off.
and it really sucks because it's my front tooth, one of the most
noticable areas of my smile. i'm very scared.

can anyone help me with this?