Oral Surgery
Oral surgery refers to any surgical procedure performed in or around your mouth and jaw, usually by a dental specialist who is trained to perform certain types of oral surgery. There are many types of oral surgery, including surgical procedures such as tooth extraction or a root canal. Some oral surgeries involve jaw repositioning. In other cases, oral surgery may involve removing a tumor. Oral surgery can be performed by a number of different types of dental specialists, including endodontists, periodontists, and prosthodontists.
Oral Surgical Procedures
Tooth extraction
A common dental surgery is tooth extraction, which is usually necessary to resolve disease, trauma or an overcrowded mouth. Teeth that are visible above the gum line and can be pulled with forceps are usually removed with a simple extraction. You may undergo a surgical extraction when bone or tissue must be cut to remove the tooth. Surgical extractions usually also require stitches to close the wound. Wisdom teeth can be particularly difficult to remove, and often by the time they are surgically removed, they may be half-erupted or impacted.
Prosthodontics
Prosthodontics includes a variety of aesthetic procedures, including the reshaping of individual teeth to accept crowns, veneers, or bridges, and the surgical insertion of dental implants for the assembly of artificial teeth or dentures.
Advantages of Oral Surgery
Achieving long-term tooth replacement
Patients with missing teeth have a number of options to treat their loss. If you choose a bridge or denture, you will restore the crown of your tooth (which rests on the gum tissue) but not replace the roots. As a result, your device may last several years, but will require replacement and, likely, the occasional repair. Tooth replacement with oral surgery means replacing the entire tooth with a dental implant and restoration for a long-lasting, permanent solution.
Prevention of significant damage
In some cases, you will need oral surgery for a problem that is progressive. This means that the issue at hand – jawbone deterioration, for example – will get worse over time if you don’t treat it. Fortunately, in this case, we can replace the lost tissue with bone grafting to prevent the problem from progressing and causing significant damage.
