Dentoalveolar Surgery

WISDOM TOOTH REMOVAL AND OTHER GUM SURGERY IN NEWTOWN:

Dentoalveolar surgeries are the procedures most often performed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. These are a group of procedures that involve adding, reshaping or removing hard and soft tissues supporting teeth and are mostly done under local anesthesia.

Types of dentoalveolar surgeries include:

• Extraction of a tooth (such as removal of wisdom teeth)
• Complicated tooth extractions (such as impacted teeth)
• Removal of noncancerous lesions, small tumor or cysts
• Recontouring or enhancement of the alveolar bone to support placement of a dental implant
• Preparing gum and bone for implant, crown or denture placement
• Exposure of teeth for orthodontics
• Odontogenic infections (infections that originate in or around the tooth)
• Periradicular pathologies (pathologies around the root of the tooth)

Although extracting one or more teeth is the most common dentoalveolar surgery in Newtown, any surgery that manages or treats the conditions listed above is known as a dentoalveolar procedure. Dentoalveolar surgery may be performed to eliminate acute or chronic infection, limit or eliminate pain, restore anatomical form or chewing ability, aid in other restorative procedures or remove an existing pathology.