Repairing Massive Facial Trauma after an Accident
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons might be the ultimate puzzle solvers. Facial trauma, especially when it involves complex fractures, requires a specialized hand and an understanding of the intricately-balanced structures in the face and jaw. Ever seen an archaeologist try to reconstruct shattered pottery? It’s kind of like that. How do you know if you need […]
Artificial Sugars vs Natural Sugars: Which is the Lesser Evil?
We know sugar isn’t good for your overall health, and that definitely includes your teeth. From almost infancy, it seems as if parents and dentists everywhere constantly express the dangers of too much sugar. “It’ll rot your teeth out!”, “You’ll get cavities!”, “All your teeth will fall out!”. While hyperbolic, our parents and oral health […]
Who Corrects Cleft Palates in Children?
Cleft palates in infants aren’t super common, but they’re common enough they warrant the need for a specialist in pediatric maxillofacial surgery to understand how to repair them. Cleft palates can be dangerous for the health of an infant, and will lessen their quality of life with difficulty feeding, eating and (later) speaking. Infants with […]
Impacted Eye Teeth: What are They and How does Oral Surgery Fix it?
When you hear about impacted teeth, your first thought is likely a complex wisdom tooth extraction that includes shaving into the jaw and/or dental bone grafting to complete. The word “impacted” never gives you a good feeling. But other teeth can become impacted, too, and one of the most common teeth that fail to erupt […]
Dental Implants: Look, Function, or Both?
As far as options for replacing missing teeth go, the most holistic method of tooth replacement is dental implant surgery. Yes, it’s invasive; yes, it requires patience and healing time; yes, it may require preliminary dental bone grafting. But it’s worth it. Dental implants are the only permanent solution to tooth replacement that look and […]
Can I Still Have my Wisdom Teeth Removed as an Adult?
Can an older adult still have an operation performed to take all four wisdom teeth out? Yes. You’re never too old to get your wisdom teeth removed. Especially if they begin to cause problems for you later in life like teeth crowding or consistent pain—book a trip to chat with your local oral surgeon asap. […]
What Do We Mean When We Say a Tooth is Impacted?
If the oral surgeon who’s going to extract your wisdom teeth tells you one or more of them are “impacted,” that means they haven’t been able to come in normally. They might not be able to erupt, they might come in at a crazy angle, or they might get stuck in the jawbone. Whatever the […]
Reasons You Might Need a Tooth Extraction
The teeth that come in after you lose all your milk teeth – your adult teeth – are meant to last you through your decades of adulthood. But lifestyle choices, accidents, disease – these can all affect how “permanent” your permanent teeth actually are. Getting your wisdom teeth taken out is one time where, yeah, […]
Zirconia Dental Implants vs. Titanium Dental Implants
A lot has changed with cosmetic tooth implants over the years. The approach dates back nearly 4000 years ago, but the first-ever implant as we know them today was installed in a patient’s jaw in 1965. And from there, modern technology has continued innovating to help us create tooth implants that are made of quality […]
I’m Missing a Tooth. What Options do I have for Tooth Replacement?
If you’re missing one or more teeth, don’t fret. First of all, apparently the average middle-aged American is missing seven teeth, so you’re not alone. And nowadays, there are several options to replace those teeth, including holistic tooth replacement that restores not only the look but the biological functions of your teeth and jaw. Before […]
What Exactly is a Dental Bone Graft?
What Exactly is a Dental Bone Graft? Pretty much anytime we hear the words “bone graft,” unpleasant, painful procedures come to mind, even though many of us don’t know exactly how a bone graft works in the first place. And add “dental” to that term – sounds daunting, right? As a dental implant dentist who […]
Aftercare is Important After a Tooth Extraction
There are many reasons you might need to have a tooth extracted. A tooth that’s cracked past the gum line, decayed or infected might need taken out. Maybe you needed your wisdom teeth removed. Or maybe it got accidentally extracted (read: knocked out) in an accident. Whatever the reason, having a tooth taken out is […]
