Hypodontia, or congenitally missing teeth, tends to affect lateral incisors and premolars. When these teeth fail to develop, patients may pursue treatment options like braces to close the gaps between teeth or prosthetics to complete their smiles. Adults who have congenitally missing teeth may benefit...
Is living with an incomplete smile affecting your daily life and your self-esteem? Many people suffer after losing their teeth. Fortunately, our oral surgeon can help with a revolutionary tooth replacement method called “All-on-4". Using dental implants to anchor dentures, All-on-4 produces a natural looking,...
Have you suffered an accidental fall, a car accident, or sports injury that’s caused facial trauma? If so, you have likely been referred to an oral surgeon for facial surgery. An oral and maxillofacial surgeon (OMS) is a specialist who is trained to treat facial...
Wisdom teeth removal is a great investment in your oral health and wellbeing. Having your wisdom teeth removed by an oral surgeon reduces your risk for common dental conditions and can make oral function more comfortable. After your procedure, you will need to temporarily adopt...
Tooth loss can have a negative impact on your nutrition, limiting your ability to chew healthy foods like fresh fruits and vegetables that provide a variety of minerals and vitamins. If you choose dental implants to restore your smile, you can preserve nearly all of...
For patients who would like to get dental implants to restore their smiles after tooth loss, deficits in the amount of available bone tissue can stand in the way. In such cases, bone grafting can help these patients access dental implants despite this potential barrier. Bone...
If you have endured tooth loss, there’s a good chance that you really miss your teeth. Our teeth are precious and when we lose them, everyday tasks like eating and speaking become difficult. If you have suffered with tooth loss, we encourage you to look...
Jaw surgery can be a useful treatment in a variety of patient cases that affect various aspects of a patient’s life. Although jaw surgery is not as common of a reason to visit an oral surgeon as wisdom tooth extraction may be, this intervention still...
Depending on what type of tooth replacement you will get after tooth extraction, you may also need bone grafting in certain circumstances. This intervention is particularly useful in cases when patients want to get a dental implant but don’t have enough bone tissue to support...
In the process of preparing for oral surgery, patients usually have a number of questions, such as how long the procedure will take and what to expect from the recovery period. Because there are a range of different oral surgery interventions and each patient is...