1. What is dental surgery?
There are many types of dental surgery, but the most common procedures include:
Wisdom Tooth Extraction:
Your mouth’s four permanent adult teeth, known as wisdom teeth, are located in the top and bottom back corners of your mouth. A wisdom tooth extraction is a surgical operation to remove one or more of these teeth.
Dental Bone Grafting:
When bone deterioration in the jaw occurs, a dental bone graft is required. Before dental implants are placed or when nearby teeth are suffering from bone loss, this surgery is frequently carried out.
Gum Surgery:
If you have gum disease, your dentist may suggest one of the various types of gum surgery. The most frequent cause of gum disease is when too much plaque is produced due to excessive bacteria in your mouth; resulting in your body being unable to fight off the infection.
Most common gum surgeries include:
- Pocket reduction (also known as gingival flap surgery): Your surgeon folds back the gums and eliminates bacteria during this surgery. The gum specialist, or periodontist, fixes the gum tissue to your teeth rather than letting it regrow naturally.
- Regeneration: A bone graft, membrane, or tissue-stimulating protein (or any combination of the three) is inserted after a periodontist folds back the gums and removes disease-causing germs This is done to encourage the regeneration of your gum tissues and re-fit tightly around your teeth.
- Crown lengthening: Your periodontist will perform this surgery to lengthen the appearance of your teeth by removing an excess of gum tissue. In addition to treating gum disease, this technique has cosmetic benefits as well.
- Soft tissue graft: Your periodontist will perform this surgery to repair gum tissue that has receded or been lost due to gum disease by attaching sample tissue from another area of your mouth to your gums. This improves the appearance of the teeth and covers areas where the root is visible. This technique is frequently utilized for cosmetic reasons in addition to treating gum disease.
PRF (platelet rich fibrin): You can find and extract a component called PRF from your own blood. When it is taken out of the blood, it has a gelatinous consistency. It is perfectly biocompatible with your body because it is created entirely from your own cells. The PRF is applied directly to areas that require healing, such as cavitation left behind from an extracted tooth.
Tooth extractions: Excessive tooth decay, tooth infection, and crowding can all require a tooth extraction. Those who get braces may need one or two teeth removed to provide room for their other teeth as they shift into place.