Posts Tagged ‘ Oral Surgery ’
Socket Preservation: Essential Step to Lasting Dental Implant Success
If you’re considering dental implants as a solution to restore your smile and regain oral function, you may have come across a crucial preparatory procedure known as socket preservation. At Jay Platt, DDS Oral Surgery and Dental Implant Center, we understand the significance of socket preservation in ensuring the long-term success of dental implants. Let’s […]
Dental Wellness is Total Wellness with Dental Implant Procedures
Oral health plays a crucial role in our overall well-being. Missing teeth can have a significant impact on our quality of life, affecting not only our ability to chew and speak but also our confidence and self-esteem. Traditional dentures have long been a common solution for tooth loss, but today, dental implants are revolutionizing the […]
That Smarts!: Top 10 Signs and Symptoms Your Wisdom Teeth May Be A Problem
Though wisdom teeth extractions can be performed prior to the teeth ever erupting through the gum line or causing any problems as a result of an evaluation by an oral surgeon, certain signs and symptoms can also necessitate prompt removal before more complex issues result.
Detecting and Preventing Oral Cancer: The Importance of Oral Surgeons
April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, a time to bring attention to the importance of early detection and prevention of oral cancer. It is important to understand the role that oral surgeons play in detecting and preventing this condition.
Revolutionizing Oral Surgery: The Role of Platelet Rich Fibrin
Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) is a revolutionary therapy that has gained popularity in the field of dentistry. PRF is a concentration of platelets in plasma, which is derived from the patient’s own blood. Platelets are essential for blood clotting, and they also contain various growth factors that stimulate tissue healing and regeneration. PRF has been […]
Crown Lengthening Provides Patients a Smile Worthy of a King (or Queen)!
Crown lengthening is a surgical procedure that involves reshaping the gum tissue and underlying bone around a tooth to expose more of the tooth structure and create a better foundation for a crown or other restoration. This procedure is typically performed to improve the appearance of a “gummy” smile, where too much gum tissue covers […]
How Minimally Invasive Laser Dentistry is Saving Dental Implants
When properly cared for with best practices in dental hygiene, dental implants can provide a lifetime of confidence and smiles to patients. However, as with any sort of oral health issue, lack of oral hygiene can lead to problematic situations around your new teeth. Just like with periodontitis, peri-implantitis is a build-up of bacteria in […]
No Cutting, No Sewing: Laser Assisted Periodontics
With all of the advancements in technology aiding oral health in the past century, one of the biggest may very well be the advent of periodontal laser therapy, namely Laser Assisted New Attachment Procedure (LANAP) and Laser Assisted Peri-implantitis Protocol (LAPIP). Though lasers are often seen as “high-tech” and it should come as no surprise […]
Low Bone? No Hygiene Access? No Problem!
Patients missing most or all their upper or lower teeth have long since relied on traditional dentures to remain both functional and aesthetically normal. Dentures, however, are not without limitations and drawbacks, including bone loss, instability, difficulty eating, and difficulty speaking. Thankfully, dental science has developed multiple techniques as alternatives to traditional dentures that allow […]
How LANAP and LAPIP are Changing the Treatment of Periodontal Disease
One of the biggest fears patients have about going to the dentist is pain: from needles, to scaplels, to sutures, patients dread the pain that comes with dental procedures both during and after. Coupled with recovery periods that can be longer than ideal, this fear compounds into an angst that, for many, prevents them from […]