Oral Surgery
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Post-Op Frenectomy (Laser)
What to expect after a laser frenectomy and how ensure proper healing.
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Soft-Tissue Allograft Surgery
One method of tissue grafting that can stop receding gums and return them to a healthy condition and appearance.
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Surgical Extraction (3rd Molar)
How a wisdom tooth is removed using anesthesia and hand instruments.
Post-Operative Instructions for a Surgical Extraction
How to ensure proper healing of a wisdom tooth that has been surgically removed.
Post-Operative Instructions for a Simple Extraction
What to expect after a surgical extraction, as well as how to ensure proper healing.
Post-Op Instructions for SFOT
What to expect after surgically facilitated orthodontic therapy (SFOT) and how to ensure proper healing.
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Post-Op Frenectomy (Surgical)
What to expect after a surgical frenectomy and how ensure proper healing.
Local Anesthesia & Sedatives
An overview of what to expect before, during and after using local anesthesia and/or oral sedatives for a dental procedure.
Implants
An understanding of what’s involved in a typical first visit with a specialist for a dental implant.
Impacted Third Molar
The ways a wisdom tooth can become impacted when there is not enough room for it to emerge, and the necessity for treating it.
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General Anesthesia for Women & Children (IV Sedation)
An overview of dental surgery, the kinds of anesthesia used, and general preoperative information and instructions for women and children who will undergo a surgical procedure.
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General Anesthesia (IV Sedation)
An overview of the use of IV sedation for a dental procedure, including what a patient can expect before, during and after a procedure using general anesthesia.
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Crown Lengthening (Deep Caries)
How crown lengthening can be used to restore a tooth that’s compromised by decay below the level of the gumline.
Ankylosis
How ankylosis, if left untreated, can cause bite misalignment, uneven gum levels and can block permanent teeth from erupting in children and young adults.
Dental Surgery for Women & Children
An overview of dental surgery, the kinds of anesthesia used, and general preoperative information and instructions for women and children who will undergo a surgical procedure.
Dental Surgery
An overview of dental surgery, the kinds of anesthesia used, and general preoperative information and instructions for patients who will undergo a surgical procedure.
Ankyloglossia
How ankyloglossia, or tongue-tie, can interfere with eating and speaking and other complications if left untreated.
Supernumerary Teeth
How supernumerary teeth, if left untreated, can result in tooth crowding, cysts, delayed tooth eruption and other complications.
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Crown Lengthening (Tooth Wear)
How crown lengthening can be used as part of treatment improve the appearance of worn teeth.
Post-Operative Instructions for Periodontal Surgery
what to expect after periodontal surgery, as well as how to ensure proper healing.
Connective Tissue Graft
One method of tissue grafting that can stop receding gums and return them to a healthy condition and appearance.
Post-Operative Instructions for a Bone Graft
Care instructions on how to ensure proper healing following a bone grafting procedure.
Guided-Bone Regeneration
A surgical procedure to regenerate bone for increased support and stability.
Guided-Tissue Regeneration
A surgical procedure to regenerate gum tissue to healthy levels for increased support and stability.
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Surgically Facilitated Orthodontic Therapy (SFOT)
Surgically facilitated orthodontic therapy safely moves teeth a greater distance and into ideal position while improving bone volume.
Labial Frenectomy
A surgical and laser procedure to remove the connective tissue from either the upper or lower frenum ensuring proper jaw and airway development in children and hindering gum disease in adults.
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Expose & Bond (Canines)
How an impacted canine tooth can be properly positioned using a chain and bracket.
Post-Op Care for Maxillary Expansion
At-home care procedures after a maxillary expander with mini-screws is placed along the mid-palatal suture to widen the upper jaw.
Alveoplasty
How alveoplasty can be used to smooth bone and provide for a more comfortable denture placement.
Orthognathic Surgery
How orthognathic surgery can correct deformities of the jaw and associated malocclusion.
Osteotome Sinus Lift with Implant Placement
How an osteotome sinus lift can be used to reinforce the jawbone to allow for placement of a dental implant.
Lingual Frenectomy
How tongue-tied in children is treated surgically and with the use of a laser.
Pediatric Pulpectomy
A pulpectomy can save a child’s infected primary tooth and restore its natural function.
Bone Graft with Immediate Implant Placement
How bone graft can be used in conjunction with a dental implant to reinforce the tooth socket and provide a strong foundation for the implant.
Osteotome Sinus Lift
How an osteotome sinus lift can be used to reinforce the jawbone to allow for placement of a dental implant.
Lateral Ridge Augmentation
How the upper jaw bone can be augmented with a bone graft to successfully support a dental implant.
Immediate Denture
How temporary dentures replace teeth immediately following tooth extraction or dental implant surgery to provide temporary function for eating and speaking.
Socket Preservation
How a bone graft repairs bone loss in the jaw and restores its original strength and stability.
Sinus Lift- Lateral Window
How a sinus lift is used to thicken the upper jaw bone beneath the sinus to make it stable enough to support a dental implant.
