What’s the first thing people might notice about another person? Is it that certain clothing style, or beautiful hair, or the perfect shape?
To tell the truth, it’s often the smile. The teeth.
Teeth have a way of biting back, however. They are supposed to grow in even rows, but they frequently refuse. They need strong, white enamel, but they often give up and decay. Sometimes the gums around them give way. Teeth do, indeed, have a way of becoming troublesome.
What’s to be done with difficult teeth? Oral Surgery San Antonio performs surgical procedures for troublesome teeth. Sometimes, oral surgery is required before a person can obtain the beautiful smile and healthy mouth tissue that is optimal.
Here are some of the ways in which an oral surgeon might assist a person to gain a beautiful smile.
1. Extractions
Wisdom teeth are teeth that arrive after all the other permanent teeth are in place. They sometimes create pressure on the other teeth, causing them to crowd and decay. Oral surgery can remove them.
2. Treatment of dental infections
Teeth decay, and if unattended, a dental infection may result. An oral surgeon will extract the infected tooth and clear the mouth of infection.
3. Periodontal surgery
Infected gums cause loss of teeth. Oral surgery is sometimes needed to clear infection from gum tissue.
4. Pre-prosthetic surgery.
If teeth are badly decayed, pre-prosthetic surgery is done to fit dentures in place of the former teeth. Multiple extractions and bone modification may need to be done.
5. Implants
Implants are permanent replacements for lost or extracted teeth. An oral surgeon may be required to seat them or modify surrounding gum tissue to accommodate them.
Preparing for oral surgery involves X-rays of the mouth. These will be reviewed by the surgeon and a medical history will be recorded. The patient will be informed of the risks of oral surgery, including information about the type of anesthetic to be used. When well-administered anesthetic is utilized, oral surgery need not be stressful. If a person is anxious, conscious sedation with medications can be given to calm jumpy nerves.
After oral surgery is performed, a detailed instruction sheet is given to the patient about how to care for post-surgical trauma and what medications to take.
Oral surgery can be the prelude to a beautiful smile. For instance, when the crowding of wisdom teeth is relieved, teeth are easier to floss and clean. When infected gum tissue is cleared up, teeth become firm and healthy.
Dentures look very natural and beautiful today, and the pain and health problems of decayed teeth are gone.
Implants look and feel like beautiful, perfectly natural teeth.
Oral surgery may be the first step to what people will notice first about you, that wonderful smile!
