While the prospect of dental surgery may sound intimidating at first, our Novato dentists are here to help you understand how this type of treatment can be useful and even transformative in the right circumstances. Keep reading to learn more…
Dental Damage
Dental infections—like periodontal disease and cavities—can continue to infect vulnerable tissues and cause damage until they are treated. If portions of your smile are damaged beyond repair, our team will remove the affected tissues before beginning restorative treatment. In some cases, even portions of a patient’s jawbone need to be removed in order to restore the patient’s smile to health.
Impacted Wisdom Teeth
Another common reason for undergoing oral surgery is to remove problematic wisdom teeth. In certain cases, we are able to simply pull wisdom teeth, like we would pull any other tooth. More commonly, however, a wisdom tooth gets stuck in the patient’s jawbone—this is called an impacted tooth. In these cases surgery is necessary to extract the tooth.
Oral Cancers
If you are diagnosed with a type of oral cancer, you will likely need surgery in order to remove the cancerous tissue. Tumors can develop in many places on the maxillofacial structure, including on the tongue, in the jawbone, on the hard palate, near the sinuses, and on the gum tissue. Tumor removal is the first step in treating cancer and achieving remission.
If your smile has been negatively affected by infection or damage, our Novato biomimetic dentists are here to help you get back on track. The best way to reach our team is to call our office, or to use the Contact Us page on our website to submit a question for our team. We look forward to speaking with you!