Oral surgery
Alleviate Pain & Discomfort
Restore Smile and Function
Prepare for Orthodontics
Expert Oral Surgery Care
Specialized Surgical Solutions for Your Healthiest Smile
While your general dentist is your primary partner in wellness, certain procedures require a specialist. As your oral surgery specialists, we provide that next level of expert care. Our services range from implants and bone grafting to wisdom tooth removal and complex extractions. We are committed to a unique approach that pairs surgical precision with advanced healing technologies, like laser therapy and photobiomodulation, to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Our mission is to provide an experience that is not only effective but also positive and comfortable, helping you achieve lasting oral health and confidence.
Biopsies
Providing a Clear Path to a Diagnosis
An oral biopsy is a diagnostic procedure used to evaluate abnormal tissue in the mouth. By taking a small sample, we can have it professionally evaluated to determine a diagnosis and guide the next steps in your care. This process is essential for the early detection and treatment of a variety of conditions.
Our team performs biopsies with the utmost care, ensuring you are comfortable throughout the brief procedure. Your health and peace of mind are our top priorities, and this procedure is a key step in ensuring both.
Frenectomies
A Simple Procedure for Improved Oral Function
A frenectomy is a minor surgical procedure to release or remove a frenum, which is a small band of tissue connecting the lips, cheeks, or tongue to the gumline. When a frenum is too short or tight, it can restrict movement, potentially interfering with functions like speaking or eating.
Our surgeons can perform this quick and precise procedure to release the tension, allowing for a greater range of motion and preventing potential future orthodontic or periodontal issues.
Canine Exposure
Working With Your Orthodontist for a Perfect Smile
Canine exposure is a common surgical procedure performed in coordination with orthodontic treatment. When a canine tooth fails to erupt on its own and becomes impacted in the jawbone, we can surgically uncover it. After exposing the tooth, an orthodontic bracket can be attached, allowing your orthodontist to carefully guide the tooth into its correct position within the dental arch.
This teamwork between our surgical practice and your orthodontist is essential for creating a healthy, functional, and beautifully aligned bite, ensuring your treatment plan stays on track for the best possible results.
Temporary Anchorage Devices (TADs)
Providing Support for Complex Orthodontic Movements
Temporary anchorage devices (TADs), are small titanium anchors that are temporarily placed in the jawbone. They provide the necessary support for your orthodontist to achieve more complex and predictable tooth movements that might be difficult with braces alone. This advanced technique can often make orthodontic treatment more efficient and, in some cases, can help shorten the overall time you need to wear braces. Once the desired movement is complete, the TADs are easily and comfortably removed by our team.
Tooth Extractions
Removing Teeth to Restore Your Oral Health
While preserving natural teeth is always our priority, a tooth extraction is sometimes the best option to protect your overall oral health. An extraction may be necessary due to severe decay, advanced periodontal disease, irreparable damage, or to resolve crowding issues. Our experienced oral surgeons perform extractions with a focus on your comfort. We ensure the area is fully numb and offer various sedation options to help you relax.
After the procedure, we will provide detailed instructions to promote proper healing and discuss your options for tooth replacement, such as dental implants.
Wisdom Teeth Removal
Preventing Future Problems With Gentle Removal
Wisdom teeth, or third molars, are the last teeth to erupt and often lack the necessary space to grow in properly. This can lead to them becoming impacted, growing in at an angle, or only partially emerging, which can cause pain, infection, crowding, or damage to adjacent teeth. We specialize in the safe and comfortable removal of wisdom teeth to prevent future complications.
Our surgical team uses advanced imaging to plan the procedure precisely and offers a range of sedation options to ensure you feel at ease throughout your visit, protecting your long-term oral health.
Treatment for Orofacial Trauma
Expert Repair of Facial and Dental Injuries
Orofacial trauma refers to injuries to the face, jaws, mouth, and teeth. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, our doctor is uniquely qualified to manage and treat these complex injuries. Our expertise covers a wide range of trauma-related issues, from fractured jaws and facial bones to missing or damaged teeth.
We are dedicated to providing immediate, compassionate, and highly skilled care to not only repair the damage but also to restore function and aesthetics. Our goal is to manage your recovery process carefully, ensuring the best possible outcome and helping you heal with confidence after an injury.
Bone Grafting & Socket Preservation
Rebuilding the Foundation for a Healthy Smile
Following a tooth extraction, the jawbone in that area naturally begins to shrink. A socket preservation procedure is performed to counteract this bone loss. It involves placing bone grafting material into the empty socket immediately after the tooth is removed. This technique preserves the natural height and width of the alveolar ridge, which is the bone that supports the teeth.
By maintaining this critical bone structure, we create a strong and stable foundation that is essential for the future placement of a dental implant, often simplifying the process and ensuring a more predictable outcome.
Ridge Expansion
Recreating the Natural Contour of Your Jaw
A ridge expansion is a surgical technique used when the jawbone is too narrow to support dental implants. This procedure helps recreate the natural contour of the gums and jaw that may have been lost due to tooth loss, developmental issues, or injury.
Our surgeon will carefully expand the bony ridge, creating the necessary width, and will often place bone graft material to help generate new bone in the expanded space. This allows us to create an ideal site with sufficient bone volume to securely place dental implants, restoring both function and natural aesthetics.
Pre-prosthetic Surgery
Preparing Your Mouth for a Comfortable Denture
Pre-prosthetic surgery refers to a range of procedures performed to prepare your mouth before the placement of a partial or complete denture. The goal is to create a comfortable and stable foundation for your new prosthetic, ensuring the best possible fit and function.
This may involve smoothing or reshaping the jawbone, removing excess gum tissue, or extracting any remaining teeth that could interfere with the denture. Our surgeons carefully tailor these procedures to the specific anatomy of your mouth, maximizing your comfort and ensuring the long-term success and wearability of your new smile.
Alveolar Onlay Grafts
Advanced Bone Grafting for Complex Cases
Alveolar onlay grafts are an advanced bone grafting technique used to restore the jawbone in areas with significant bone deficiency, often where teeth have been missing for a long time or were lost due to infection. This procedure is typically performed in preparation for dental implants when there isn't enough bone to support them.
Our surgeon may graft bone from another area and secure it over the deficient area. After a period of healing, this graft fuses with the underlying jawbone, creating the necessary volume to successfully place implants.
Sinus Lift
Creating Room for Implants in the Molar Area
A sinus lift, or sinus augmentation, is a surgical procedure performed when there is not enough bone height in the upper back jaw for the placement of dental implants. This often occurs due to bone loss after molar extractions or due to the natural size and position of the maxillary sinus.
The procedure involves gently lifting the sinus membrane and placing a bone graft into the space created. This increases the amount of available bone, providing the necessary support and foundation for dental implants to be placed securely.
Dermal Fillers
A Nonsurgical Alternative to a Facelift
As part of our commitment to helping you achieve your aesthetic goals, we offer dermal fillers to enhance your surgical results. Dermal fillers are an effective, nonsurgical way to decrease wrinkles around the mouth and eyes, soften facial creases, and plump the lips. This treatment offers an effect similar to a surgical facelift, but is faster and requires no recovery time.
Cosmetic injectables serve as an excellent complementary treatment to beautifully frame your new smile after undergoing restorative or implant dentistry.
Winkle Reduction
Smooth Unwanted Lines on the Face and Chin
To provide a comprehensive aesthetic outcome, we offer wrinkle reduction therapy in addition to our oral surgery services. Common areas for improvement include the forehead, between the eyebrows, the corners of the eyes, and the sides of the chin.
This service helps you achieve a cohesive and rejuvenated appearance, ensuring the final results of your dental work are highlighted by a smooth, youthful appearance.
Sedation for Oral Surgery
Anxiety-Free and Relaxing Oral Surgery Options
We understand that undergoing oral surgery can cause anxiety for many patients, which is why we offer a comprehensive range of sedation options to ensure your experience is calm and comfortable. Depending on your level of apprehension and the complexity of your procedure, we can provide nitrous oxide (laughing gas) for light relaxation, oral sedation for a deeper state of calm, or general anesthesia for complete unconsciousness.
Our highly trained staff, with certifications in sedation monitoring, will help you choose the appropriate option and will monitor you closely to ensure your utmost safety and comfort.
Schedule a consultation to discuss your oral surgery needs with our expert team.
Our dedicated team is here to answer your questions and coordinate your care. Contact our practice today to learn how our surgical expertise can benefit you.
Convenient Payment and Financing Solutions
Our goal is to make every aspect of your care straightforward, including the financial process. We accept all major credit cards for your convenience. To help you manage the investment in your health, we have also partnered with a trusted third-party financing company, CareCredit, which offers flexible payment plans.
For patients with insurance, our knowledgeable team is happy to file a claim on your behalf to streamline the process for you. We are here to help you navigate your options and find the best solution to afford your care.
