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Coronectomy. Wisdom tooth with close association to the inferior alveolar nerve. When extracting lower wisdom teeth, coronectomy is a treatment option involving removing the crown of the lower wisdom tooth, whilst keeping the roots in place in healthy patients. This option is given to patients as an alternative to extraction when the wisdom ...
Interproximal reduction ( IPR, also called interproximal enamel reduction ( IER ), slendering, air rotor stripping ( ARS) or reproximation) is the practice of mechanically removing enamel from between the teeth to achieve orthodontic ends, such as to correct crowding, or reshape the contact area between neighboring teeth. [1]
Wisdom teeth removal. Wisdom teeth removal is the most common treatment for impacted wisdom teeth. In the US, 10 million wisdom teeth are removed annually. The procedure can be either simple or surgical, depending on the depth of the impaction and angle of the tooth.
The Hall Technique is a minimally-invasive treatment for decayed baby back ( molar) teeth. Decay is sealed under preformed ( stainless steel) crowns, avoiding injections and drilling. It is one of a number of biologically oriented strategies for managing dental decay . The technique has an evidence-base showing that it is acceptable to children ...
Guided bone regeneration ( GBR) and guided tissue regeneration ( GTR) are dental surgical procedures that use barrier membranes to direct the growth of new bone and gingival tissue at sites with insufficient volumes or dimensions of bone or gingiva for proper function, esthetics or prosthetic restoration. Guided bone regeneration typically ...
Specialty. Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Periodontics [1] ICD-9-CM. 23.0 - 23.1. MeSH. D014081. [ edit on Wikidata] A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone.
Socket preservation. Socket preservation or alveolar ridge preservation is a procedure to reduce bone loss after tooth extraction. [1] [2] After tooth extraction, the jaw bone has a natural tendency to become narrow, and lose its original shape because the bone quickly resorbs, resulting in 30–60% loss in bone volume in the first six months ...
Redness or bleeding of gums while brushing teeth, using dental floss or biting into hard food (e.g., apples) (though this may also occur in gingivitis, where there is no attachment loss gum disease) Gum swelling that recurs; Spitting out blood after brushing teeth; Halitosis, or bad breath, and a persistent metallic taste in the mouth