How can we help you?
At Summit Dental Group we are always available to answer your questions. We want our patients to be fully informed about important dental procedures and oral health issues, so we’ve listed several of the questions we hear most often. If you do not see the answer you’re looking for below, please do not hesitate to contact our office at (970) 468-2471.
Oral Surgery
Under normal circumstances, the root of your tooth stimulates growth of surrounding bone tissue in your jaw. If you lose a tooth, the bone surrounding the missing root has nothing to support it, and it will begin to erode. At the same time, your gum will begin to shrink as the bone deteriorates, resulting in a sunken appearance of the gums.
How Bone Grafting is Done
Bone grafting is a procedure that allows us to rebuild the portion of your jaw where the root is missing. This corrects the appearance of collapsed gums because the grafted bone helps stimulate your body’s natural ability to regenerate bone tissue.
The Need for Bone Grafting
If you’re having a dental bridge placed, and the gum around the missing tooth has started to collapse, bone grafting can effectively build up that area of the gum and eliminate the shrunken appearance.
In order to have a dental implant placed, there must be sufficient bone density in your jaw to hold the implant. We may recommend bone grafting to accommodate the implant. Bone grafting may also be recommended to correct problems associated with severe periodontal infection.
Drs. Mitchell and Schneider are highly-trained in oral surgery, and bone grafting in particular. Please contact our office for more information, and we will be happy to answer any questions you have about bone grafting.
Oral surgery may be necessary for any one of a number of reasons. If your dentist has told you that you need oral surgery, you are most likely experiencing some type of serious oral health problem that needs to be dealt with quickly.
Some reasons why oral surgery may be necessary are:
- Extraction of a severely decayed toot that cannot be treated effectively with a root canal
- Eliminate serious periodontal disease to prevent further infection or tooth loss
- Dental bone grafting to support your jaw when a tooth is missing or as needed for dental implant surgery
Our Experience with Oral Surgery
At Summit Dental Group, we certainly understand that the prospect of oral surgery and tooth extraction can be unpleasant and scary. Both Drs. Mitchell and Schneider have extensive experience in the area of oral surgery, and our team members are all highly trained to deal with this type of complex procedure with care and compassion.
We will be happy to make an appointment to assess your situation and decide if oral surgery is the best course of action in your case. Please contact our office, and a member of our team will be happy to make arrangements for a consultation with one of our doctors.
There are a number of reasons why it may be necessary to extract a tooth. In the majority of cases, a tooth needs to be removed because decay has become so severe that extraction is the only option available to prevent you from experiencing continued acute pain.
Our Philosophy
It is our primary goal to preserve teeth whenever possible. Treatments like root canal therapy are one example of ways in which we can save a severely damaged tooth. When you have a root canal infection, you most likely experience a lot of pain. The only way to eliminate the pain and save the tooth is with a root canal.
But if you put off having a root canal, the pain will worsen as the decay continues to work its way into the portion of your tooth that contains the root and nerves. When this happens, a root canal may no longer be an option, and extraction of the tooth may be the only way to eliminate your pain.
Other Causes of Teeth Pulling
Other instances where tooth extraction is necessary are breaks or fractures in your tooth that extend beneath your gum line and wisdom teeth that have developed improperly and are causing crowding, which can lead to more serious oral health problems.