Oral surgery is a specialty of dentistry that focuses on the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases, injuries and defects related to the mouth, teeth, jaws and adjacent facial structures. Oral surgeons are dentists with additional training and experience in complex surgical procedures within the oral cavity.
Oral surgery can address a wide range of problems, including complicated tooth extractions, placement of dental implants, correction of maxillofacial deformities, treatment of cysts and tumors of the mandible or maxilla, salivary gland surgery, correction of dental malocclusions, and treatment of traumatic facial injuries.
Oral surgeons use advanced surgical techniques and may work closely with other specialists, such as orthodontists, periodontists and endodontists, to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of oral and facial problems.
It is important to note that oral surgery is a recognized specialty in the field of dentistry and requires specific education and additional training after obtaining a dental degree. Oral surgeons usually work in dental clinics, hospitals or centers specializing in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Types of oral surgery
Simple exodontia treatment consists of the extraction of a tooth that cannot/should not be kept due to various causes:
Wisdom teeth are the last molars, they emerge from the age of 20, although there are patients who do not get to form them. Generally, a person may have 4 wisdom teeth and their extraction will depend on the space they have in the mouth.
As they are the last teeth to come out, they can cause the movement of the previous ones and even cause pain because they do not have enough space.
Gingivectomy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure to remove excess gingival tissue.
The dental cysts are formed after a chronic dental infectious process that has not been treated in time, should be considered because the natural evolution of these benign lesions is the growth and destruction of bone and teeth progressively.
Frenectomy treatment consists of the complete removal of the frenulum.
Frenectomy techniques can be classified as: simple excision or rhomboid excision.
The apicoectomy is a surgery that consists of removing the apex of the tooth root.
