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What is Oral Surgery?
Oral surgery is the surgical treatment of disorders, diseases and injuries of the hard and soft tissues of the face, mouth, teeth and jaws. It refers to any procedure that involves cutting into or removing tissue from your mouth.
Extensive tooth damage or decay, advanced periodontal (gum) disease and traumatic injuries can leave you in need of surgical intervention. These dental conditions cannot improve on their own and are too advanced for other, non-invasive treatments.
Surgical treatments include procedures like extracting a tooth and placing a dental implant. At our Kelowna dental office, our dentists offer a range of oral surgery procedures to help us care for and protect your oral health.
Dental Implants
A dental implant is a small titanium screw that functions like a natural tooth root. Our dentists place dental implants as part of the process to replace a missing tooth and assist in restoring your smile. A dental implant, together with a tooth replacement such as a crown or bridge, looks and feels much like a natural tooth.
Extraction & Wisdom Tooth Removal
While it's always preferable to save a natural tooth, there are some cases where it's not possible. If a tooth is too badly damaged as a result of decay, disease or injury, it may need to be extracted. Wisdom teeth may also need to be removed if they grow in impacted or start to cause crowding of other teeth.
Bone Grafts & Sinus Lifts
A bone graft is a procedure where your dentist adds bone tissue to your jaw bone, making it strong enough to support a dental implant. A sinus lift is used for a similar purpose. It is a type of bone graft where your dentist adds bone material to the upper back jaw to raise and increase the amount of bone in the sinus area.
