Wisdom Tooth Removal – Aftercare

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Having your impacted wisdom teeth removed is a serious surgical procedure, and post-operative care is extremely important! Read on for instructions on how to care for your sore mouth, and how to minimize unnecessary pain and complications. Immediately Following Surgery Keep a firm, yet gentle pressure on the gauze packs that have been placed in…

Eating After Wisdom Tooth Extraction

Categories: Blog, Extraction, Pain
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When it comes to getting your wisdom teeth pulled, you may be stressing about the long list of foods you can’t eat. Don’t worry – you won’t starve! We want your recovery to be as quick and painless as possible, so keep reading for an easy-to-follow guide to eating after your wisdom tooth removal! DONT’S…

Dry socket anyone?

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  Dry socket! The most dreaded thing that most patients ask me during the consultation.  Everyone seemingly knows about dry socket.  What is dry socket?  Well, its really the inflammation of the bone in the extraction site, the bone that used to support the extracted tooth.  Typically when a tooth is extracted, a blood clot…

Impacted Canines: Before and afters

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On a weekly basis, we have referrals for patients with impacted canines…meaning that their canines are stuck in an unnatural position.  We typically see these cases in the teenage years… but sometimes we have patients that present to us in their 50’s and 60’s to address their impacted canines because now they have become an…

Routine use of prophylactic antibiotics is NOT RECOMMEND prior to dental procedures in orthopedic patients with prosthetic joints.

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In the most recent edition of the Journal of American Dental Association (JADA), there has been an update to the 2013 recommendation on antibiotics prophylaxis recommendation for orthopedic patients with prosthetic joints.  In 2013, the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), in collaboration with the American Dental Association (ADA), published the results of a comprehensive evidence-based,…

Panorex! Whats a panorex? Why do I need that?

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We commonly have patients and/or parents question why we obtain a panorex as part of our comprehensive assessment for oral surgical procedures.  A panorex is an x–ray that provides a full view of the upper and lower jaws, teeth, temporomandibular joints (TMJs) and sinuses.  Without this critical piece of data, we can sometimes miss pathologic…