When you’re a kid, you know that a loose tooth is something to get excited about! However, when you’re an adult, you quickly realize that a loose sensation in your smile, whether it has to do with your natural teeth or a prosthetic that you have in place, is generally a bad thing. With that… Read more »
Category: Tooth Extraction
Wisdom Teeth: Helpful Answers About Impaction
You hear a lot about the fact that if you have impacted wisdom teeth, then you are going to need to wisdom teeth removal. You have some ideas about what impaction means but then you speak with a friend and your definitions clearly do not line up. Our Rohnert Park, CA team knows you may… Read more »
Your Extraction: Why You’ll Feel Silly You Ever Worried
Our Santa Rosa, CA team gets it! You don’t want to come in for a dental extraction, you don’t want to even think that you could possibly need one, and you’d rather just not think about it. As a result, you may spend lots of time putting it off, worrying about lots of “what if”… Read more »
A Few Good Questions to Ask About Tooth Extraction
For many patients who need to replace one or more teeth, the reason is because they’ve had a tooth extracted. When it becomes necessary, extracting a tooth can make way for your oral health specialist to replace it with a more functional prosthesis, such as a dental implant. At our Rohnert Park, CA, oral surgery… Read more »
Your Oral Surgeon Explains: Extraction Reasons
One of the treatments our oral surgeon team offers that commonly causes patients a swirling mix of uncertainty, worry, and more: Tooth extractions. No matter what, the need for this treatment always seems to bring with it at least some slight tinge of negativity, when in reality (as far as our Santa Rosa, CA team… Read more »
Oral Surgery: Beneficial And Very Necessary
There may be oral surgery you consider to help your oral health. There may be some treatments at our Santa Rosa, CA practice that you are aware certainly line up with the concerns you’re facing with your smile. However, if you have not yet spoken with our team about our oral and maxillofacial surgery services,… Read more »
Oral Surgery And Your Smile: Getting The Right Information
Remember that when you’re getting misinformation, a lot of things are going on, particularly when it comes to learning about oral surgery and your smile. First, you may find that some of the incorrect details you hear make you feel scared. You may become disappointed, when the information you gather makes you think you have… Read more »
Remember: Times When Oral Surgery Is About Choice!
Within oral health care, there are absolutely times when there is something your smile needs in order to return to its good health. However, there are also other times in which coming in to talk with our Rohnert Park, CA oral surgery team is all about you making choices for your smile based on things… Read more »
Why Do I Need Oral Surgery? My Smile Seems Healthy!
One of your jobs as a patient is to keep your smile healthy. You assume this just means following through with plaque removal with brushing and flossing, as well as professional cleanings. What you might not realize is that it’s up to you, as well, to consider the structure and function of your smile and… Read more »
Oral Surgery Recovery: It’s The Little Things
You may find that as you get closer to the day of your oral surgery, you think a bit more about recovery. Maybe you’ve had to take some time off from work or class. Perhaps you’re very detail-oriented, so you’ve gone over the directions for post-op several times. We know that even patients who are… Read more »