Dental knowledge: dentoalveolar surgery
Treatments in the field of dental surgery.
In the region of the mouth, jaws and face, complex anatomical structures and functions meet in a very small space. Dentoalveolar surgery is the surgery of the oral cavity. The term combines the Latin word "dens" (tooth) with "alveolus", the medical term for the tooth socket and its supporting structures.
By dentoalveolar surgery, clinicians mean the smaller surgical procedures on the teeth and the adjoining jawbone. Treatments in this field include:
- removal of wisdom teeth,
- root-end treatments,
- surgical removal of teeth,
- extraction,
- removal or exposure of teeth lying within the bone or badly destroyed,
- removal of roots,
- periodontal surgery,
- pre-prosthetic surgery,
- jaw surgery,
- treatment of maxillary sinus infections,
- trauma care and chronic facial pain,
- inflammation and tumours in the oral and maxillofacial region,
- microsurgery,
- pre-prosthetic surgery
Modern techniques in dentoalveolar surgery are developed with the greatest possible patient safety in mind and rest increasingly on methods that are as minimally invasive as possible.
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The term combines the Latin word dens for tooth with the word alveolus, the medical term for the tooth socket and its supporting structures. What is meant by it is the surgery of the oral cavity, that is the smaller surgical procedures on the teeth and the adjoining jawbone.
Yes. Dentoalveolar surgery includes, among other things, the removal of wisdom teeth, surgical tooth removal and extraction, root-end treatments and the removal of roots, as well as the removal or exposure of teeth that lie within the bone or are badly destroyed.
Modern techniques in dentoalveolar surgery rest increasingly on methods that are as minimally invasive as possible, that is on approaches with the smallest possible access and little burden on the tissue. They are developed with the greatest possible patient safety in mind.