SURGERY

Dental surgery or oral surgery is a medical specialization that encompasses the set of surgical interventions related to the resolution of diseases of the oral cavity that cannot be cured with pharmaceutical treatments or simple interventions. The purpose of dental surgery is to restore oral balance, both from an aesthetic and functional point of view.

IMPLANTOLOGY

The total loss of one or more teeth is called edentulism and the surgical techniques aimed at repairing the damage both at a functional and aesthetic level are implantology. Many can be the causes that lead to the total or partial loss of teeth, such as caries or other diseases not adequately treated, or other types of trauma, such as bumps or very strong blows. The evolution of the tools available to this branch of dentistry today allows you to completely restore the original situation in a single session with the immediate load implantology technique that allows the insertion of implants and the application of prostheses during a only surgical operation. Today it is possible to achieve excellent results and complete healings in most cases and return to having a healthy smile and perfect teeth even in a single session.

WISDOM TEETH EXTRACTION

This is an operation equal to the extraction of normal teeth; they present some more difficulties because they are located in the posterior areas of the mouth and are sometimes crooked and partially included in the bone. In these cases, the extraction also involves the separation of the roots and the removal of some bone. When the third molars are close to some nerves, the attention of the dentist must be greater but this does not make the wisdom tooth operation impossible or dangerous. Often for the correct planning of wisdom tooth extraction  is required to do 3D x-ray , which shows all the details needed for the intervention.

ORAL TISSUE COLLECTION / BIOPSY FOR HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

Histology consists in taking a fragment of tissue for analysis under the microscope. The biopsy is done in order to rule out or confirm a suspicion of disease (e.g. inflammation or tumor). The sample taken is first fixed in formalin, then embedded in paraffin, then cut into 2-4 micron thick slices which are fixed on a glass slide and stained. The pathologist evaluates the slide under a microscope and makes the diagnosis.

PRE-PROSTHETIC SURGERY

The term pre-prosthetic surgery refers to the set of techniques for the reconstruction of the maxillary bones in anticipation of implant surgery. There are many reconstructive techniques and they depend on many factors: amount of residual bone, location, anatomy and extent of the defect.

FRENULECTOMY

Frenectomy is a surgical procedure for the removal of one of the frenulum (lingual or labial), which allows to solve various types of problems related to short labial or lingual frenum. The frenulum is a mucous membrane that connects the lips or tongue to the alveolar mucosa. A frenulum that is too short in the labial position can create various problems, such as leading to the formation of an excessive interdental space. The disorder, if acute, can also lead to the loss of some teeth, with obvious aesthetic damage as well as with non-negligible chewing problems. In many pediatric subjects, the disorder disappears with growth, in other cases surgery is required. Surgery with laser technology reduces healing times, bleeding and possible risks, but even that which involves the use of a scalpel is absolutely safe and resolves the problems arising from too short frenulum.

APICECTOMY

Dental apicoectomy is an invasive dental procedure with which the apex of a tooth root, i.e. the few millimeters of the tip, is removed, so as to permanently seal the root canal and avoid having to intervene on the crown as well. Apicoectomy is performed if the apex is affected by an infection that could not be treated through devitalization; it is therefore an intervention aimed at solving the most difficult cases of dental abscess, periapical granuloma, cysts and other types of problems and pathology, without resorting to tooth extraction.

RHIZOTOMY

Dental rhizotomy is one of the procedures that can be used to treat trigeminal neuralgia. With dental rhizotomy, the surgeon destroys nerve fibers to reduce pain and can cause some degree of facial numbness. Depending on the case, there are different types of dental rhizotomy which include the injection of glycerol and the compression of the balloon.

EXPOSURE OR EXTRACTION OF INCLUDED CANINE

The operation consists in opening a mucous and bony breach in the palate, then connecting an orthodontic wire on the surface of the canine included on one side and the other on an anchoring point applied to the dental arch. The traction force exerted over time on the wire, combined with the contemporary orthodontic therapy in progress, favors the displacement of the canine which is pulled out, disincluded, guided and aligned in the arch.