Oral Surgery – Enfield, CT
Gentle, Minimally Invasive Services to Promote Oral Health
At Four Town Dental, we do more than provide the basic services that you would expect from any dentist in Enfield. Our highly skilled team is able to provide a number of advanced procedures, including oral surgery. This page discusses some of our main oral surgery services.
What to Expect with Oral Surgery
Regardless of which oral surgery you need to undergo, you can expect to us to perform your procedure with compassion and gentleness. Anesthesia and sedation help to make our patients as comfortable as possible.
The general steps involved in oral surgery are as follows:
- Consultation and treatment planning. Feel free to express your concerns and ask any questions you may have.
- The surgery itself. If you are going to be sedated, you should have a friend or family member ready to drive you to and from your appointment.
- Recovery time. The length of your recovery time will depend on the nature of your surgery. It may last anywhere from a few days to several weeks. We will provide you with detailed instructions on how to make your recovery time as comfortable as possible.
- Follow-up care. We may call you after your surgery to check on your recovery and schedule a follow-up visit if necessary.
Tooth Extractions
We always make efforts to help our patients retain their natural teeth if at all possible. However, tooth extractions are necessary in some cases. For example, extensive decay, overcrowding, or advanced gum disease can lead to the need for one or more teeth to be removed. If you need to undergo a tooth extraction, we will first numb the area. Then, we will use gentle force to break the ligaments that hold the tooth in place. Depending on the reason for your extraction, we may later be able to replace the extracted tooth with a dental implant or fixed bridge.
Wisdom Teeth Extractions
At your routine checkups, we will always examine your wisdom teeth to determine with they pose a threat to your oral health. If we recommend that you get them removed, or you want to have them extracted as a precautionary measure, we will plan your surgery. During the procedure, we may have to create an incision in the gums or break the teeth into pieces in order to remove them with as little damage to the surrounding tissue as possible.
Dental Implant Placement
Dental implants are considered to be the gold standard in tooth replacement. While many practices must refer patients to an outside specialist for the surgery wherein the dental implants are placed in the jawbone, we can perform the procedure right here in our office. During the surgery, we open the gums, create space in the bone for the implant at a precise, pre-planned position, insert the implant, and then close the gums. After you heal adequately from the placement procedure, you will return to our office for the rest of your tooth replacement journey with dental implants.