What is sinus lift?
Sinus lift Sinus is located in the maxilla, above the small and big molars’ region. If a patient loses his/her molars, there are only teeth abutments left; and the more time passes after the [...]
What is dental bone replacement (bone graft)?
Bone replacement is one of the latest dental novelties; it may be a solution for different kinds of dental bone defects. Such defects may evolve as a result of trauma, cyst, tumour, bone disease [...]
What to do after oral surgery treatment?
It is not allowed to suck or rinse the wound, to foment or warm the face with a pillow. It is allowed to chill the swollen part, but only from the outside for 1-2 minutes, 5-6 times a day. After [...]
What is root end surgery (apectomy)?
Apectomy means the removal of the root apex of the dental root from the bone – while taking care of saving the tooth. The treatment is executed in case of teeth with root canal filling. Apectomy [...]
What is sinus closure?
When is sinus closure necessary? Sinus is located in the upper jaw bone. The opening of sinus is the most common intergrowth of the extraction of the small or big upper molar. It may occur if the [...]
What is a dental implant? How do dental implants work?
Dental implantation is the latest technology in the rehabilitation of tooth loss. An implant is an artificial fang planted in the jaw. Crowns and bridges that are fixed onto implants are able to [...]
When is wisdom tooth extraction necessary?
Wisdom tooth often needs to be extracted, even for patients with absolutely healthy teeth. In most of the cases it is because of a tooth stuck in the jaw bone while coming out and it stays in the [...]
When is tooth extraction necessary?
Tooth extraction may be necessary if: a plexus tooth has a chronic inflammation (i.e. upper tooth plexus may cause sinus infection) there is a massive dental caries on a broken tooth that cannot [...]
When is oral surgery necessary?
Despite the quick development of dental services there are still some mutations that cannot be cured with any of the dental treatments. That is when oral surgery is inevitable. Oral surgery [...]
How is a dental prosthesis made? What types of prostheses are there?
Removable prosthesis (removable denture) If the edentulous area is so much extended that it is not possible to use a fixed prosthesis, i.e. a bridge, it is necessary to prepare a removable [...]