It takes weeks of pain to treat toothache. The pain is unbearable recent jaw pain? Lost a tooth?
A dental visit right? What happens when you require an OMS Why? Brentwood Oral Surgery Center is your best choice if dental work is required. The staff is experienced and will ensure you’re comfortable.
First Consult Your Dentist
Seek out a dentist immediately if you experience pain in your gums, teeth, or jaws.
In an emergency visit an urgent clinic instead of going to the ER. If possible, avoid both. They’ll recommend a dentist visit as well as painkillers. They may charge between three and four times the actual cost for the same problem. Dentists can treat most dental problems. If necessary, they may refer you to an oral surgeon.
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Maxillofacial means jaw and face surgery. It’s used to treat injuries and mouth diseases.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery has more training than dentistry. Some oral surgeons are also medical doctors (an MD). They spend four to five years in a hospital surgical program, where they are accompanied by anesthesia residents. There are two types of general anesthesia: “Twilight Sleep” and “General Anesthesia”. The patient is asleep but can feel no pain. Local anesthesia numbs only a small portion of the patient’s entire body.
Dentists can be of assistance in many ways.
Tooth infection: This occurs most often in third molars. It can also occur elsewhere in the mouth.
Rarely is the jaw big enough for these teeth. They may only partially erupt after the first tooth erupts from the gums. This can cause infection or inflammation around wisdom tooth sockets. Impacted wisdom teeth can cause injury to adjacent teeth, gums, or bones. Cysts or tumors can then be created that lead to the destruction of the jaw tissue.
Jaw joint problems: The TMJ connects your jaw to your skull base. It’s also called “ear buzzing”. The symptoms include a popping jaw, pain, stiffness, and headaches. TMJ patients can be treated using oral medication, physical therapy, and splints. Joint surgery may be necessary for more severe cases.
Overbite/underbite: Orthognathic treatment may be required if your jaw or teeth are not aligned. For people who have difficulty chewing or swallowing extreme overbites/underbites, or sleep apnea it may be an option. Some people have abnormal upper jaws and lower jaws. This can impact speech, eating habits, swallowing, swallowing, and breathing. Braces and orthodontic devices can be used to correct misaligned dental teeth. Oral surgery is necessary to correct more serious problems. Surgery can correct severe overbites and underbites.
Implants: Implants are used for replacing missing teeth. The surgeon places a titanium screw and the dentist attaches an implant crown. Dental implants are able to replace missing teeth, or treat infections. Dental implant candidates must have sufficient bone density and quality, be infection-resistant, and practice good dental hygiene.
Increase denture comfort: For denture wearers for the first time, it is possible to need surgery to correct jaw anomalies before dentures are made. Oral surgery helps denture wearers. Bone deterioration makes dentures lose over time.
Sleep and respiratory problems: These can include snoring and sleep-disordered breathing, which results in short breathing pauses. A doctor could recommend a CPAP machine and other airway-opening equipment.
Therapy for cancer: Oral surgery treats cancers of the mouth and salivary glands.
Moreover, oral surgeons can assist with:
- Nerve patching
- Surgical correction of cleft lip and palate
- Excision of lesions from the face or within the mouth
- Repair of facial wounds
- Biopsy
- Facial inflammation
