Dentoalveolar surgery involves the treating of diseases of teeth, soft tissue, and the jawbone. The most common dentoalveolar surgery is the extraction of decaying teeth. But apart from extraction, other procedures under this definition include biopsy and lesion removal, treatment of infections in the mouth, and the addition, removal, or reshaping of hard and soft tissue on the jawbone.
So is dentoalveolar surgery necessary?
When teeth are decaying and cannot be saved, extraction is needed. However, there are times when a simple extraction may not be enough. When teeth in the immediate area of the target tooth have crowns or large fillings, or when there is a dentoalveolar nerve near the tooth, a more complex surgical procedure is needed. Sometimes people have roots that go deep into the jaw, or they have unerupted or impacted teeth or even teeth that are fused to the jaw. These instances also require more complex surgery.
Dentists also perform dentoalveolar surgery when they find benign cysts or growths on the jaw that they need to remove. They also perform the procedure when they discover supernumerary or extra teeth and malformation. Any additional bone growth requires dentoalveolar surgery.
There are also some cases when a tooth is knocked out that dentoalveolar surgery is performed on impacted teeth to replace the tooth that was knocked out.
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So is dentoalveolar surgery necessary?
When teeth are decaying and cannot be saved, extraction is needed. However, there are times when a simple extraction may not be enough. When teeth in the immediate area of the target tooth have crowns or large fillings, or when there is a dentoalveolar nerve near the tooth, a more complex surgical procedure is needed. Sometimes people have roots that go deep into the jaw, or they have unerupted or impacted teeth or even teeth that are fused to the jaw. These instances also require more complex surgery.
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There are also some cases when a tooth is knocked out that dentoalveolar surgery is performed on impacted teeth to replace the tooth that was knocked out.
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