Oral Surgery
You’re in capable hands at Hutton Village Dental Practice. When you require oral surgery, our experienced team makes sure you’re comfortable and confident with our treatment plan.
What to Expect from Your Hutton Village Dentist Before Oral Surgery
Implant-Related Surgeries at Our Essex Dental Practice
Our dentists perform many oral surgeries at our practice, giving our patients exemplary results. Two surgeries that are often performed at Hutton Village Dental Practice include bone augmentation and sinus lifts.
Bone Augmentation
Bone can deteriorate over time. We perform bone augmentation surgery when bone loss affects the health of nearby gums and teeth or prior to placing dental implants.
When patients don’t have enough bone to securely anchor implant hardware, they need bone augmentation surgery. Dental implants require a certain amount of bone and when it’s not available, this surgery helps build up the bone. We stimulate more bone growth in the area, or we retrieve bone from another area and insert it where we will eventually place the implant.
Patients are sedated during the surgery and won’t feel pain until the anaesthesia wears off. This is a simple procedure where we take a small amount of bone, likely from the back of the jaw, and graft it into the future implant area. We make an incision into the gum, separating it from the bone where we place the bone graft. We position the new bone material between sections of existing bone that need to grow together, prompting new bone formation.
Sinus Lift
Sinuses are cavities inside the skull. When we lose a tooth near the upper molars, the bone around the root area starts to recede. This can lead to the sinus expanding into the tooth root area. The implication with a dental implant here is that there may not be sufficient bone to support it.
We can perform a bone graft for upper jaw stability that lifts the sinuses back to their proper position. Over time, the bone will re-grow providing enough bone to support a dental implant. Depending on the individual, the bone graft needs to develop for four to 12 months before the implant can be placed.
We perform a common surgical technique to lift the sinuses. Starting with an incision, we cut a small circle in the bone and lift it into the sinus cavity, like a trap door. We fill the vacant space below with graft material, keeping the sinuses in the correct position. We close the surgical incision and give it the time it needs to heal.