Dental Health Magazine Dental Health Digital Issue | Page 36

Issue #5, March 2017
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE
TECHNIQUE
FOR REMOVAL OF IMPACTED
WISDOM TEETH
Everyone is struck with fear whenever
they hear the words “impacted wisdom
teeth”. It has been ingrained into
the general populations’ mind that
removing wisdom teeth is a horrifying
procedure that leads to pain, swelling
and bleeding. However, there is no
longer a need for fear as advances
in technology and formation of new
techniques have reduced the chances
of those complications from occurring.
Introducing,
“Minimally
Invasive
Technique” for removing impacted
wisdom teeth – a new technique
IMPACTED WISDOM TEETH
developed to reduce the 3 main
concerns: pain, swelling and bleeding.
1
In
DESIGN
conventional
surgeries,
a
soft
tissue flap is elevated in order to
obtain adequate access to the tooth.
As necessary as this is, it causes
significant pain, swelling and bleeding
as your dentist will be manipulating
(and indirectly damaging) a large
portion of soft tissues. Whereas in
“Minimally Invasive Technique” we will
minimally elevate a flap to gain access
to the tooth; meaning absence of
vertical releasing incision. Either that,
or a surgeon may choose to completely
forego the need of a flap using the
flapless surgery technique. These will
help as the swelling and bleeding is
directly proportional to amount of soft
tissue flap raised.
ARABIC TWO LARGE FLAP
UNNECESSARY IN VERTICAL
IMPACTION