surgery . “ Because of our rigorous controls , we can treat and care for patients with complex surgical needs ,” Dr . Bates notes . “ Some oral surgery procedures require several hours to complete , and demand specialized anesthesia care , including nasal endotracheal intubation , careful fluid monitoring , and hypotensive anesthesia . This facility and our compliance policies were specifically designed to meet these needs .”
Anesthesia and Pain Management
Texas Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is registered with the Texas Medical Board as a provider of office-based anesthesia services . “ Our anesthesiologists are really in tune with outpatient anesthesia and as such , we avoid a lot of the problems seen in inpatient anesthesia involving prolonged recovery , nausea , pain and delayed discharge due to anesthetics . In the hospital , anesthesiologists expect patients to be kept in the hospital for days , and they ’ re forced to rush from case to case to keep up with a busy schedule . In our practice , we ’ re able to pay attention to the nuances of anesthetic technique that allow our patients to recover quickly and without the nausea and delayed emergence seen far too often in the hospital . As a result , patients are usually discharged after a reasonable and appropriate period of recovery , whether the surgery was one or six hours . Years ago we refined our analgesic regimens and now , with a combination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents , profound long-acting local anesthetics , and judicious use of perioperative steroids and opioids , patients are often amazed at how little pain they have postoperatively .”
The facility has a dedicated consultation room which provides a comfortable , non-clinical setting for both initial consultations and all pre-operative visits .
as facial cosmetic procedures such as rhinoplasty , genioplasty , cheek augmentation using malar implants , and submental and cervicofacial liposuction .
Photos by Ray Bryant , Bryant Studios
“ Our practice can basically be divided into three groups of procedures : pathology , reconstructive , and cosmetic procedures . Pathology would of course include the commonly expected impacted teeth , facial trauma , and cysts and tumors of the jaws that have been routine to our specialty for decades . However , it also includes obstructive sleep apnea , nasal and sinus pathology , and the surgical and nonsurgical management of temporomandibular disorders , or TMDs .”
Sleep Apnea and Airway Management
While sleep apnea has recently received considerable publicity , and many dentists and physicians are adding treatments for OSA to their repertoire , Dr . Bates and his team have been actively involved in the nonsurgical and surgical management of
A Spectrum of Services
Texas Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery provides a broad spectrum of oral and maxillofacial surgery services , including orthognathic surgery , dental implants , bone graft augmentation and distraction osteogenesis , arthroscopy and arthroplasty for TMJ disorders , and management of impacted and malposed teeth and other forms of oral pathology , as well
Rounding out the facility ’ s commitment to complete digital conversion , a digital intraoral scanner eliminates the need for impressions and models and articulators .
www . northtexasdentistry . com | NORTH TEXAS DENTISTRY 9