Here
are few oral surgical procedures shown with the help of diagrams and
photographs to give the patients a view of commonly required surgical
procedures.
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It may be described as the reduction of boney sockets
in which alveolar trimming is done by removing of labio buccal plate of
jaw bones and in which minimal amount of interdental and interraducular
septum is also removed.
Why it is done?
It is done in those patients in whom the alveolar bone is dense and
interbony pathology is present or in those whose teeth resist extraction
by forcpes. Gross alveolectomy is indicated where the shape of the
alveolar bone is to be improved or where the alveolar bone prevents the
accurate sitting of a denture. It is also done where the patient has
severe protrusion and the peridontal health is very poor and where
orthodontic treatment is not possible for cosmetic reasons gross
alveolectomy is done and a new prosthesis is given.

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It may be defined as surgical amputation of the apex of the root of a the tooth and periapical curettage is the removal of pathological material present in the periapical region by means of surgical curettage.

 Patients
undergoing Apicoectomy operation are advised not to use the operated
tooth for 8 - 10 months and see that the teeth in the opposite arch are
not giving any undue pressure on it after the surgery as either of these
condition may hamper the healing process.
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ANKYLOGLOSSIA (TONGUE TIE)
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Treatment - LINGUAL FRENECTOMY
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When a frenum has a high attachment on the alveolar
ridge and this may interfere in orthodontic, prosthodontic and normal
oral hygiene procedures. It may be necessary to excise the frenum. When
the frenum is excised for orthodontic procedures it is known as (FRENECTOMY) and for prosthetic procedures, (FRENOPLASTY).

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