Other Special Procedures
GAOC also offers many specialized treatments such as exodontias, apicoectomy, prosthetic dentistry, root canal therapy, cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, excision and pathology treatments. Dental surgery is any of the medical procedures which involve artificially modifying the dentition. Some of the more common that GAOC does are:
Apicoectomy (Root-End Resection), is the removal of the root tip and the surrounding infected tissue of an abscessed tooth. This procedure may be necessary when inflammation and infection persists in the area around the root tip after root canal therapy or root canal treatment. The procedure calls for the excision or surgical cutting of apical (root tip) portion of the tooth through an opening made in the overlying bone, ordinarily performed in conjunction with apical curettage and root canal therapy. It is also coined as "root end sectioning."
- After the tooth is "numbed", the gum is reflected (lifted) to uncover the underlying bone and the root end of the tooth. The root-end is resected (removed) with all the surrounding infected tissue.
- A root-end filling is placed to seal the end of the root canal, the gum is repositioned, and a few dissolvable sutures (stitches) are placed to hold the gum tissue back in its place until healing occurs.
- After a few months, the bone around the root-end has healed, and all symptoms are gone.
- Excision or surgical cutting of apical (root tip) portion of the tooth through an opening made in the overlying bone, ordinarily performed in conjunction with apical curettage and root canal therapy. Also coined as root end sectioning.
Endodontic (surgery involving the pulp or root of the tooth)
- Root canal
- Pulpotomy - The opening of the pulp chamber of the tooth to allow an infection to drain; usually a precursor to a root canal.
- Pulpectomy - The removal of the pulp from the pulp chamber to temporarily relieve pain; usually a precursor to a root canal.
- Apiectomy - A root-end resection. Occasionally a root canal alone will not be enough to relieve pain and the end of the tooth, called the apex, will be removed by entering through gingiva and surgically extracting the diseased material.
Orthodontic treatment
- Implants and implant-supported prosthesis — an orthodontic treatment that involves bones.
- Apiectomy — also an orthodontic treatment as part of the underlying bone structure must be removed.
- Extraction — a procedure in which a diseased, redundant, or problematic tooth is removed, either by pulling or cutting out. This procedure can be done under local or general anesthesia and is very common. Many people have their wisdom teeth removed before they become problematic.
- Fiberotomy — a procedure to sever the fibers around a tooth, preventing it from relapsing.
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