Prepare your smile for your new denture with pre-prosthetic surgery
Pre-Prosthetic Surgery
Washington Oral & Facial Surgery offers a range of advanced services and procedures in the area of oral maxillofacial and implant surgery. If you are in the process of denture placement, you may need to undergo pre-prosthetic surgery prior to placement.
The preparation of your mouth before the placement of a prosthesis is referred to as pre-prosthetic surgery.
Some patients require minor oral surgical procedures before receiving a partial or complete denture, in order to ensure the maximum level of comfort. A denture sits on the bone ridge, so it is very important that the bone is the proper shape and size. If a tooth needs to be extracted, the underlying bone might be left sharp and uneven. For the best fit of a denture, the bone might need to be smoothed out or reshaped. Occasionally, excess bone would need to be removed prior to denture insertion.
Pre-prosthetic surgical procedures.
- Removing extra bone
- Removing extra gum tissue
- Exposing impacted teeth
- Reducing the bone ridge
- Smoothing / reshaping the bone
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