A group of researchers from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry are making progress in their efforts to create a better bone graft in the lab, despite autografting's disadvantages, which ...

If you've recently been told by your dentist or gum doctor (periodontist) that you need a gum graft, don't panic. Gum surgery sounds ... cause damage to supporting bone. Gum recession is a common ...

Oral surgery can also help long-term denture wearers ... In severe cases, an oral surgeon can add a bone graft to areas where little bone remains. Sleep and breathing issues.

Gum graft surgery treats gum recession ... Preoperative preparation and planning of the oral and maxillofacial surgery patient. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2017;29(2):131-140.

Bone graft materials contaminated with tuberculosis (TB ... which affects the lungs and spreads through respiratory droplets from an affected person, during patient surgery or care. The cases appear ...

Alternatively, they can use a skin graft or muscle from other ... a prosthetic, or bone from a deceased donor. Trans-oral robotic surgery (TORS) is becoming more common for treating cancer at ...

plastic surgery and dental surgery. Bone graft materials come from various sources. Autologous grafts use bone from the person receiving the graft. Allogeneic grafts use donor bone harvested ...

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the specialty of dentistry that includes the diagnosis and surgical and related treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is calling for improved donor screening and testing capping its investigation into bone graft materials infected with tuberculosis (TB) that ...

Before returning to your regular oral hygiene routine ... resulting in tissue death and subsequent tooth and bone loss. A gum graft is a surgery where a periodontist takes and moves gum tissue ...