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.

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 ... for additional surgery, a longer recovery ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...