Start Planning Early: Wisdom Teeth Ahead Of The Holiday Season
How to Ensure You Can Enjoy The Holidays Wisdom teeth rarely announce themselves at a convenient time. But if you’ve been putting off dealing with yours, the fall stretch from October through December is actually one of the smartest windows to get it done. Whether you want to be past recovery before trick-or-treating with the […]
Sports Injuries & Facial Trauma
When Getting Hit Does More Than Just Hurt Every year in the fall, athletic gyms and fields come alive again as school and college sports kick off, and recreational leagues usually follow close behind. And along with the sports season comes an unsurprising rise in facial injuries. A stray elbow, a fast-moving ball, or a […]
Financing The Care You Need
Investing In Your Smile Nobody plans for oral surgery the way they plan for a vacation. There’s no savings jar labeled “wisdom teeth” on the kitchen counter, no budget line item for a bone graft or a full arch of implants. Yet when a surgeon tells you what your mouth actually needs, the treatment plan […]
Enjoying Vacations With Dental Implants
Your Teeth Go With You, For Better or Worse Picture two versions of the same summer trip. In the first, you’re at a beachside grill, and the smell of blackened shrimp and grilled corn is pervasive and enticing. You order what you want, eat it, laugh with the people you’re with, and give no second […]
5 Reasons We Use Piezosurgery
The mere mention of jaw surgery often evokes feelings of fear and anxiety in many patients, and this causes some of us to completely avoid necessary treatments altogether. If this applies to you, we want to do all we can to assure you that we can treat our patients comfortably and safely, alleviating dental issues […]
Ridge Augmentation
What is a ridge augmentation? A ridge augmentation is a common dental procedure often performed following a tooth extraction. This procedure helps recreate the natural contour of the gums and jaw that may have been lost due to bone loss from a tooth extraction, or for another reason. The alveolar ridge of the jaw is the bone that […]
Updated Patient Safety Measures at Our Office
Infection control has always been extremely important to us at Flushing Oral Surgery and Dental Implants. We assure you that we will continue to adhere to all infection control recommendations made by the American Dental Association (ADA), the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and New […]
The Impact of Jaw Surgery on Speech and Breathing
Patients undergoing corrective jaw surgery (orthognathic surgery) are often most concerned about the difference they’ll see in their appearance. It’s natural to be excited, and perhaps a bit apprehensive, about how much your appearance will change after jaw surgery. Still, jaw surgery’s impact on speech and breathing is equally or more important. Any time the […]
Common Myths About Pre-Surgery Fasting
Before undergoing surgery that requires anesthesia of any kind, we will provide you with pre-surgery instructions to follow to prepare for surgery. Depending on the type of surgery and the anesthesia we will be using, part of your instructions will indicate how long you have to fast before you arrive at our office for your […]
Understanding the Importance of Pre-Op Instructions for Oral Surgery
If you’re undergoing oral surgery, you will receive pre-op instructions from our office outlining what you need to do (and NOT do) before your surgery. If you are concerned about how your surgery will go, following your pre-op instructions carefully is crucial. Ignoring any part of your instructions can lead to serious complications or rescheduling […]