Surgical Uprighting of Second Molars
Key points • The second molar tooth is usually the last functional tooth to erupt and can become impacted under the distal contour of the first molar. • Leaving the…
Office Placement of Skeletal Anchorage Devices
Key points • Skeletal anchorage devices enhance the versatility and expand the range of traditional orthodontic therapy. • Rapid and reliable movement of teeth can correct some deformities that were…
Office-Based Procedures for Unusual Impactions
Key points • The order of frequency of tooth impaction includes mandibular and maxillary third molars, maxillary canines, mandibular premolars, mandibular canines, maxillary premolars, maxillary central incisors, maxillary lateral incisors,…
Coronectomy
Key points • Coronectomy is considered a reasonable and safe treatment alternative for patients who demonstrate elevated risk for injury to the inferior alveolar nerve with the removal of third…
Evidence-Based Surgical-Orthodontic Management of Impacted Teeth
Key points • Other than third molars, the maxillary canine teeth are the most commonly impacted teeth. • Surgical intervention and coordination of care with the orthodontist will lead to…
Office-Based Management of Dental Alveolar Trauma
Key points • Children have a higher incidence of dentoalveolar trauma than adults. • Injuries to the primary dentition are usually less severe and can often be managed with extractions….
Extraction Socket Grafting and Buccal Wall Regeneration with Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 and Acellular Collagen Sponge
Key points • The natural evolution of the extraction socket is one of bone loss, most significantly affecting the buccal-lingual dimension. • The healing socket regenerates through intramembranous ossification. The…
An Office-Based Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Osteonecrosis
Key points • Osteonecrosis has a variable presentation related to the type of medication, duration of the medication, and the patient’s concomitant medications and illnesses. • Oral surgeons need to…
Advancements in Office-Based Anesthesia in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Key points • An infusion pump enables delivery of a smooth anesthetic consisting of propofol or propofol combined with other rapid-onset/offset agents such as ketamine and remifentanil. • Maintenance intravenous…
Office Procedures for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Stuart E. Lieblich, DMD, Editor It gives me great pleasure to have the role as editor of this issue of the Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of…
