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  2. Alveoloplasty - Wikipedia

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    Alveoloplasty is a surgical pre-prosthetic procedure performed to facilitate removal of teeth, and smoothen or reshape the jawbone for prosthetic and cosmetic purposes. [1] In this procedure, the bony edges of the alveolar ridge and its surrounding structures is made smooth, redesigned or recontoured so that a well-fitting, comfortable, and ...

  3. Socket preservation - Wikipedia

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    Socket preservation or alveolar ridge preservation is a procedure to reduce bone loss after tooth extraction. [1] [2] After tooth extraction, the jaw bone has a natural tendency to become narrow, and lose its original shape because the bone quickly resorbs, resulting in 30–60% loss in bone volume in the first six months. [3]

  4. Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw - Wikipedia

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    Current recommendations are for a 2-month drug holiday prior to dental surgery for those who are at risk (intravenous drug therapy, greater than 4 years of by-mouth drug therapy, other factors that increase risk such as steroid therapy). [7] It usually develops after dental treatments involving exposure of bone or trauma, but may arise ...

  5. Guided bone and tissue regeneration (dentistry) - Wikipedia

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    Building up bone around implants placed in tooth sockets after tooth extraction; Socket preservation for future implantation of false teeth or prosthetics; Sinus Lift Elevation prior to implant placement; Filling of bone after removing the root of a tooth, cystectomy or the removal of impacted teeth

  6. Alveolar osteitis - Wikipedia

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    The most common location of dry socket: in the socket of an extracted mandibular third molar (wisdom tooth). Since alveolar osteitis is not primarily an infection, there is not usually any pyrexia (fever) or cervical lymphadenitis (swollen glands in the neck), and only minimal edema (swelling) and erythema (redness) is present in the soft tissues surrounding the socket.

  7. Man who almost died after tooth extraction calls for changes ...

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    A man who almost died several times after having a tooth removed is calling for a change to medical guidance to prevent it from happening to anyone else. ... I used to play five-a-side football in ...

  8. Torus mandibularis - Wikipedia

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    If removal of tori is deemed necessary, surgery can reduce the amount of bone, but tori may reform in cases where nearby teeth continue to receive local stresses. Ulcers may form in the area of tori because of trauma during mastication or from injury by utensils used during consumption of food or drink.

  9. Mouth ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Diagramatic representation of mucosal erosion (left), excoriation (center), and ulceration (right) Simplistic representation of the life cycle of mouth ulcers. An ulcer (/ ˈ ʌ l s ər /; from Latin ulcus, "ulcer, sore") [2] is a break in the skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue and the disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue. [3]