What is Oral Surgery?
Oral surgery is a surgical procedure that is located within the oral cavity. These procedures can entail wisdom teeth extractions, dental implant placement, tumor and cyst removal, and excess bone removal from your jawbones—dentists and surgeons across the nation practice oral surgery. Wisdom teeth removal is the foundation of oral surgery, having been practiced for many decades. These teeth have been recommended for removal to prevent adjacent tooth damage and prevent potential dental infections.
Dental Sedation and Wisdom Teeth Removal
The Wisdom Teeth Factory offers many dental sedation options for our patients. Although most of our dental patients prefer IV Sedation, nitrous oxide (laughing gas) and oral conscious sedation are also options that we offer to our clients.
IV Sedation involves placing a catheter inside your arm to provide you with medications to help you sleep through your wisdom teeth removal procedure. The benefit of intravenous sedation is its amnesic properties that help you forget the procedure.
Oral conscious sedation involves taking pills or capsule medicines to help you relax during the procedure. The typical medications given include Halcyon and Valium. Both drugs are given before your wisdom teeth extraction procedure to help you relax during the treatment.
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is another form of sedation to help our patients relieve their anxiety about wisdom teeth removal. By inhaling the gas, we can soothe our nerves to help our patients relax during the procedure.
The Wisdom Teeth Extraction Procedure Explained
The steps for wisdom teeth removal are explained below.
- Numbing medicine in the form of 2% Lidocaine is used to numb wisdom teeth.
- A blade is used to open up the gum tissue to expose the teeth for removal.
- A dental drill is used to remove bone tissue and to cut wisdom teeth into smaller pieces for removal.
- After the complete removal of the wisdom teeth, the sites are irrigated with normal saline.
- Dis-solvable stitches are used to put your gum tissue back together.
- A gauze is placed, and post-op instructions are given.
- Pain medications and antibiotics are prescribed to the patient
Low-Cost Wisdom Teeth Removal in Sugar Land
If you are looking for an affordable and lost-cost option to remove your wisdom teeth, look no further. Most dentists and oral surgeons are charging north of $2,500 to remove impacted wisdom teeth in the greater Sugar Land area. We want our price to be fair to the public. We do not bait and switch. No matter how deeply impacted your wisdom teeth are, our prices will not change. This is a promise we made to ourselves and the great citizens of Sugar Land.