Dental surgery is a branch of dentistry that uses surgical methods to treat the oral cavity and surrounding areas.
The most common surgical procedures in dentistry include:
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Extractions (the removal of teeth)
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Chiselling of wisdom teeth
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Maxillary sinus augmentation
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Treatment of complicated abscesses and oro-facial fistulae
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Apical root end resections, hemisections
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Removal of fibromas, mucoceles, papillomas and other inflammatory lesions in the oral mucosa
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Undercutting the frenulum
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Treatment of benign and malicious neoplasms of the mouth and lips as well as tumour-like lesions