Dental Surgery

Here, I'm mid surgery.brief overview.

Before we even start the procedure, I show you how to prepare Alloderm for use.

Here is the finale to the apical surgery for tooth #10. We start at crypt development, resection and end with a beautiful segway on gortex sutures.

Manimal - you taught me well. Here I"m elevating a full mucoperiosteal flap for apical surgery to tooth #10 (FDI #22). This is at 200% speed, so hold on!

This is the 3rd clinical video illustrating a ramus bone graft. Four osteotomies and a chisel later - and we have a autogenous bone graft.

This is the 1st clinical video for an apicoectomy procedure.

This is the 2nd clinical video for a ramus graft procedure. This shows the incisions and flap elevation of the donor site. Thanks to Dr. Kris Hart for your guidance.

Key points wrt apicoectomy flap design: Endodontic surgery is dealing with "typically" healthy gingival tissue - therefore the use of papilla sparing flap design is, perhaps, encouraged. The papilla sparing incision consists of 2...

I figured it was a good time to discuss one method of protecting extraoral sutures by placing a dressing over them.

This shows the start of a ramus bone graft -- Prepping the recipient (anterior maxilla) by elevating a full mucoperiosteal flap and making a Periosteal Releasing Incision