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I am a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon available to answer questions related to tooth extractions, implant insertion, facial recontruction, facial and oral tumor removal, TMJ dysfunction and various successful treatments, including surgery if all else fails, and occlusal discrepancy requiring orthognathic or jaw surgery.
Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon practicing for over 20 years. Assistant Clincal Professor at State University School of Dentistry.
American Dental Association, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
BA DMD
I have practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery for more than 30 years and my ability to help patients has fully satisfied me. I've taught in dental school and I work with residents in hospitals--all of this has allowed me to be a better surgeon.
I have gradually increased my knowledge allowing me to better perform surgical techniques that were not previously known. Some new findings or techniques are being developed or exposed all the time and the excitement of learning something new is so fulfilling in that I can help my patients in ways that were unknown previously.
It is recognized that oral and maxillofacial surgery is the only specialty that fully links medicine and dentistry. That is why we are repeatedly asked by physicians to help their patients who might have previously been unable to obtain needed treatment or forced to see a physician who was not trained in oral surgery.
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Rich - This is a tough question for me to help you with. If it is suspected that there is a communication, the area needs to be opened up. I wish I could give you a simple solution. I don't know what
Raine - There is nothing you can do at home to stop that bleeding. The surgeon should cauterize the bleeding site. That is the correct approach if the bleeding continues. I wish I could give you a simple
Connie - I do not know for sure why the surgeon refused to let you have treatment at the school, but the use of a local anesthetic to make you numb should definitely not contain epinephrine, if you are
Cara - Shrinking lips is not a common problem, but I have seen similar situations in patients with other connective tissue diseases. There is not simple approach to reversing the process. I saw one
Elaine - When a root canal tooth is infected and all of the bacteria is not allowed to drain before the tooth is filled, the infection often grows into the bone and causes the swelling you are now experiencing
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