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Wisdom Teeth: Should They Stay or Should They Go?

Have you ever considered that teeth serve as milestones in life? Much is made of the appearance of a child's first tooth, and then approximately five years later when that tooth loosens and comes out in preparation for the emergence of its ...
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Risks Involved With Not Removing Wisdom Teeth

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Wisdom teeth removal commonly occurs in a patient's mid-teens to early twenties, typically on breaks from school. However, a commonly asked ...
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What Does an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Do?

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are dentists who pursue rigorous additional surgical specialty training of four or six years after completio...
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Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Recommends the COVID-19 Vaccine

Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is not offering the COVID-19 Vaccine at this time, however our board-certified oral surgeons strongly...
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What Are Tori, Can They Be Removed, and Why Should They Be Removed?

Tori are benign (non-cancerous) growths of extra bone in the mouth.They most commonly occur on the tongue side of the lower jaw on both side...
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X-rays and Oral Surgery

Oral surgeons use X-rays to help diagnose disease, pathology, trauma, and dentofacial deformities that are not visible during a clinical exa...
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Risks of Untreated Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a condition that causes you to stop breathing suddenly when you are sleeping. There are different types of sleep apnea, inclu...
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Pre-Existing Medical Conditions and Your Oral Surgery: What to Know

Before any minor or major oral surgery procedure, such as wisdom teeth extraction, extraction of non-restorable teeth and grafting the site ...
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Bad Habits for Oral Health

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Regularly brushing and flossing are necessary habits to keep your teeth and gums healthy. However, many people have other not-so-healthy hab...
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Single-Tooth Dental Implants

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When you lose a tooth, you generally have two replacement options: a dental implant or a dental bridge. Today, dental implants are the prefe...
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