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What Does an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Do?

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 27 Jan, 2021

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are dentists who pursue rigorous additional surgical specialty training of four or six years after completion of dental school. After residency, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons can pursue becoming board-certi...

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#Oral Surgery #Dental Specialist #Board Certified Oral Surgeons

What Are Tori, Can They Be Removed, and Why Should They Be Removed?

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 14 Jan, 2021

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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#Oral Surgery #Dental Specialist #Tori

X-rays and Oral Surgery

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 5 Jan, 2021

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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#Oral Surgery #X-Rays

Pre-Existing Medical Conditions and Your Oral Surgery: What to Know

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 7 Dec, 2020

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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#Anesthesia for Oral Surgery #Oral Surgery

What are Common Reasons for Reconstructive Jaw Surgery?

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 12 Aug, 2020

Corrective jaw surgery (also known as orthognathic surgery) is intended to alter specific aspects of the structure of the jaw, correcting an...

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#Oral Surgery #Jaw Reconstruction

Oral Surgery and Senior Citizens

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 25 Jan, 2020

There are more people over the age of 65 than ever before. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of older Americans will nearly do...

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#Oral Surgery #Senior Citizens

Questions About Dental Surgery? Here's What You Should Ask.

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 23 Oct, 2019

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For any office-based dental surgical procedure all levels of sedation may be safely, comfortably and predictably provided to patients when a...

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Oral Surgery: What Does Insurance Cover?

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 8 Oct, 2019

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At Northwest Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, we participate as “in-network” providers for many of the most popular dental plans*. When you cal...

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Conservative Post-Surgical Pain Management Approach

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 14 Aug, 2019

Did you know that in as few as five days of use, a person can develop an addiction to an opioid painkiller such as hydrocodone and oxycodone...

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#Exparel #Oral Surgery

A teen’s injuries looked like he was in a ‘high-speed’ crash. Instead, a vape pen exploded in his mouth.

Posted by Northwest Oral Content Team on 28 Jun, 2019

The use of e-cigarettes among young people continues to grow in popularity. Regardless of whether this is due to the ease of accessibility, ...

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Northwest Oral News

What Does an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Do?

What Are Tori, Can They Be Removed, and Why Should They Be Removed?

X-rays and Oral Surgery

Pre-Existing Medical Conditions and Your Oral Surgery: What to Know

What are Common Reasons for Reconstructive Jaw Surgery?

Oral Surgery and Senior Citizens

Questions About Dental Surgery? Here's What You Should Ask.

Oral Surgery: What Does Insurance Cover?

Conservative Post-Surgical Pain Management Approach

A teen’s injuries looked like he was in a ‘high-speed’ crash. Instead, a vape pen exploded in his mouth.

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