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Alveolar Bone Grafting
Alveolar bone grafting (ABG) repairs the bony alveolar cleft in cleft lip and palate, typically with autogenous iliac crest cancellous bone at ages 6 to 11; alternatives and adjuncts show no consistent superiority.
Alveolectomy
Alveolectomy: preprosthetic oral surgery removing part or all of the alveolar bone ridge (also called alveoloplasty when recontouring) to prepare for dentures; techniques include rongeur, bur, and piezosurgery.
Alveoloplasty
Alveoloplasty (alveoloplastia) is surgical recontouring of the alveolar ridge after tooth extraction, usually to prepare for dentures; performed primary (with extraction) or secondary, using rongeurs, burs, bone files, or piezosurgery; distinct from alveolectomy and ridge preservation.
Apicoectomy
An apicoectomy is a surgical endodontic procedure that removes the tip of a tooth root with infected periapical tissue, sealing the canal from the root end.
Condylectomy
Condylectomy is an oral and maxillofacial surgical procedure that removes part or all of the mandibular condylar head, most often to arrest active condylar hyperplasia and stop progressive facial asymmetry.
Coronectomy
Coronectomy is a dental procedure that removes the crown of an impacted lower wisdom tooth while leaving its roots in place to protect a nearby nerve.
Lip bite test
The lip bite test is a clinical maneuver in dentistry and orthognathic surgery used to assess lip competence, whether the lips can seal at rest without visible strain.
Mandibular osteotomy
A mandibular osteotomy is surgery that cuts and repositions the lower jaw to correct deformity, malocclusion, or sleep apnea, most often via the bilateral sagittal split technique.
Mandibular setback surgery
Mandibular setback surgery is an orthognathic procedure that repositions the lower jaw backward to correct mandibular prognathism and Class III malocclusion, most often by sagittal split ramus osteotomy.
Oral Surgical Procedures
Oral surgical procedures (MeSH D019647) are operations inside the mouth and maxillofacial region: extractions, third molar surgery, implants, bone and gum grafts, orthognathic and preprosthetic surgery, distinguished from broader maxillofacial surgery.
Periapical surgery
Periapical surgery, or apicectomy with root-end filling, is a dental procedure that removes the tip of a tooth root to seal it and clear persistent infection.
Piezosurgery
Piezosurgery, or piezoelectric bone surgery, is a technique that cuts bone with modulated ultrasonic microvibrations, sparing adjacent nerves, blood vessels, and soft tissue; it is used in sinus lift, ridge expansion, and implant site preparation.
Preprosthetic Oral Surgical Procedures
Preprosthetic oral surgical procedures are operations on the jaws' hard and soft tissues performed before dentures or implants, removing bony undercuts, excess tissue, and hyperplasias.
Sagittal split ramus osteotomy
The sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO), usually done bilaterally as BSSO, is jaw surgery that splits the mandibular ramus to advance, set back, or rotate the lower jaw.
Third molar extraction
Third molar extraction is the surgical removal of wisdom teeth, usually impacted lower third molars, to treat or prevent pericoronitis, decay, cysts, or damage to adjacent teeth.
Third molar surgery
Third molar surgery is the operative removal of an impacted or erupted wisdom tooth, usually a lower one, to treat or prevent pain, infection, and other pathology.
Tooth replantation
Tooth replantation is the reinsertion of a tooth into its socket after traumatic avulsion or deliberate extraction, with success depending on dry time and storage medium.
Vestibuloplasty
Vestibuloplasty is a surgical procedure on the soft tissue of the upper or lower jaw that deepens the oral vestibule to improve denture retention and stability.
Wisdom tooth extraction
Wisdom tooth extraction is a surgical dental procedure that removes one or more impacted or diseased third molars, typically as a day case under local anesthesia.