Osseous Surgery Procedure & Recovery

Dr Rahmani is a nationally recognized as America’s Top Periodontist, one of the best periodontal disease specialists in the region. He is an award winning periodontal specialist and contributor to a prominent media outlets. Dr. Rahmani provides a full range of periodontal procedures to treat all the forms of periodontal gum disease.

Dr. Rahmani is a board-certified periodontist and dental implant specialist. Our state-of-the-art facility equipped with the most advanced periodontal equipment available in the USA including latest lasers high precision microscopes. We work with top dental labs in NYC and use only the highest quality dental components available on the market today.

What Is Osseous Surgery?

Osseous surgery performed by Dr. Rahmani of Manhattan Periodontics is useful for treating periodontitis or advanced gum disease. At Manhattan Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Center we will recommend osseous surgery if you have deep pockets around your teeth that haven’t responded to other treatments such as scaling and root planing. This may apply if the depths of gum pockets are in excess of 5 mm. We measure the depth by carefully inserting a periodontal probe into the gum pockets around your teeth.

It’s likely that the gum tissue around affected teeth will also be red and swollen and inflamed, and it may well bleed when probed. Without treatment these teeth could be at risk of becoming loose. Osseous surgery is used to try to save teeth, and to help reduce deep pockets so it’s easier for you to keep these areas clean.

It is a surgical procedure that helps to smooth and reshape the bone in the pockets, and the idea is to create a shallow pocket that will be much harder for bacteria to colonize.

Afterwards it should be easier to brush and floss around the treated teeth, improving the long-term health of your teeth and gums provided you have good oral hygiene at home.

During the procedure we will thoroughly clean the exposed root surface of the tooth which makes it much harder for the bacteria to grow and multiply while making it easier for your body to begin repairing your gums.

Osseous Surgery Procedure?

Osseous surgery is generally carried out under local aesthetic and involves carefully lifting the gum tissue away from the area to be treated, exposing the underlying bone. This enables us to see the bone and the surface of the tooth roots. Next, we thoroughly clean the surface of the tooth roots and the exposed bone, before smoothing the treated areas.

These newly smoothed surfaces will be much healthier, and they’ll enable your gums to more easily reattach themselves to your teeth. Once these areas have been cleaned and smoothed, the gum tissue can be replaced.

It may be necessary to place a few stitches to help hold the gum tissue in position while it heals. As it heals you should notice the pockets around your teeth reduce in size.

Osseous Surgery Recovery in Our Midtown Manhattan, NYC Office

Afterwards we may prescribe pain medication for use during the healing process, and it can be more comfortable to avoid chewing on that side of the mouth until the area settles down completely. Chlorhexidine mouth wash can help keep the surgery site clean until you are able to brush and floss in this area. The rest of your mouth should be cleaned as normal. We will need to check the surgical site around one month after the procedure. This is to ensure the healing is complete and to assess the success of surgery.

Sometimes we may use bone grafting material or guided tissue regeneration membrane to help the bone and soft tissue to repair more easily. Once the area has fully healed you might notice the teeth that were treated appear longer than before. This is due to the removal of a small amount of unhealthy gum tissue and to bone loss.

One side effect might be tooth sensitivity because the tooth roots may be exposed, and you could find food becomes impacted around the exposed roots. Tooth sensitivity may be treated with fluoride applications, although periodontal surgery may be recommended for covering up exposed tooth roots. This will help protect them against tooth decay, and gives a more aesthetic appearance.

At our Midtown Manhattan, NYC office we will give you full instructions on how to keep these areas thoroughly clean after osseous surgery, but we do encourage you to ask questions if you’re not quite sure about anything mentioned during treatment.