How painful is osseous surgery?
Osseous surgery is not a painful procedure. Your oral health expert will numb the surgery region with a topical anesthetic, allowing a local anesthetic to be administered painlessly. This anesthetic will be administered into the gums near the surgery site. The anesthesia will be effective for reducing pain during the procedure. Once the area has healed, you will need to treat any post-surgical pain or discomfort you may be experiencing. Osseous surgery involves the removal of bone to improve appearance or alleviate problems such as tooth loss, jaw deformity, and trauma. The procedure is used to restore lost teeth, change the shape of the face, and repair fractures or defects. The type of osseous surgery you require will determine how long it will take to heal. In general, bone heals quickly if no blood vessels or nerves run through it then it can be transplanted and repaired as part of a tissue graft. However, if osseous surgery requires cutting into major blood vessels or nerves, then the healing process could take longer. Blood vessel and nerve damage occurs at the time of extraction because the mouth is a bloody environment that contains many sharp objects that can cause injury if not handled properly. If this type of surgery is required on multiple teeth, a period of time should be allowed between procedures to allow the tissues to recover.