Oral Surgery

Depending on the dental procedure, your dentist may determine that you only need a relatively small area to be numbed during surgery so that your visit is comfortable and pain-free. There are two kinds of numbing injections

When performing oral procedures that require numbing, dentists employ two kinds of local anesthesia, block injections, which numbs an entire region of your mouth, such as one side of your lower jaw, and infiltration injections, which numb a smaller area.

When a tooth is extracted, the procedure leaves behind a small hole where the tooth once was. This socket can be very sensitive at first, which is why your provider may recommend socket preservation to go along with your extraction.

A socket or alveolar ridge preservation procedure involves placing a bone graft into the socket, where the tooth once was. The goal of socket preservation is to improve the appearance of the remaining teeth and gums and to make the process of getting a dental implant at a later visit less complicated.

Neibauer Dental Care - Hyattsville is committed to providing high-quality, comfortable dental care to our patients. One of the ways we make sure our patients are receiving the best possible care is by investing in the latest dental technologies. The Solea® laser is pain-free and doesn't require anesthesia or sutures, making it the perfect solution for patients that typically have anxiety over going to the dentist.