My daughter may need alveoplasty is its necessary?
Q. My daughter is having two wisdom teeth pulled and they have told her she may need alveoplasty and it is not covered by insurance. She will never put dentures where the wisdom teeth were so why would it be neccessary?
A. Hi msny thanks for your email, this procedure may be required as if the extractions are very surgical, the bone might be very irregular once the teeth have been taken out and the alveoplasty will help to contour the bone so it feels much more smooth and natural in the mouth. you can ask them not to do the procedure but if the surgeon then feels it will benefit your daughter long term its a choice only you can make.
Dr Kailesh Solanki
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its been 3 weeks since i had the last of the front teeth removed. now i have no top teeth at all. the back have been removed sometime ago. but today i went in for some impressions for my denture, and they told me i need a procedure done alveoplasty. i noticed the front is really taking a long time to heal, so i asked if that had anything to do with it, and they did not give me a response. so now i have to wait for another 3 weeks for healing…..bummer. is this procedure really necessary? i’ve talked to so many people that have dentures, and no one has told me about this type of procedure.
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