Hi Pamster,
The alveoplasty procedure is commonly done in patients who have had extractions done at different times in the same arch. This procedure will reshape and contour the bumpy areas along the bony ridge of jawbone and remove the uneven gum tissue that resulted from previous extractions. The hard palate is not involved. This procedure provides a stable bony ridge which aids in the fit of the complete denture.
In order to have an immediate denture inserted right after the surgery, you would have impressions made of both arches and one or more fittings before the fabrication of the denture. If you preferred to wait on the denture.... you would have to wait until the surgical sites were healed well enough to proceed with the impressions. This time frame varies from person to person.
Most of the time, it is advantageous to have the denture made prior and then inserted immediately after the surgery. The denture acts like a template as the surgerized areas heal to the shape of the denture. It also acts like a banade over these areas. You would need several adjustments for the first 2-3 weeks after the insertion of the denture. Most people doing really well with this treatment plan.
The IV sedation used in the oral surgeons office is called twilight sedation. It will put you to sleep for the procedure and then you will awake fairly easy afterwards and you will be very numb for several hours from the local anesthetic. So it's not the same thing that is used in the hospital OR for surgery.
Hope this helps....
Bryanna
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Originally Posted by Pamster
Hi Bryanna,
I went to the oral surgeon and we talked about a top denture and he mentioned doing alveoloplasty, with the other four teeth I need extracted. Then after we agreed that would be the way to go he dropped doing the 3 tooth extraction for today, my new appt is November 6th. I'll be going under general anesthesia. Kinda scary, but I will be fine I think. It's just that I want to know, this usually involves taking away tissue right? They aren't going to try to involve the hard pallette at the top of my mouth are they? I meant to ask, but it slipped my mind.
Is alveoloplasty something that will help my dentures fit better? Medicaid only covers one set for my lifetime, and I am thinking of getting care credit to cover the second ones sometime later. I was told Medicare and Medicaid will cover this surgery. I know there's going to be a lot of healing involved. but Is this probably the best way to go about this? I am going to have to travel to get impressions made for the denture. Is it preferable in terms of suffering vs good done from it, that this is all done at once? I was totally ready to lose three teeth today....But when we went to talk about my future, with dentures, this was brought up as was being under to extract the seven remaining teeth and shave the bone down.
Thanks for your advice on this Bryanna, I really appreciate it.
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