Oral Surgery for General Practitioners

This course is designed for General Practitioners who wish to improve their knowledge of or perform more minor oral

surgeries. This all-day lecture course enables general practioners to expand their oral surgery knowledge and better

understand and manage complications and dento-alveolar surgical procedures.

Points of Discussion:

• The “Art” mandibular Block. A refreshing, new successful approach to accomplishing Regional Anesthesia

by blocking the 3rd division of 5th nerve

• Anxiety control for apprehensive surgery patients

• Ridge preparation for immediate dentures

• Surgical removal of Tori, cysts, and erupted molars

• Surgical removal of hyperplastic tissue

• Frenectomies

• Incisional/excisional biopsies

• Surgical removal of Incision and drainage in general dentistry office

• Discussion of antibiotic usage

• Surgical removal of semi-impacted and non-impacted wisdom teeth.

• Bleeding management during surgery

• The most common suturing techniques and materials

• Post-op considerations, including appropriate use of analgesics, antibiotics and sedatives

Upon Completion Practitioners Should be Able to:

• Apply effective local anesthesia techniques for different minor oral surgery procedures

• Perform pre-operative patient evaluation and assess different extraction situations

• Perform atraumatic extractions

• Remove broken root tips utilizing proven and simple surgical methods

• Perform different flap designs for various surgical procedures

• Be more proficient at ridge preparation for immediate dentures

• Prevent and/or manage bleeding problems that can occur during oral surgery

• Manage post surgical complications