Oral surgery is a highly sophisticated and important branch of dentistry. These surgeries can be considered as a combination of dentistry as well as medicine, as they involve traits of both these streams. In simple words, oral surgery is the diagnosis and surgical treatment of the mouth and surrounding facial features. They are performed by a trained dentist and with the usage of local anesthesia to numb the oral tissues. Some of the common oral surgeries and their purposes are as follows:
- Root canal
- Tooth extraction
- Dental Implants
- Wisdom tooth removal