Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Oral Surgery Defined

Problems on impacted teeth, tooth loss and third molars are just few from what oral surgery could solve. Oral surgery includes the surgical, diagnosis and related healing of disease of the head, jaw, gums, tissues and teeth. For instance, a problem on wisdom teeth (wisdom teeth appears at the ages of 17 to 25) could easily be solved through an oral surgery.
In order for one dentist to become qualified in being an oral surgeon he is required to take three years of training in a certain university after qualifying in the world of dentistry. This is because many things are to be learned if you want to become an oral surgeon. These include taking the medical and dental history of a certain patient, proper intake of antibiotics before and after the surgery and a whole lot more.