Advanced Oral Surgery Services & Technology Houston
State-of-the-Art Comfort & Care
In any dental office, technology can improve the quality and comfort of patient care. At Piney Point Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of Houston, the advanced oral surgery services and technology that are utilized ensure the safety and efficacy of all our surgical procedures. Keep reading to find out more about these state-of-the-art technologies or contact the office to schedule a consultation. The office is proud to welcome patients from all surrounding communities and happy to provide a complete array of oral surgery services.
Facial Simulation & Digital Smile Design
The team at Point Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of Houston can give patients a preview of their results from a cosmetic procedure before providing any treatment. Using Digital Smile Design technology, a photo is taken of the face and edited to simulate what the smile will look like after getting BOTOX, fillers, a mini-facelift, or any other treatments being considered. This allows patients to design the perfect outcome alongside their doctor, meaning they can feel confident they will love their new look from the moment they sit in the chair.
Lumenis Laser
Lumenis laser therapy offers a fast, easy, and pain-free way to smooth out the skin and remove noticeable imperfections such as wrinkles, scars, and blotches. The laser can be tuned to different wavelengths based on someone’s specific needs. One wavelength can be used to tighten the skin and reduce the size of scar tissue, while another can encourage the renewal of collagen to restore a healthy, youthful glow.
CT Scan Guided Oral Surgery
When it comes to ensuring surgical precision, safety, and effectiveness, the CT scanner is essential. Unlike other forms of X-ray imagery that produce scans of just one portion of the mouth, a CT scan can produce images that reveal the entire facial structure and how it works together. Using these advanced, three-dimensional scans, we provide the most effective treatments and make surgical guides to ensure precision during even the most advanced treatment options.
Capturing these scans is completely comfortable for patients. They simply stand in place biting down on a sensor as the X-ray scanner makes an orbit capturing thousands of images that will be combined to create a 3D image of their oral and facial structures.
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Intraoral Digital Scanning
This intraoral digital scanning technology allows us to capture digital bite impressions and other treatment planning images to streamline and improve a variety of services. Rather than scanning the smile from the outside in, these intraoral cameras scan inside the mouth, providing advanced images of even the most minute crevices and pits in the surfaces of teeth, showing the tiniest areas of decay or damage and helping us better understand how they work together. Because these images are digital, they can be easily shared with dental labs, dental insurance providers, and specialists as necessary, and we use these clear images to plan for effective treatment.
Bone Grafting
If patients are in need of bone grafting following dental trauma or in preparation for dental implant placement, the Piney Point Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery team provides a variety of safe, effective grafting procedures. Your Houston oral surgeons can provide even the most advanced bone grafts. They can raise the height of the jawbone, improve the width of the jaw, or provide sinus lifts to improve the odds of successful dental implant placement. They can attach new bone tissue to the existing bone where it will fuse over time, creating necessary jawbone density.
Tissue & Bone Engineering
For patients who may not be healthy enough for more invasive bone grafting procedures or who would like to attempt a more natural solution, innovative tissue and bone engineering techniques and technologies used in your Houston oral and maxillofacial surgery office may be a viable alternative solution.
We offer a variety of tissue and bone engineering solutions including Platelet Rich Plasma, rhPDGF, rhBMP2, and Enamel Matrix Protein therapies. These innovative treatments allow us to provide the optimal level of care for patients in need of regeneration following trauma, tooth loss, or periodontal disease by encouraging the redevelopment of their own, natural tissues.
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Cosmetic Surgery Services
As experts in the oral and facial structures, your Houston oral surgeons are highly skilled in offering facial cosmetic surgeries to improve appearance, reconstruct features following damage, or otherwise help patients achieve their cosmetic goals. They offer a wide range of cosmetic surgeries and treatments that are equal parts safe and effective.
The advanced surgical techniques and technologies that your skilled team members have gained knowledge and experience in over the years make Point Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of Houston the go-to location for even the most advanced cosmetic surgeries. For patients interested in finding out more about advanced aesthetic surgeries, please schedule a consultation with the team.
PRECEDEX® in IV Anesthesia
PRECEDEX is an FDA-approved, non-opioid medication that’s injected into the IV during the procedure to help patients fall asleep. While most patients are a good candidate for this medication, those with hypotension or bradycardia (a condition in which the heart beats slower than 60 BPM), may not be good candidates. The overall effect is to help patients feel more comfortable during their procedure.
EXPAREL®
EXPAREL is a safe, non-opioid medication that helps patients make successful and speedy recoveries from surgery without (or drastically minimizes) the use of opioids. We opt to use EXPAREL because not only can opioids actually slow down your recovery from the surgical procedure, but they are also highly addictive and can have a variety of negative side-effects, including grogginess and drowsiness.
