Oral Surgery

Oral surgery is a category rather than a single procedure. At Avora Dental it covers taking out a tooth that can't be saved, removing wisdom teeth, and placing a dental implant. It also covers preparing a site so later work has something to sit on. Dr. Shah reviews every case personally, which means the person planning your surgery is the person doing it.

That matters more than it sounds. Surgical work is where the plan and the execution have to agree, and one doctor holding both ends means the imaging, the plan, and the recovery aren't handed between people. These are the situations that usually bring someone in.

If you've been told elsewhere that you need an extraction and you want a second opinion before booking it, that's a reasonable thing to ask for. We look at the tooth, take our own imaging, and tell you what we'd do with it. Sometimes that's the same answer you already heard. Sometimes the tooth can be restored instead, and you'll hear that too.

Good surgical outcomes start before the procedure. We use detailed imaging, including 3D imaging when it helps, to see your bone, your nerves, and the teeth either side of the site. The procedure is then planned in advance rather than worked out in the chair.

After that we walk you through it. The steps, what recovery involves, and what it costs. Cost depends on which procedure you need, how complex the site is, whether imaging or grafting is involved, and which comfort option you choose. Starting prices for common treatments are on our pricing page, and the figure for your case is confirmed in writing at your consultation. We can check what your insurance will cover first.

Comfort options get discussed before the day rather than on it. Which one fits depends on the procedure and on your medical history, and it affects whether you should arrange a ride home. Share your full health history and the medications you take while we're planning, because both can change what we recommend.

The area is numbed thoroughly before we start. You'll notice pressure and movement. Where the anesthetic goes is part of the plan, because a lower molar and an implant site are not numbed the same way.

Extraction is sometimes the right call. It isn't where we start. When a tooth can be saved with a filling, a crown, or a root canal, we'll tell you so, even when taking it out would be quicker. A tooth you keep is worth more than a tidy appointment.

The honest limit runs the other way too. This is a general practice that does surgical work, not an oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic. The list above is what we take on here. A case outside it gets referred. So does a case inside it where the complexity, the sedation you'd need, or your medical history means you're better off with a specialist.

A growth, a cyst, or a lesion we aren't sure about gets looked at and then sent for a specialist opinion if that's what it needs. Dr. Shah reviewing every case personally is also how a case gets turned down.

You'll hear that at the consultation, not on the day of surgery. Being told early that your case belongs somewhere else isn't a wasted visit. It's the visit doing its job.

Most of the healing happens in the first few days. Expect some swelling and soreness, which usually peak early and then ease off. Ice on the cheek helps on the first day, soft food helps for longer, and taking the first day to rest is worth it.

Food goes soft and cool at first, then back toward normal as you heal. Avoid straws, smoking, and vigorous rinsing early on, since those can dislodge the blood clot protecting the site. Your written instructions are specific to your procedure, so follow them ahead of anything general, and you get a way to reach us with questions.

Call us if pain gets worse after the first few days instead of better. Call if you have heavy bleeding, a fever, or swelling that keeps increasing. Trouble breathing or swallowing belongs at a hospital rather than with us, whichever procedure you had.

Recovery time varies by procedure, so you get a plan for your own case before you leave rather than a general one. Avora Dental is on State Road 436 in Altamonte Springs, and we welcome patients from Longwood, Winter Park, Maitland, and Casselberry. Call (407) 774-4433 or request a consultation to talk through your case.