Posts Tagged ‘ wisdom teeth ’

How To Keep Your Mouth Clean After Oral Surgery

How to Clean Your Mouth After Wisdom Teeth Removal  Keeping your mouth clean after oral surgery protects your healing tissue and supports a smoother recovery. Good habits, done the right way, help lower your risk of infection and complications like dry socket.  Dr. Geisler recommends avoiding all oral hygiene, including brushing, rinsing, and spitting, for the first twenty […]

How Not to Be Anxious Completing Oral Hygiene after Oral Surgery. You’ve Got This!

One of the most frequent questions we receive at Geisler OMS is how to keep the mouth clean after extraction of wisdom teeth, placement of dental implants or bone grafting. Many of our patients worry that they might disrupt healing or cause a dry socket by performing oral hygiene. This can cause a great deal of worry for some patients. Here are […]

Do I Really Need My Wisdom Teeth Removed?

Evaluating Wisdom Teeth As a surgeon, I am commonly asked by my patients and their families “Do I really need to have my wisdom teeth removed?” Everyone is hoping that my answer will be “No, of course not! Who gave you that crazy idea?!” If only it were so simple. How I decide whether you need […]

Our Golden Rule

  It’s easy to imagine the discomfort of walking into a new healthcare provider’s office. You may have a referral. You may be walking in blindly, trusting you receive the proper care you think you need. You’re afraid because you don’t know what to expect. You’re apprehensive because it’s an unfamiliar environment. Perhaps you have […]