Category Archives: Oral Surgery

Surgically Assisted Tooth Eruption– What to Know Before Your Oral Surgery

Impacted teeth sometimes need coaxing for them to erupt, and our Cleveland oral surgeons can help with a procedure called surgically assisted tooth eruption.

Let’s be real. For many of us, a lot goes into having perfectly straight teeth. Even before the braces can go on, lots of mouths require special attention in preparation for the journey that is orthodontics. Sometimes crowding must be mitigated with tooth extractions, and sometimes impacted teeth even require some coaxing before they will […]

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Most Common Oral Surgery Procedures

What are the Most Common Oral Surgery Procedures? The world of oral surgery is one that is often overlooked. For the most part, people have plenty of experience with a dentist and know what to expect when scheduling an appointment to have their teeth cleaned. However, some oral health issues cannot be fixed with a […]

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Corrective Jaw Surgery Can Produce Life-Changing Results

Chattanooga corrective jaw surgery

Oral Surgery offers remedies for patients with jaw-related problems. This correction of jaw deformities, called “Orthognathic Surgery”, fixes dental and skeletal irregularities with the goals of enhancing one’s appearance and also improving basic functions like chewing, breathing properly, and speaking more clearly. Such procedures can greatly improve quality of life for someone who experiences difficulty […]

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What to Eat After Oral Surgery

what to eat after oral surgery

Some of the main questions patients have when preparing for oral surgery revolve around what foods will be safe to eat after the procedure. It’s natural to want to seek out soft foods that require a minimal amount of chewing after wisdom teeth removal, tooth extraction, or other situations. What follows are some general tips […]

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Grants Galore

DR. PAUL MCCORD

We are proud of Dr. Paul McCord for his leadership as President of the Rotary Club of Cleveland’s Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation awarded 11 grants totaling nearly $44,000 in grants to help promote literacy and wellness in Cleveland & Bradley County. The grants included the Rotary Club’s dictionary project, through which students in both […]

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