What is Oral Surgery?

Oral Surgery is the specialist field of dentistry that involves surgical management of bony (jaw) and soft tissue problems in and around the mouth. The most common example is the removal of impacted teeth such as wisdom teeth (third molars) which are causing infection problems.

Oral Surgery at the Priestgate Clinic

We are delighted to have Mr Clive Moss, Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, providing our Oral Surgery service. Clive is dual qualified in both Dentistry & Medicine. This means that patients can obtain direct and prompt access to expert surgical services performed under local anaesthesia for problems such as:

• difficult tooth extractions
• impacted teeth eg wisdom teeth
• exposure of buried teeth, eg canine teeth, for subsequent orthodontic alignment
• removal of soft tissue lesions eg fibrous lumps and salivary gland swellings.

We're especially pleased that it's possible for many of our adult and teenage patients to avoid a hospital wait and general anaesthetic for surgical exposure of impacted teeth as part of their orthodontic treatment. 3D (CBCT) radiographic imaging enables Clive to precisely locate these buried teeth and undertake less invasive surgery than conventionally required.