Oral surgery is a field of medicine that is developing very quickly, with new diagnostic techniques, new treatment techniques, the new substances being launched all the time. Here are some of the modern tools and techniques used by oral surgeons such as Hochstadter, Isaacson, Cherny, Dumanis & Associates Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Illinois today:
· Advanced imaging devices – x-ray technology is developing quickly, and oral surgeons make the most of that rapid development. The equipment used by oral surgeons today allows not only for creating images to reveal the condition of the roots of the patient's teeth but also to assess the patient's bone density to ensure that dental implants can be safely installed or to help with the decision to put in a graft. Modern imaging techniques with the help of tiny cameras are also used to guide the oral surgeon's hand when inserting the metal pole into the patient's jaw as part of installing dental implants.
· Microscopes – many oral surgeon offices today use microscopes to see better during the interventions performed in the patient's mouth.
· Substances to aid healing - stitches that become absorbed by the patient's body and do not need removal and various foams and other substances applied in the surgical area to protect the wound heart are just two examples.
