Pre-Prosthetic Surgery

The preparation of your mouth before the placement of a prosthesis is referred to as pre-prosthetic surgery.

Some patients require minor oral surgical procedures before receiving a partial or complete denture, in order to ensure the maximum level of comfort. A denture sits on the bone ridge, so it is very important that the bone is the proper shape and size. If a tooth needs to be extracted, the underlying bone might be left sharp and uneven. For the best fit of a denture, the bone might need to be smoothed out or reshaped. Occasionally, excess bone would need to be removed prior to denture insertion.

One or more of the following procedures might need to be performed in order to prepare your mouth for a denture:

  • Bone smoothing and reshaping
  • Removal of excess bone
  • Bone ridge reduction
  • Removal of excess gum tissue
  • Exposure of impacted teeth

We will review your particular needs with you during your appointment.

Pavlick & Reppas

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Awesome crew of very nice & highly trained doctors. Recommend to anyone 🙂

- Joseph B

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Incredibly friendly and talented staff, especially Dr. Reppas. I would not hesitate to return for other procedures or recommend to friends. Keep up the great work!

- Allison M

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Good job

- R W

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Great experience, will definitely be back if need be.

- Abigail H

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Painless procedure. Dr. pavlic called me that evening just to see how I was doing. Highly recommend!!

- Mike H

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Very good experience and my healing time was not long or painful at all.

- Alison C

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I have already recommended your office and Dr. Pavlick to a couple people. I had an overall great experience with this doctor and office.

- Abigail H

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Everyone was very friendly and nice. There was little to no wait time and the procedure went very well.

- Kaitlyn L

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I had a very good experience; after the procedure everything went very well and I had minimal pain

- Kelly M

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Very pleased, had no pain the day of getting my wisdoms removed, no complaints at all

- Joshua K

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We were extremely pleased with our experience and the staff. The process was very positive.

- Jessica M

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Everyone was very nice throughout this experience. Thank you for taking such great care of our girls.

- Aimee and Amanda G

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Thank you! 🙂

- Abigail W

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The whole procedure went well and the whole staff was great and informative.

- Craig S

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Great friendly office personnel and doctors.

- Justin T

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Pleasant experience

- Philip R

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Excellent! My 13 y.o. son had 6 teeth pulled at once with local anesthesia only. Took only one tylenol. Healed well. Eating subs by the end of the week. =) Thank you, Dr.Pavlick. Your reputation precedes you and I will surely recommend.

- Gavin M

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I had a wonderful first time experience. The staff and doctor were friendly and very informative

- Raiana P

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Great

- Larry H

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Overall an easy and good experience

- Eric M

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