Archive for March, 2024

USE OF PRF AND PRGF FOR THIRD MOLAR EXTRACTION SOCKETS

We have been using the PRF, L-PRF, and PRGF technologies now for many years. This technology uses concentrated platelets processed at the time of surgery, as a graft material either alone or in combination with bone graft material (autologous, allograph, and/or xenograft). A recent study looked at outcomes when this is used as a socket […]

ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING PATTERNS. HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH ANTIBIOTICS?

We routinely prescribe antibiotics following oral surgery procedures such as removal of wisdom teeth or placement of dental implants. (JADA 2017:148(12):878-886). The mouth is a naturally dirty place and it is not possible to “sterilize” it prior to treatment. In fact, it is common that the structures that we are treating are infected such as […]