Oral Surgery Blog for Patients
How Dental Implants Can Affect Nutrition and Daily Life for Adults
Most adults who lose teeth never decide to change their diet. It changes because certain foods get harder to chew, and the first to go, like raw vegetables, crusty bread, and a good steak, tend to carry the most nutrition. Dental implants restore the stable chewing a varied diet depends on, whether replacing one molar […]
What Is the Difference Between Bio-PRF Lift® and Bio-CARE®
Bio-PRF Lift® and Bio-CARE® are signature protocols from CARE® Esthetics, both using platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) made from your own blood. The main difference is the laser. Bio-PRF Lift focuses on restoring volume and softening lines with PRF treatments alone, while Bio-CARE combines DEKA® CO2 laser therapy with PRF treatments to address texture, tone, and spots […]
What Is a CO2 Laser and What Does It Treat? A Guide for NJ Patients
Key Takeaways: A CO2 laser uses light energy that water in your tissue absorbs, allowing it to remove ultra-thin layers with precision while sealing small blood vessels and nerve endings as it works. At Bergen Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, the DEKA® CO2 laser is used for facial skin resurfacing, lip and tongue-tie release (frenectomy), and […]
QuietNite Snoring & Sleep Therapy: Benefits & Treatment in NJ
Key Takeways: QuietNite is a non-surgical laser treatment that firms the soft tissue at the back of the throat, which reduces the vibration that causes snoring. It treats snoring caused by loose or relaxed soft tissue. It does not treat diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea. Sessions are quick and done with no incisions, no general anesthesia, […]
How PRF Supports Healing After All-on-4 Surgery and Facial Esthetic Treatments
Reviewed by Dr. Mina Boulos, DMD, MD Rebuilding a full smile with All-on-4® dental implants and refreshing your skin at CARE® Esthetics are very different appointments — but your body faces the same task afterward: healing. Skip that part of the conversation, and you risk more swelling, a longer return to your routine, or results […]
Understanding Broken Tooth Extractions: When It’s Necessary and What to Expect
Key Takeaways: A broken tooth doesn’t automatically need to come out. Extraction is usually recommended when the break reaches below the gumline, the root is fractured, or infection has gone too far for a filling, crown, or root canal. Waiting raises the risk of infection and bone loss, and it can make an eventual extraction […]
Caring for a Loved One After Dental Implant Surgery: A Guide From Bergen Oral Surgery
Key Takeaways: If your loved one is having sedation, plan to drive them home and stay with them closely for the first 24 hours. Recovery varies by procedure. A single implant under local anesthesia asks much less of a caregiver than several implants or a full-arch procedure like All-on-4. Most of the caregiver’s job is […]
All-on-4® Dental Implants for Seniors: What to Expect From Same-Day Teeth
Reviewed by Dr. Mina Boulos, DMD, MD Why Seniors Choose Bergen Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery for All-on-4 You have lived with the daily math of dentures long enough to know it by heart. The adhesive that never quite holds through a meal. The foods you have quietly stopped ordering. The soaking cup by the sink, […]
The Best Vitamins and Supplements for Dental Health: What Your Teeth Are Actually Asking For
Most people picture dental health as something that happens in the dentist’s chair. The reality starts somewhere less obvious: the kitchen and the supplement shelf. What you eat and what you supplement has a direct effect on the strength of your enamel, the health of your gum tissue, the density of the bone that anchors […]
Bio-Filler Explained: The All-Natural Filler Alternative Made From Your Own PRF
Most facial fillers work by placing a manufactured gel beneath the skin to add volume. They do that job well — but the material is synthetic, the results fade as the body metabolizes it, and the process starts again. Bio-filler takes a fundamentally different approach. Instead of a manufactured gel, the injectable is made from […]
