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Archive for November, 2017

What is Socket Preservation?

Did you know the jawbone immediately begins reshaping and re-contouring the minute a tooth is extracted – or pulled? The body is a very efficient machine, and it doesn’t like to waste resources. Because of this we like to use a technique called socket preservation to counteract this natural occurrence.   When we extract a tooth from the jaw, the alveolar ridge – the strip of […]

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