The surgical / surgical tooth removal in many cases corresponds to the operational wisdom tooth removal. It comes into play when a normal orthograde standing tooth can not be taken with the tongs, so the crown - the "handle is missing" -. In such situations must be opened up through the gum and the root of the bone anchored weggefräst osteotomized or (Fig. 1).

Figure 1: Remote bones off the remaining roots, state after folding down the gums with a chipped tooth
The abbreviation is called, therefore, this operation also "OST". Often they are destroyed by caries tooth or teeth, which are provided with a structure (post crown) and this usually stops rather than that they can be removed with the tooth roots.
Exposure of tooth
Another form tackle tooth surgery is the "exposure of impacted tooth," not only because his wisdom teeth can shift. The goal of such an operation is to the displaced and / or impacted tooth as far from the camp to liberate osseous (Fig. 2) that the Kieferorthopäde may swallow the tooth at the crown, it's about him then attach to a Fidelity advised .

Figure 2a: Surgical freely laid crown of the impacted and unerupted canine 13

Figure 2b: Clinical picture of this situation
Usually, after the exposure of a bracket glued to the crown, which then moves to the tooth with a rubber or a small spiral in the direction of occlusal plane.
In very few EXCEPTIONAL Nevertheless it is also that tooth in the jaw are more überzählige the surgical removal (Fig. 3).

Figure 3: Multipel shifted and überzählige teeth
This approach is similar to the operational wisdom tooth removal only in other jaw sections.