Corrective Jaw Surgery: How long will I have to wear braces?

Orthognathic Surgery, also referred to as corrective jaw surgery, is the correction of jaw, tooth, and facial deformities through the combined use of orthodontic treatment and oral maxillofacial surgery in the upper and/or lower jaws. For certain deformities of the jaw, orthodontics alone cannot bring the teeth into a proper and healthy alignment. In order […]

Often times, oral conditions are defined by their descriptive characteristics and color. A brownish, bluish, or black lesion in the mouth are such conditions and will be further categorized by their appearance. Lesions that display well-defined borders will be grouped separately from lesions that appear to be diffuse or have undefined borders. Although these lesions […]

My wisdom teeth was so painful after I delivered my twins, dr Koos took it out with care and wonderful job! He also care about my pain and asked about my twins who were in the Nicu back then! He is the best person and dr! Thanks for all your care for me that day! […]

Quite often, a bad wisdom tooth is recommended for extraction based upon a clinical evaluation and information that must be gathered from a panoramic x-ray. Even when the tooth has not erupted through the gums and the bone, or when the tooth is partially lodged into the back corner of the mouth, advanced clinical diagnostic […]