capstone mentor hours

On Monday April 1, 2013 I spent a total of 9 hours with my mentor. I got to experience seeing wisdom teeths being pulled out. There was some patients that were only having one wisdom tooth pulled out, while others had to have three to four wisdom teeth pulled out. Patients must go under I.V before going under the procedure. Its amazing how the I.V goes into effect in less then a minuite. I got to see step by step how a wisdom tooth is pulled out. Sometimes some patients tooths must be pulled out by parts and for others the tooth is removed in one whole piece. Enable for the Oral Surgeon to remove the tooth he must dettache the gums from the tooth. This will avoid any damage to the gums while the tooth is being pulled out. After the tooth is removed the surgeon must place stitches to close back the gums again this is only required when its not a wisdom tooth. After a wisdom tooth is removed a hole is left in the area where the tooth was removed. For young people the hole will be covered by bone over the time but, unfortunetly for older people bone no longer grows to cover that area. A wisdom removal procedure do not last for hours it can take up to 35 to 40 minutes. i must have seen atleast 10 wisdom removal procedure be done. In my next visit wich will be in April 2nd i plan to see implants be placed.