Osseous Surgery

Category: infrastructure

A periodontal procedure to reshape damaged bone around teeth to eliminate bacteria-harboring pockets.

In advanced periodontal disease, the bone structure supporting the teeth becomes irregular, creating craters where bacteria thrive. Osseous surgery involves retracting the gums, smoothing the bone irregularities (osteoplasty), and recontouring the tissue to prevent future re-infection.

Common Examples

• Osseous surgery is the gold standard for restoring pocket depth integrity in patients where non-surgical scaling failed to arrest bone loss.
• The surgeon smoothed the irregular cratered bone during the osseous surgery session to create a flat architecture resistant to plaque accumulation.