MAINLINE DENTAL ARTS
Main Line Dental Arts is a premier specialty periodontal and dental implant practice in Narberth, PA. Dedicated to restoring and preserving your oral health with compassionate, cutting-edge care.
Main Line Dental Arts is a premier specialty periodontal and dental implant practice in Narberth, PA. Dedicated to restoring and preserving your oral health with compassionate, cutting-edge care.
Preserving Surrounding Bone and Socket Architecture with Modern Microsurgical Technique
While our foremost philosophy at Main Line Dental Arts is to save natural teeth whenever clinically possible, certain teeth become non-restorable due to severe vertical fractures, catastrophic decay beneath the bone, or advanced periodontal bone loss. When tooth extraction is inevitable, the method of extraction makes an enormous difference to your future oral health.
Traditional extractions can be forceful and damage the fragile surrounding socket bone. Our periodontal surgeons perform atraumatic tooth extractions using specialized periotomes and microsurgical instruments that gently disconnect the periodontal ligament without fracturing the delicate facial bone plate.
At the same time, we routinely perform socket preservation bone grafting to preserve ridge height and width, keeping your jawbone ready for seamless immediate or future dental implant placement.
You may benefit from this treatment if you experience any of the following:
We examine 3D radiographs to inspect root curvature, proximity to the mandibular nerve or maxillary sinus, and adjacent tooth safety.
Profound local anesthesia ensures complete numbness. Nitrous oxide or oral conscious sedation is available for total calm and comfort.
Micro-instruments separate the ligament fibers, allowing the tooth to be lifted gently out of its socket without damaging the surrounding bone walls.
The socket is curetted of all chronic infected tissue, filled with mineralized bone graft and PRF, and sealed with a resorbable suture to preserve the ridge.
Preserves the thin outer bone plate, preventing the 40-50% bone collapse common after raw extractions.
Gentle microsurgical technique minimizes tissue trauma, bleeding, and post-op swelling.
Often enables immediate dental implant placement in the very same appointment.
Rest peacefully while our experienced periodontal surgeons take care of everything.
Practical instructions to ensure an anxiety-free visit and smooth, rapid healing.
What to expect from your initial specialist consultation through complete recovery.
Careful clinical examination, diagnostic imaging, and personalized treatment sequencing.
Minimally invasive microsurgical procedure with gentle local anesthesia and sedation support.
Structured recovery protocol, proactive post-op care calls, and dietary guidance.
Follow-up confirmation and ongoing preventative care coordinated with your primary dentist.
Periodontists undergo 3 additional years of accredited university surgical residency beyond dental school, focusing exclusively on jawbone biology, tissue regeneration, and micro-precision implant placement. We partner closely with your family dentist to deliver lasting clinical excellence.
Our board-certified periodontists, Dr. Borguet, Dr. Hodgson, and Dr. Susanin, are here to help restore your oral health with compassionate, personalized care.
