This can occur face-to-face at the practice, or via a telehealth video call.
This can be a separate appointment or completed at the same visit as the procedure.
We require a full medical history including a current list of all medications from your GP or pharmacist, plus supplements, allergies or intolerances, and any hospitalisations in your past.
We’ll review any information supplied from a referring practitioner, and take further x-ray images as needed.
We’ll go through the procedure with you thoroughly, answer any questions you may have, and get your informed signed consent to proceed with any treatment.
We’ll explore with you ways to help make your treatment experience as comfortable as possible for you.
We’ll explain all the costs of treatment.
We’ll detail all post-treatment care for you to manage yourself at home in the days after your procedure.

Please eat a substantial meal at least 2 hours before your procedure. It helps your body deal with the stress of the procedure and keeps hunger pains away afterward when you’re still too numb to eat!
We recommend a friend or family member bring you and take you home from your treatment appointment with us. It’s not every day you have a surgical procedure in your mouth afterall!
We can provide happy gas (nitrous oxide) or an oral sedative if this was agreed at your initial consult.
You’ll be made very numb, so you won’t feel any pain.
We’ll complete the procedure in a timely fashion - often you’ll have resorbable stitches or sutures placed, these usually come out by themselves in the following week or two.
We’ll give you a list of the home care supplies you need to recover - like pain relief tablets, ice packs, and softer foods - to manage your healing and any soreness in the days after your treatment.
A dry socket or infection can develop causing increasing pain in up to 30% of oral surgery cases - please contact us if you experience this as we may see you again for a short 15-30 minute follow-up visit.

Follow these 7 easy-Peasy steps and you’ll likely heal quickly and experience little discomfort after your surgical dental treatment:

Pressure is applied to the wound to stop bleeding for 30-60 minutes - use the gauze we supply you to help form a good blood clot for healing, like a scab on your skin.
Pain relief analgesics and anti-inflammatories - use as directed, up to 6 times daily in the first couple of days, with the need for less medication with each passing day.
Plenty of food, mashed, mushed, minced, or pureed, is best - not too hot, cold, or crunchy - to keep your nutrition up in an easy-to-eat form. Also, avoid alcohol ideally for a week or more to help with healing.
Patches, edibles, or oils instead of smoking or vaping if you need a dose of nicotine or another substance, to reduce your risk of delayed healing, complications, and worsening pain, for up to a week or more.
Proper mouth cleaning with your toothbrush and salt water mouthwash starting 24 hours after your treatment - be very gentle and don’t spit out too vigorously as the blood clot and stitches need to stay in place!
Pop those straws away - the pressure of sucking will dislodge your blood clot and possibly your stitches, which can cause problems with healing. Just drink normally from a cup once your numbness wears off.
Phone us if you can’t control any post-treatment bleeding in the first 24-48 hours, or if any pain gets worse instead of better in the week after your procedure with us.