Ogram Technique - Safer way to extract teeth

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The following write-up was provided by Sherri, one of the most educated patients on Jaw infections I know. Also one of the more seriously injured. She was a very good friend of Dr. Odell as well, whose death is felt to have been linked directly to botched NICO surgery. The following technique, or a very similar one, is taught to dentists in dental school. Most are just too lazy to take the time to do the extractions properly. You can insist that your teeth be extracted in the following matter. Even ask them to sign a contract agreeing to use this or a similar procedure. The Ogram Technique can be found with a google search. OGRAM TECHNIQUE Safer way to extract teeth During the surgical extraction of teeth it is very important to remove the PDL, bundle bone, and lamina dura. It is also VERY IMPORTANT not to use adjacent teeth to wedge an elevator to loosen the tooth. The slight movement at the top is magnified at the apex to large excursion

because the center of the rotation is so high. This elevation can damage the nerves and blood going into the adjacent tooth and cause it to die, The Ogram Technique is less traumatic way to extract teeth. Most people think that bone expands by wedging with an elevator. This is not true it fractures. Irrigation should be SALINE the same used for orthopedic surgery. Harsh irrigation can kill bone cells and tissue and make matters worse. This is one reason why pain can persists and multiple surgeries are required. Do not use anything on the bone that has not been proven safe. Section tooth in half. Lexiate (sp?) the individual roots along their long axis. { rotation movement only} NO BUCAL OR LINGUAL FORCE on any adjacent teeth NO VASOCONSTRICTOR or EPINEPHRINE LIDOCANE OR CARBOCANE

ONLY Because blood supply is very important Note: It’s very important to remove intersector (sp?) bone between the two teeth.