Basic necessities for oral surgery

 There are two principal requirements.

1. Adequate Visibiltiy

2. Assistance

1. Adequate Visibility

It depends on the following three factors

a) Adequate access which depends on patients ability to open the mouth widely, increased exposure with proper retraction and proper creation of surgical flaps.  

b) Adequate light which is an absolute necessity. Surgeon and assistance should continously repositioned light or use more than one overhead light or use headlight for better visibility of the field.

c) A surgical field free of excess of blood and other fluids and debris which can be achieved by high volume suctioning with relatively small tip.

2. Assistance 

An assistant should properly trained and be familiar with the procedure.