For those who live in the Fairhope, Alabama community, Minto Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery strives to be a leading provider of high-quality oral healthcare. Not only does our practice provide patients with a high level of clinical skill, but we create positive and comfortable patient experiences, even for those who may be apprehensive about their trip to an oral surgeon.
But then the college experience ignited his passion for learning, and his studying eventually led him to opt into dental school over medical school, where he briefly considered a career in orthodontics or endodontics.
By chance, he had an opportunity to shadow an oral surgeon one day, witnessing as this healthcare professional reconstructed a mans face following a significant fracture. David immediately knew that this was what he wanted to do, choosing oral surgery for the chance to solve complex problems, tackle big challenges, and ultimately make a significant difference in the lives of his patients.
When he was a kid, Dr. Minto spent a lot of time at his grandmothers house on Mobile Bay. He always hoped he would have the chance to return to the Fairhope area and is proud that he now serves Baldwin County as one of its dedicated oral surgeons.
Dr. Mintos passion is for creating a practice where everyone feels warmly welcomed. The environment at Minto Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is professional but also comfortable and relaxed. Dr. Minto takes pride in the time he spends getting to know his patients, answering their questions, and involving them in the treatment process.
Dr. Minto lives with his wife, daughter, and a yellow lab named Roux. When he is not treating patients, he can often be found either spending time with his family or saltwater fishing. He still makes regular visits out to his grandmothers house on Mobile Bay.
At Minto Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, our entire team is dedicated to providing you with high-quality, compassionate care. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Minto manages a wide variety of oral health conditions relating to the mouth, teeth, and facial regions. He specializes in dental implant placement, wisdom tooth removal, and more! If you need oral or maxillofacial surgery, trust Dr. Minto and his team are committed to giving you the best results.
Autogenous bone grafts, also known as autografts, are made from your own bone, taken from somewhere else in the body. The bone is typically harvested from the chin, jaw, lower leg bone, hip, or the skull. Autogenous bone grafts are advantageous in that the graft material is your own live bone, meaning it contains living cellular elements that enhances bone growth, also eliminating the risk of your body rejecting the graft material since it comes from you.
Allogenic bone, or allograft, is dead bone harvested from a cadaver, then processed using a freeze-dry method to extract the water via a vacuum. Unlike autogenous bone, allogenic bone cannot produce new bone on its own. Rather, it serves as a framework, or scaffold, over which bone from the surrounding bony walls can grow to fill the defect or void.
Xenogenic bone is derived from non-living bone of another species, usually a cow. The bone is processed at very high temperatures to avoid the potential for immune rejection and contamination. Like allogenic grafts, xenogenic grafts serve as a framework for bone from the surrounding area to grow and fill the void.
Both allogenic and xenogenic bone grafting have an advantage of not requiring a second procedure to harvest your own bone, as with autografts. However, because these options lack autografts bone-forming properties, bone regeneration may take longer than with autografts, and have a less predictable outcome.