Christopher E. Bonacci, DDS, MD, PC

Christopher E. Bonacci, DDS, MD, PC Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Case of The Week:We now accept freshly shot PHEASANT as payment for services rendered!
12/17/2025

Case of The Week:
We now accept freshly shot PHEASANT as payment for services rendered!

Case of The WeekA 76 year old female presents with a white patch on the left lateral tongue. She does not smoke or drin...
12/10/2025

Case of The Week
A 76 year old female presents with a white patch on the left lateral tongue. She does not smoke or drink. She has no symptoms and states her Dentist found it on routine exam. I biopsied the lesion and a diagnosis of Moderate Dysplasia was made by the Oral Pathologists at VCU. Dysplasia is a pre malignant lesion that comes in 3 flavors before becoming cancer....mild, moderate and severe. I recommended laser fulgaration of the left lateral tongue to vaporize the tissue then allow it to heal for a month and grow new healthy tissue. The patient is cured now but under tight surveillance by me, her dentist and herself for the next 5 years.

Case of the week.72 year old female who lost her right lateral incisor and failed an implant in another doctor's office....
09/10/2025

Case of the week.
72 year old female who lost her right lateral incisor and failed an implant in another doctor's office. The width of the maxilla was only 1mm requiring bone reconstruction. An implant was placed and grafted with a new graft material composed of human donor bone in a slurry of lineage-committed bone cells creating scaffolding and stimulation to form new bone. The graft was then covered in a bioresorbable membrane barrier. This is next level grafting!

Case of the week:13 year old mucocele excision and closure
09/03/2025

Case of the week:
13 year old mucocele excision and closure

Case of the week...77 year old female underwent uneventful excision of a left soft palate lesion that was sent for patho...
08/21/2025

Case of the week...
77 year old female underwent uneventful excision of a left soft palate lesion that was sent for pathology. The soft tissue was cauterized with silver nitrate to stop any bleeding. The next day her husband sent these photos of his wife with normal healing in the soft palate and bilateral upper and lower tire balloon lips. What is the diagnosis and treatment?

08/06/2025

Case of the week:
It's increasingly important to scrutinize your doctors training and complication rate for specific procedures. There is more and more mediocrity in the community with bigger groups and more locations and large corporations owning practices. I'm seeing, fixing and serving as an expert witness in more complications than ever! Words to the wise!

Case of the week is actually a letter of thanks from one of several summer interns. I have a great track record getting...
08/01/2025

Case of the week is actually a letter of thanks from one of several summer interns. I have a great track record getting interns into medical, dental and law school! Carrying it forward one person at a time.

Summer is the best time to remove wisdom teeth because high school age kids have time to heal. Removal of wisdom teeth ...
07/23/2025

Summer is the best time to remove wisdom teeth because high school age kids have time to heal. Removal of wisdom teeth BEFORE roots are fully grown results in the lowest chance of complications and nerve injuries. Always seek a 2nd opinions by a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon whenever surgery is being considered in the mouth.

Case of the Week:Minor salivary glands line the oral mucosa by the hundreds. Sometimes, often resulting from trauma, th...
07/15/2025

Case of the Week:
Minor salivary glands line the oral mucosa by the hundreds. Sometimes, often resulting from trauma, the duct that empties the gland's saliva into the mouth is disrupted. The gland continues to make saliva but it empties into the surrounding tissue causing a balloon effect. The diagosis is a mucocele. The only definitive treatment is removal of the gland.

This is a torus palatinus, a large mass of benign bone that grows in the roof of the mouth. It can grow so big that it ...
07/09/2025

This is a torus palatinus, a large mass of benign bone that grows in the roof of the mouth. It can grow so big that it outgrows the blood supply from the now very thin tissue on the roof of the mouth. The tissue dies, the bone underneath dies and the only treatment is surgical removal. The patient experienced necrosis on the posterior of the lesion that appears bluish.

Case of the week. Another full mouth! Always seek 2nd opinions from Board Certified Specialists for the best outcomes!...
06/09/2025

Case of the week. Another full mouth! Always seek 2nd opinions from Board Certified Specialists for the best outcomes! Lots of mediocrity out there!

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05/30/2025

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