What is Meant By Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery?

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a branch of dentistry that deals with the surgical procedures and treatment of the diseases, injuries, defects related to human teeth, jaws, face and associated structures or oral tissues.

To correct a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, face, neck, jaws and the soft and hard tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region, a surgery called oral and maxillofacial surgery is required.

In case of a fracture in face, or for routine teeth removal, placement of dental implants and complex facial reconstructive procedures, there are chances that you will be treated by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.

The maxillofacial surgeon specializes in treating accident victims who suffer fractures of the facial bones and also complex problems like jaw and facial injuries, cleft palate, cleft lip, and placement of implants. He also care for patients who are having problems with wisdom teeth, facial pain, and misaligned jaws. They treat patients who have undergone accidents and are suffering with facial injuries. They also place dental implants, care for patients with oral cancer, tumors and cysts of the jaws, and perform facial cosmetic surgery.

Treatments are dealt by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon by following the methods such as extraction of the teeth, surgical removal of impacted teeth, diagnosis and treatment of tumors, cysts and severe malignancies, treatment of fractures of the maxillofacial regions, surgical, diagnosis, treatment of traumatic injuries to the facial structures, cosmetic surgeries of the head and neck region etc.

The specialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery is that, it also performs cosmetic facial surgery involving surgical correction of deformed jawbones, nose and cheekbones. It also deals with surgical correction of patients born with congenital anomalies involving facial abnormalities.