Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a
Dental specialty. It is considered as a bridge between medicine and dentistry. It is related to treating conditions that require expertise from both the backgrounds and addressing impacted/unerrupted teeth, facial bone fractures & disproportion, salivary gland diseases, facial pain, temporomandibular joint disorders, cysts and tumors of the jaws, and various other problems which affect the oral mucosa such as mouth infections and ulcers.
The following are some of the surgical procedures which are performed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons.
- Dental Implants
- Extraction of Tooth
- Dentoalveolar Surgery
- Orthodontic Surgery
- Preprosthetic Surgery
- Facial Infections
- Facial Trauma
- Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
- Oro-Facial Pain
- Oro-Facial Deformities
- Reconstructive Surgery