Oral surgery
An oral and maxillofacial surgeon is a regional specialist surgeon treating the entire craniomaxillofacial complex: anatomical area of the mouth, jaws, face, and skull, as well as associated structures.
Depending upon the jurisdiction, maxillofacial surgeons may require training in dentistry, surgery, and general medicine; training and qualification in medicine may be undertaken optionally even if not required.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is widely recognized as one of the specialties of dentistry. In many countries, however, maxillofacial surgery is a medical specialty requiring both medical and dental degrees, culminating in an appropriate qualification
• Head and neck cancer – microvascular reconstruction
• Cosmetic facial surgery
• Craniofacial surgery/pediatric maxillofacial surgery/cleft surgery
• Cranio-maxillofacial trauma
• Maxillofacial regeneration (reformation of the facial region by advanced stem cell technique)
• Diagnosis and treatment of:
• benign pathology (cysts, tumors etc.)
• malignant pathology (oral & head and neck cancer) with (ablative and reconstructive surgery, microsurgery)
• cutaneous malignancy (skin cancer), lip reconstruction
• congenital craniofacial malformations such as cleft lip and palate and cranial vault malformations such as
craniosynostosis, (craniofacial surgery)
• chronic facial pain disorders
• temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders
• dysgnathia (incorrect bite), and orthognathic (literally “straight bite”) reconstructive surgery,
orthognathic surgery, maxillomandibular advancement, surgical correction of facial asymmetry.
• soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region (jaw fractures, cheek bone fractures, nasal fractures, LeFort visit poster’s website fracture, skull fractures and eye socket fractures).