Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is an internationally recognized specialty which deals with the correction of a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries, and defects in the head, face, jaws and hard and soft tissues of the mouth. The treatments that are performed in this department may range from any of the following listed procedures:
- Dentoalveolar surgery i.e. surgery to remove impacted third molars and other teeth, difficult tooth extractions, extractions on medically compromised patients, bone grafting or preprosthetic surgery to provide better anatomy for the placement of implants, dentures or other dental prosthesis
- Diagnosis and treatment of benign pathologies like cysts and tumors etc
- Diagnosis and treatment of malignant pathologies like cancer of the mouth and jaws
- Diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous malignancy of lip and other neighboring areas
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic facial pain disorders
- Diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular disorders(TMJ)
- Diagnosis and treatment of incorrect bites and other jaw/ facial deformities
- Diagnosis and treatment of soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region like jaw bones, cheek bones, nasal bones, Lefort fractures, skull and orbital fractures