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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
is the surgical specialty that
includes the diagnosis, surgical
and related treatments of a wide
spectrum of diseases, injuries,
defects and aesthetic aspects of
the mouth, teeth, jaws, face,
head and neck. It is an
internationally recognized
surgical specialty.
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
are trained to treat and care
for patients who experience such
conditions as problem wisdom
teeth, facial pain, and
misaligned jaws. They treat
accident victims suffering
facial injuries, offer
reconstructive and dental
implant surgery, and care for
patients with tumors, cysts, and
developmental craniofacial
abnormalities of the jaws/ face
and functional and aesthetic
conditions of the maxillofacial
areas.
The scope of this specialty is
extensive and concerns the
diagnosis and treatment of
diseases affecting the oral
(mouth) and maxillofacial (face
and neck) regions, including the
following:
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Oral and dentoalveolar
surgery (removal of impacted
and buried teeth, cysts,
etc.).
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Preprosthetic surgery (bone
augmentation).
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Dental implant surgery and
associated bone grafting (to
replace missing teeth or
stabilize dentures;
rehabilitation of patients
having undergone surgery for
tumors, to retain facial
prostheses.
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Orthognathic surgery (dentofacial
deformities).
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Facial trauma surgery
(facial bone fractures and
related soft tissue
injuries).
Reconstructive surgery of
the face.
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Cleft lip and palate
surgery.
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Congenital craniofacial
deformities.
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Facial plastic surgery (rhinoplasty,
rhytidectomy, blepharoplasty,
facial implants, etc.).
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Temporomandibular Joint
Disorder (TMJD).
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Snoring and sleep apnea
correction surgery.
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Tumor/Cancer surgery.
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
(OMS) frequently work alongside
other specialists including
dentists, orthodontists,
prosthodontists, radiologists,
pathologists, oncologists, ENT
surgeons, neurosurgeons, plastic
surgeons and other professionals
allied to medicine.
Source: IAOMS -
International Association of
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- http://www.iaoms.org |
