Articles of category "Oral and maxillofacial surgery"

The surgical knowledge and thorough perception of aesthetics and function of oral and maxillofacial surgeons distinctively qualify them to diagnose, manage and treat the conditions, defects, traumas and aesthetic aspects of the teeth, mouth, jaws and face. This patient information guide gives a scope of specialty and shows the role of the Oral and Maxillofacial surgery specialty in your health care team and some of the services provided at the oral and maxillofacial surgery department.

As a child growing up in Brooklyn, some of my earliest hero's were oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Other kids idolized baseball stars, but not me. I recognized true talent when I saw it. What is the routine oral surgeons treatment provided for oral and maxillofacial patients? Those surgeons perform surgical procedures on mouth, jaws, head and neck. They also perform difficult tooth extractions, remove tumors and abnormal growths, correct anomalous jaws by maxillary or mandibular revision, prepare mouth for placing of dental prostheses, or heal fractured jaws.