Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a recognized specialty of the dental profession, encompassing the surgical and related treatment of diseases, injuries and deformities involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the:
- head
- face
- mouth
- teeth
- gums
- jaws
- neck
Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons treat conditions, defects, injuries, and esthetic aspects of the mouth, teeth, jaws, and face.
Their training includes:
- A four-year graduate degree in dentistry
- The completion of a minimum four or six-year hospital surgical residency-training program
Our oral and maxillofacial surgeons 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 and cysts of the jaws and functional and esthetic conditions of the maxillofacial areas.