Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery


Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery

   Oral, dental, and maxillofacial surgery covers the processes of diagnosis and examination of all teeth, gums, tongue, cheeks, palate, salivary gland, dental and maxillofacial surgery examinations. It shows a variety according to the problem’s hugeness and it depends on the patient’s oral, dental, and maxillofacial treatment. According to the necessity of operations the local or general anesthesia is applied.

   In the scope of oral, dental, and maxillofacial surgery, maxillofacial changes are rising from the traumas after the birth and or inherited by birth. The traumas that are mostly seen are cleft lips, lower and upper jaw’s positioning like being in the front or being at the back, malfunctioning in jaw closing, misfunctioning in chewing and biting functions. To correct all these orthognathic surgeries, augmentation in tissue, distraction in face osteogenesis such wise operations are implemented.

Applications that involve in Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery

  General anesthesia and local anesthesia belong to the oral, dental, and maxillofacial surgery and involves a lot of functions and surgical operations.

Some of them are listed as above:

  • Extraction of normal and surgical teeth
  • Embedded teeth extraction
  • Zygomatic and dental implant applications
  • Diagnostic and treatments of cysts and tumors
  • Preprosthetic Surgical operations
  • Augmentation of sinus floor
  • Bone Augmentation
  • Long term follow-up of traumatic teeth and support tissue injuries’ diagnostics and treatment
  • Conservative and surgical treatment of jaw fractures
  • Orthognathic surgical operations
  • Treatments for the diseases of jaw joints