Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery is a surgical specialty which involves the diagnosis, surgery and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and aesthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

More simply put, the oral and maxillofacial surgeon is an individual who addresses problems ranging from the removal of impacted teeth to the repair of facial trauma.

What are some reasons to visit an Oral-Maxillofacial Surgeon?

Have teeth replaced by having dental implants inserted.
Have oral surgical procedures performed in the office under outpatient  ambulatory anesthesia.
Have a jaw, oral, or facial cyst or tumor diagnosed, removed and reconstructed.
Have your jaw aligned with orthognathic surgery.
Have your jaw joint(s) repaired with TMJ surgery.
Have facial and jaw reconstruction following cancer surgery.
Have your facial bones realigned after facial trauma.
Have a consultation to determine whether you are a candidate for aesthetic surgery.
Have a tooth extracted.
Surgical procedures

Treatments may be performed on the craniomaxillofacial complex: mouth, jaws, face, neck, skull, and include:

Dentoalveolarsurgery (surgery to remove impacted 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 prostheses)
Surgery to insert osseointegrated (bone fused) dental implantsand maxillofacial implants for attaching craniofacial prostheses and bone anchored hearing aids.
Cosmetic surgeryof the head and neck: (rhytidectomy/facelift, browlift, blepharoplasty/Asian blepharoplasty, otoplasty, rhinoplasty, septoplasty, cheek augmentation, chin augmentation, genioplasty, oculoplastics, neck liposuction, lip enhancement, injectable cosmetic treatments, filler, chemical peel)
Corrective jaw surgery (orthognathic surgery), surgical treatment and/or splinting of sleep apnea, maxillomandibular advancement, genioplasty
Diagnosis and treatment of:
benignpathology (cysts, tumors)
malignantpathology (oral & head and neck cancer) with (ablative and reconstructive surgery, microsurgery)
cutaneous malignancy (skin cancer), lip reconstruction
congenitalcraniofacial malformations such as cleft lip and palate and cranial vault malformations such as craniosynostosis, (craniofacial surgery)
chronic facial pain disorders
temporomandibularjoint (TMJ) disorders
Dysgnathia (incorrect bite), and orthognathic (literally “straight bite”) reconstructive surgery, orthognathic surgery, maxillomandibular advancement, surgical correction of facial asymmetry.
soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region (jaw fractures, cheek bone fractures, nasalfractures, LeFort fracture, skull fractures and eye socket fractures)