What kind of surgery does the oral maxillofacial surgeon do?

Oral surgeon ?: Even oral & maxillofacial surgeons aren't fond of the moniker but are stuck with it anyway. Oms's do surgery of the mouth, jaw bones, and the surrounding structures. Injuries, wisdom teeth, jaw fractures, laceration repairs, dental implants, teeth extractions, bone grafts, reconstructive surgery (orthognathis), tumors, facial cosmetic (plastic), other pathology, i know i've left something out!

Many types: An oral surgeon performs many types of surgery. Just to mention a few: impacted wisdom teeth, apicoectomies, biopsies, incision and drainage of infections, orthognathic surgery, dental implants, bone grafts, treatment of fractures, repair lacerations, alveoplasties, vestibuloplasties, exposure of impacted teeth, excision of cysts.

Many things: We remove teeth, place dental implants, do bone grafting, fix broken jaws, do facial reconstructive surgery, cleft lip and palate, and facial cosmetic surgery.

All kinds: Impacted teeth, orthognathic (move upper and lower jaws new position) tumors and cysts of face and jaws, TMJ surgery, implants, bone grafting and reconstructive oral and facial surgery, facial cosmetic surgery, laser therapy, craniofacial surgery, to name a few.

Many kinds: They are always trained to take out teeth, place dental implants, jaw surgery, andant are trained in treating rumors and cleft lip/palate surgery.

Scope of Oral Max Su: Omss perform a wide range of procedures that include both hard and soft tissues of the face and neck. Wisdom tooth extractions, minor major bone grafting, facial trauma surgery, facial cosmetic surgery, corrective jaw surgery. As with any specialty not all surgeons perform all the procedures in their specialty. Getting an idea of what makes up the surgeon's practice, will lead you correctly.

Full scope: Comtemporary oral max surgeons perform a very wide scope of services. Everything from wisdom tooth extraction, dental implants, minor and major bone grafting to head and neck cancer, treatment of tumors of the jaws, facial cosmetic surgery, facial trauma surgery, cleft lip and palate, corrective jaw surgery and TMJ surgery. Check out www.Aaoms.Org for details.