Fundamentals!

    

    Oral and maxillofacial surgery is used  to treat many diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and Maxillofacial region. Internationally, it's recognized as a surgical speciality It is an internationally recognized surgical specialty.

                                                                                   

   A surgeon with this speciality is capable of treating the entire craniomaxillofacial complex; the area of the mouth, face, skull, jaws, as well as other associated structures. There is many surgical procedures an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon may do such as;

•  Dentoalveolar surgery which is implemented to remove impacted teeth, difficult tooth extractions, extractions on medically compromised patients, bone grafting or preprosthetic surgery to provide better anatomy for the placement ofimplants, dentures, or other dental prostheses. 
• Surgery to insert osseointegrated (bone fused) dental implants and maxillofacial implants for attaching craniofacial prostheses and bone anchored hearing aids.
• Cosmetic surgery of the head and neck: (rhytidectomy/facelift, browlift, blepharoplasty /Asian blepharoplasty, otoplasty, rhinoplasty, septoplasty, cheek augmentation, chin augmentation, genioplasty, oculoplasty, lip liposuction, lip enhancement, injectable cosmetic treatments, botox, chemical peel etc.)
• Corrective jaw surgery (orthognathic surgery), surgical treatment and/or splinting of sleep apnea,maxillomandibular advancement, genioplasty

   Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons are capable of diagnose and treat conditions such as; cysts, tumors, oral & head neck cancer, skin cancer, lip reconstruction, cleft lip and palate, cranial vault malformations such as craniosynostosis, chronic facial pain disorders, temporomandibular joint disorders, as well as other conditions.

   Surgeons with this speciality have to go throught a variaty of studies and preparation. This will be emphasized on the next post of this blog. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_and_maxillofacial_surgery