Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases and Surgery is a surgical branch of dentistry, dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injuries and deformations related to the mouth, teeth and jaws.
Most of the time people consult a dentist because of tooth wear, tooth pain due to decay, jaw pain or edentulous areas.
The Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery branch includes following procedures:
• Extraction of impacted teeth
• Dental Implant Applications
• Surgical treatments of soft tissue
• Surgical treatments of tumours related to jaw area
• Surgical treatments of jaw and intraoral fractures
• Surgical treatments of deformations that cause aesthetic concerns
• Surgical corrections of tissues prior to dentures (oral preprosthetic surgery)