Oral and Maxillofacial surgery is the field of surgery that treats many diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral (mouth) and maxillofacial (jaws and face) region.
Medtourism Group affiliated Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons deal with the following fields:
- Head and neck cancer: microvascular reconstruction
- Cosmetic facial surgery
- Craniofacial surgery / Cleft Surgery
- Cranio-maxillofacial trauma
- Head and neck reconstruction (plastic surgery of the head and neck region)
- Maxillofacial regeneration
Treatments that may be performed on the craniomaxillofacial complex (mouth, jaws, neck, face, and skull) include:
- Dentoalveolar surgery (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)
- Diagnosis and treatment of benign pathology (cysts, tumors)
- Diagnosis and treatment of malignant pathology (oral & head and neck cancer) (ablative and reconstructive surgery, microsurgery).
- Diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous malignancy (skin cancer), lip reconstruction
- Diagnosis and treatment of congenital craniofacial malformations, such as cleft lip and palate; and cranial vault malformations, such as craniosynostosis (craniofacial surgery)
- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic facial pain disorders
- Diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders
- Diagnosis and treatment of dysgnathia (incorrect bite), and orthognathic (literally “straight bite”) reconstructive surgery, orthognathic surgery, maxillomandibular advancement, surgical correction of facial asymmetry.
- Diagnosis and treatment of soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region (jaw fractures, cheek bone fractures, nasal fractures, LeFort fracture, skull fractures and eye socket fractures).
- Surgery to insert osseo-integrated dental implants and maxillofacial implants for attaching craniofacial prostheses and bone anchored hearing aids.
