Oral and Maxillofacial
Oral & Maxillofacial surgery (OMS) specializes in treating 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.
Treatments under Oral and maxillofacial surgery:-
- Dentoalveolar surgery:- This is a surgery to remove impacted teeth, difficult tooth extractions, extractions on medically compromised patients, bone grafting to provide better anatomy for the placement of implants, dentures, or other dental prostheses.
- Surgery to insert bone fused dental implants and maxillofacial implants for attaching craniofacial prostheses and bone anchored hearing aids.
- Cosmetic surgery of the head and neck:- facelift, browlift, cheek augmentation, chin augmentation, neck liposuction, lip enhancement, injectable cosmetic treatments, chemical peel etc.
- Corrective jaw surgery.
- Diagnosis and treatment of cysts, tumors, oral & head and neck cancer.
- Surgery for malformations such as cleft lip and palate.
- Treatments for chronic facial pain disorders.
- Reconstructive surgery for incorrect bite, straight bite.
- Treatments for soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region:- jaw fractures, cheek bone fractures, nasal fractures, skull fractures and eye socket fractures.