Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery

Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery

What is Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery that treats problems such as difficulty in chewing or biting food, difficulty in swallowing, chronic jaw or jaw joint, excessive wear on teeth, treatments of fractures in the jaw and face area, removal of complex and impacted teeth? What diseases does it treat? Here's what you need to know.

What is Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery?

Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Diseases and Surgery is a surgical branch of dentistry that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injuries and deformities related to the mouth, teeth and jaw.

Which Diseases Does Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery Treat?

Most people resort to jaw surgery because of a variety of oral problems, from wear and tear to teeth and jaw joint pain. Possible problems such as biting, chewing and swallowing food are a very common problem in maxillofacial surgery patients. Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery is applied to eliminate problems such as noisy breathing, difficulty in speaking or snoring caused by the abnormal shape and size of the mouth opening. Other diseases covered by the application are as follows;

Extraction of complex and impacted teeth,
– Surgical treatments of all kinds of infections in the mouth, jaw and face area,
– Surgical treatments of formations such as cysts and tumors in the jaws,
– Surgical treatments of soft tissue diseases of the oral region,
– Treatment of dental intraosseous lesions (Apical Resection),
– Treatment of fractures in the jaw and face area,
– Surgical correction of soft and hard tissues before making dental prosthesis,
– Medical and surgical treatments of jaw and facial pain,
– Medical and surgical treatments of jaw joint diseases,
– Cleft lip and palate treatment,
– Medical and surgical treatments of salivary gland diseases
- Correction of deformities that cause aesthetic and functional disorders in the mouth, jaw and face by surgical methods,
Treatment of bone necrosis in the jaws due to drugs and radiotherapy applied within the scope of cancer treatment,
– Implant applications