DR ARINDAM MANDAL

What Is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon?

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a medical specialty that treats many disorders, wounds, and deformities in the hard and soft tissues of the head, neck, face, jaws and the oral region. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons are specialists in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders concerning the head, neck and facial skeleton, including the jaws and oral cavity.

What Do Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Do?

An oral and maxillofacial specialist in the type of dentist that has to do a lot more emergency work than others. A person may suffer a car accident or athletic injury that requires prompt care. In those cases, the oral and maxillofacial surgeon must come forward and treat people. Hence he or she should be always ready for crisis situations. But their work doesn't stop at emergency situations. They must know and treat a great range of injuries and diseases of four major parts of the head: the neck, face, jaw, and mouth.

Who should visit oral and maxillofacial surgeons?

The people who want their wisdom tooth to be extracted or other damaged teeth removed that got hurt due to trauma or illness like a car wreck or a punch to the face.  They are also visited by people who have developed a disease in their mouth or its surrounding regions, such as a cyst or tumor. They may want to get their jaw removed or reconstructed.

What are the procedures performed by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon?

• Dentoalveolar Surgery.
• Dental Implants.
• Surgical Correction of Maxillofacial Skeletal Deformities.
• Orthognathic Surgery.
• Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery.
• Maxillofacial Trauma.
• Temporomandibular Joint.
• Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery.

Diseases treated by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon?

• Atypical Facial Pain
• Bisphosphonate-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (BRONJ)
• Bruxism
• Cavities (Tooth Decay)
• Central Sleep Apnea
• Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate
• Dental Infections
• Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)
• Erythroplakia
• Facial Asymmetry
• Facial Fractures
• Facial Trauma
• Head & Neck Cancers
• Impacted Teeth
• Leukoplakia
• Malocclusion
• Oral Cancer
• Oral Lesions
• Osteoradionecrosis of the Jaw (ORN)
• Parathyroid Cancer
• Periodontal Disease
• TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder)
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Tumor/Cyst of the Jaw
• Unequal Jaw Growth
• Wisdom Teeth