Oral, maxillofacial and dental surgery is the branch of science that finds the necessary diagnosis and applies the treatment methods in order to correct the diseases, injuries or disorders of the soft and hard tissues in the mouth, jaw and dental areas of individuals at all ages. Oral, Dental, Maxillofacial Diseases and Surgery; is also interested in the diagnosis of deformities in addition to diseases and injuries related to the mouth, teeth and jaw.
What is Oral, Maxillofacial and Dental Surgery?
Oral, maxillofacial and dental surgery comes across us as a branch of science that
- Performs normal or surgical tooth extractions,
- Performs difficult extractions of impacted teeth,
- Implant applications,
- Diagnoses and treats jaw cysts and tumors,
- Performs the extractions of the teeth that are impacted and in a complicated condition,
- Surgical treatments of all kinds of infections related to the mouth, jaw and facial areas,
- Treating bone lesions and cysts resulting from dental infections
- Performs the treatment of fractures in the jaw and face area,
- Provides surgical correction of soft and hard tissues before dental prosthesis is applied,
- Performing surgical and medical treatments for jaw and facial pain,
- Treatment of jaw joint diseases,
- Treatment of cleft lip and cleft palate,
- Performs surgical correction of deformities that cause functional disorders in the mouth, jaw and facial areas and aesthetic deformity,
- Treating lesions that may be caused by medications and radiation therapy applied to treat cancer,
- Performs implant applications which are very important.