Dr. S.R. Kataria DDS Prosthodontics, Cosmetics and Implant Dentistry

Oral Surgery

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_surgery

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a recognized international training course in specialised Medicine, which requires a minimum length of formation of 5 years for a basic medical training and 4 years for a basic medical and dental training, in the European Union. In the U.S.A. and Canada, it is one of the dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association and the Royal College of Dentists of Canada.

Specialty

The scope of this specialty is extensive and concerns the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases affecting the mouth, teeth, face and neck:

1. Oral and dentoalveolar surgery (impacted and buried teeth, cysts …)
2. Praeprosthetic surgery (bone augmentation …)
3. Dental implants (to replace missing teeth or stabilise dentures; rehabilitation of patients having undergone surgery for tumours; to retain facial prostheses)
4. Orthognathic surgery (dentofacial deformities)
5. Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD)
6. Trauma (facial bone fractures and injuries)
7. Tumours (odontogenic and not odontogenic)
8. Reconstructive surgery
9. Cleft lip and palate
10. Congenital craniofacial deformities
11. Aesthetic facial surgery

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (OMFS) frequently work alongside other specialists including dentists, orthodontists, restorative dentists, radiologists, pathologists, oncologists, ENT surgeons, neurosurgeons, plastic surgeons and professionals allied to medicine.

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