What is Oral & Maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) ?
Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) is the specialty that includes the diagnosis, surgical. And adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects, including both the functional and aesthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.
Areas of expertise of OMFS include the following :
- Facial and dentoalveolar infections.
- Impacted and malpositioned teeth.
- Maxillofacial trauma.
- Temporomandibular joint disorders.
- Dental implants and general pre-prosthetic surgery.
- Pathological lesions of the oral & maxillofacial region.
- Vascular anomalies of the oral & maxiiofacial region.
- Cancer of the mouth and jaws.
- Salivary gland disorders.
- Maxillofacial cosmetic surgical procedures.
- Cleft lip and palate deformities.
- Acquired and developmental dentofacial deformities causing malocclusions.
- Surgical reconstruction following hard or soft tissue loss from trauma, infection or pathology.
- Facial pain.