Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
It is the surgical department that deals with all soft tissues such as tongue, cheek, lips, salivary glands in the mouth. In addition, diagnosis and surgical treatments of all diseases involving teeth, jaw and jaw joints are performed. Maxillofacial surgery, also known as orthognathic surgery, is a good option for problems that cannot be resolved through orthodontics alone. There are surgical procedures that are planned according to the type of operation and patient characteristics. These can be applied under local anesthesia, sedation or general anesthesia.
Treatment Details
What is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery?
Oral, dental and maxillofacial surgery are operations performed by a highly trained dental surgeon. Treatment of diseases related to the face, jaw and mouth, correction of injuries or defects are the operations performed in this unit. Jaw surgeries are suitable operations to be performed after growth has stopped.
There are patients who cannot adapt to dental treatments due to their physical or mental disability, who have fear of dentists or operations. The treatment of these patients is among the services performed under general anesthesia, in operating room conditions. Maxillofacial surgery applications include:
- It corrects an injury or a congenital condition involving the face such as cleft palate-lip.
- It prevents further wear and tear of the teeth, thus preventing tooth loss in the future.
- It facilitates activities such as biting, chewing and swallowing.
- It relieves respiratory problems such as mouth breathing and obstructive sleep apnea.
What Services Are Provided Within the Scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery?
Oral and maxillofacial surgery clinical practice is a disciplinary structure that includes a wide variety of subjects. The services provided within the scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery are as follows:
- Teeth that may or may not be associated with wisdom teeth problems are extracted.
- Impacted teeth are extracted.
- Dental implant applications and, when necessary, sinus lifting and graft (bone powder-autogenous block grafts) applications are performed.
- Before the prosthesis application, surgical correction procedures are performed on both hard and soft tissues in the mouth.
- Diagnosis and treatment of tumoral or cystic formations that develop in both soft (tongue, cheek, lips, salivary glands) and hard tissues (teeth, bones) in the mouth are performed.
- Infections that develop in the jaw, teeth and face area are treated.
- Fractures in the jaw and teeth are treated.
- Temporomandibular joint (jaw joint) diseases are treated.
- Surgical treatment of jawbone fractures with temporomandibular joint,
- Jaw bones and soft tissue defects around them are removed and implant operation is performed.
