What is Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery?
Oral &
Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) is the specialty that deals with diseases and
conditions affecting the oral cavity and its surrounding maxillofacial
structures. These include the teeth, jaw bones (including the jaw joints) and
soft tissues (mucosa, muscles and glands). It used to be called Oral Surgery.
OMS procedures include the followings:
Surgery for buried
teeth and impacted wisdom teeth;
Surgery for dental cysts / jaw tumours / oral
cancer;
Surgical management of dental / oro-facial infections;
Apical surgery (Apico-ectomy);
Surgery for dental implants
and facial implants;
Surgery for correction of jaw discrepancy, also
known as orthognathic
surgery (to correct long and
short jaws, and facial asymmetry);
Management of jaw fractures;
Reconstruction of jaw bones / bone grafting;
Management of jaw joint (TMJ) diseases and
dysfunction / pain;
TMD
(Tempero-Mandibular Diseases).