Oral Surgery (IV Sedation available)

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is an exciting and challenging specialty of Dentistry that combines dental, medical, and surgical knowledge and skills.

Maxillofacial refers to the region of the facial skeleton and includes bones of the forehead, cheekbone, face, and jaws and regional soft tissues.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is the specialty of Dentistry that concentrates on the diagnosis and surgical management of oral and maxillofacial pathologic conditions, including epithelial diseases and mesenchymal disorders of soft and hard tissues.

Because Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a surgical specialty it is easiest to define its spectrum by reviewing the types of surgery its specialists perform by our oral surgeon specialist (the following procedures are available through Dental Health practices):

• Dento-alveolar surgery, including extraction of teeth, recontouring of alveolar bone, and uncovering of teeth for orthodontic traction.
• Surgery to support oral and facial prosthetic devices, including bony and soft tissue surgery to create favorable anatomy for dentures, interosseous implants to retain oral prostheses.
• Surgical removal of soft tissue and bony tumors of odontogenic and other origins.
• Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) surgery for functional or inflammatory disorders of the joint soft tissues, bony disorders such as osteoarthritis or ankylosis, or TMJ tumors.
• In conjunction with many outpatient surgeries, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons deliver intravenous sedation and some types of general anesthesia to manage patient anxieties and improve patient comfort. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons receive more training in the delivery of these services than any other type of doctors except Anesthesiologists.

The following locations provide oral surgery procedures...
(Note: All of our Dental Health locations provide the full range of general dentistry procedures.)