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What is Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery?

While oral and maxillofacial surgeons are best known for extracting wisdom teeth, we do that and much more – everything from reconstructing faces shattered by trauma to surgically correcting misaligned jaws to cancer surgery of the face and neck. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are dental specialists who treat conditions, defects, injuries, and esthetic aspects of the mouth, teeth, jaws, and face. After four years of dental school, OMSs complete four to seven years of a hospital-based surgical and medical training residency program, preparing them to do a wide range of procedures including all types of surgery of both the bones and soft tissues of the face, mouth and neck.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons care for patients who experience such conditions as problem wisdom teeth, facial pain, and misaligned jaws. They treat accident victims suffering facial injuries, offer reconstructive and dental implant surgery, and care for patients with tumors and cysts of the jaws and functional and esthetic conditions of the maxillofacial areas.

With specialized knowledge in pain control and advanced training in anesthesia, the oral and maxillofacial surgeon is able to provide quality care with maximum patient comfort and safety in the office setting.