The Speciality of oral and maxillofacial surgery is unique in requiring a dual qualification in medicine and dentistry, followed by a comprehensive general and specialist surgical training.
Main operations
A range of maxillofacial surgical operations are carried out on an outpatient basis under local anaesthesia or conscious sedation. These include:
Management of complex craniofacial fractures and soft tissue injuries of the mouth, face, and neck.
Head and neck cancer, access to tumours within the depths of the complex craniofacial anatomy, and ablation of tumours, including neck dissections.
Reconstructive surgery, including microvascular free tissue transfer.
Orthognathic surgery for the correction of facial disproportion.
Pre-implant surgery, including the use of implants to retain facial or dental prostheses and associated bone grafting techniques as part of oro-facial reconstruction.
Removal of impacted teeth and complex buried dental roots.