Maxillofacial surgery

Maxillofacial surgery is a specialized medical field that blends medicine, dentistry, and surgery. It focuses on reconstructive surgery of the face, mouth, head, neck, and jaw as well as facial plastic surgery.

A patient would visit a maxillofacial surgeon for help with a wide variety of conditions including:

Cleft lip and palate repair
Facial trauma and/or facial reconstruction
Jaw trauma and/or reconstruction
Dental or jaw implants
Maxillectomy (complete or partial removal of the upper jaw bone, for example in the presence of benign or malignant tumors)
Cosmetic surgery of the head and neck (including facelift, rhinoplasty, augmentation, liposuction, botox)

Who Performs Maxillofacial Surgery?

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are uniquely qualified to perform this type of surgery as because they have academic and hospital-based training in dentistry and surgical medicine including general anesthesia.