ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL

SURGEONS
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 DENTAL SPECIALTY

• ORAL MEANING • AN ORAL SURGEON IS

MOUTH ALTERNATE NAME
FOR THIS SPECIALIST.

• MAXILLOFACIAL
• ORAL SURGEONS
MEANING THE FACE
COULD ALSO BE
AND NECK
CONSIDERED AS
COSMETIC
SURGEONS.
 SCHOOLING
• 4 YEARS UNDERGRADUATE STUDY
• 4 YEARS DENTAL SCHOOL
• 4-6 YEARS RESIDENCY TRAINING

• AND AFTER COMPLETING THE PROGRAM STUDENTS MANY

TAKE THERE BOARD EXAMS.

• SURGEONS WHO WANT TO EXPAND THERE SCOPE

PRACTICE CAN DO SO WITH ANOTHER 1-2 YEARS OF
SCHOOLING.

• AVERAGE LENGTH OF SCHOOLING FOR A SPECIALTY

DENTIST IS 12-14 YEARS..
 Ethicon knot tying practice
suture board
• This allows you to
practice many surgical
suture knots

• There is a small cup to

allow you to practice
tying in a small area
which can replicate a
deep wound or in the
mouth.
 DIAGNOSIS AND
TREATMENTS
• DENTAL IMPLANTS • TUMORS AND CYSTS
OF THE JAW AND
• WISDOM TEETH MOUTH-(ORAL
CANCER)
EXTRACTIONS

• MISALIGNED JAWS • DENTAL SURGEONS

ALSO TRAINED TO
• (INCLUDING TMJ’S )
ADMINISTER
ANAESTHESIA
• MAXILLOFACIAL
TRAUMA
 DENTAL IMPLANTS

• PATIENT GETTING
CENTRAL INCISOR
IMPLANT PUT IN
 IMPACTED WISDOM TEETH

• Some Dentist’s will

perform wisdom teeth
extractions, however if
they are impacted they
may recommend you to
an Oral Surgeon
 Orthognathic surgery
- Orthognathic surgery is also
known as corrective jaw
surgery.

- An Oral and Maxillofacial

Surgeon uses Orthognathic
surgery to reposition one or
both jaws. Moving the jaws
also involves moving the
teeth, therefore,
Orthognathic surgery is
usually performed in
conjunction orthodontics
 Maxillary Anterior Aesthetic
Reconstruction

• All porcelain crowns

on six maxillary
anterior crowns
TMJ DISORDERS

• Do you clench or grind your

teeth?
• Do you wake up with sore or
stiff jaw muscles?
• Does stress make the pain
worse?
• Do you have unexplained
headaches or facial pain?
• Do you have jaw or face pain
as a result of a car accident
or trauma to your face?
 MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA
DEALS WITH:
• Facial lacerations
• Intra oral lacerations
• Avulsed (knocked out)
teeth
• Fractured facial bones
(cheek, nose, or eye
socket)
• Fractured jaws (upper
and lower jaw) 
 ORAL CANCER
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
recommend that everyone do an oral
cancer self-exam once a month

• You are at high risk if you are a

smoker, drinker and user of
smokeless tobacco.

• THINGS TO CHECK FOR:

• - Reddish patches
- Whitish patches
- A sore that fails to heal and bleeds
easily
- A lump or thickening of the tissues
- Chronic sore throat or hoarseness
- Difficulty in chewing or
swallowing
 ORAL CANCER SELF EXAM

• IT ONLY TAKES A
FEW MINUTES TO
DO, IT COULD SAVE
YOUR LIFE.
 FACTS ON ORAL CANCER IN
CANADA
• IN 2007 THERE WERE 3,200 NEW CASES OF ORAL
CANCER
• MEN-2,100 CASES
• WOMEN-1,050 CASES

DEATHS TOTAL 1,100

-MEN- 740
-WOMEN-360
 ORAL SURGEONS AND
ANAESTHESIA
• ORAL SURGEONS UNDERGO EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN THERE
PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO USE ANAESTHESIA ON PATIENTS.

• 3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANAESTHESIA

• -LOCAL ANAESTHESIA (FREEZING)

• I.V SEDATION(PARTIALLY CONSCIOUS)

• GENERAL ANAESTHESIA (FULLY ASLEEP)