Taken together, oral and maxillofacial surgery treat all kind of problems, related to facial skin, jaw bones, teeth, salivary glands, facial nerve and vascular diseases, as well as any type of tumor. They consider the research of the etiology, pathogenesis, clinic, diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of diseases of the oro-maxillo-facial territory that require surgical treatment methods and are also concerned with the development of these methods.
Oral surgery allows solving complicated problems that have as a starting point the dento-maxillary system: apical granulomas, maxillary cysts, wisdom teeth – fully or partially impacted -, other difficult tooth extractions, prosthetic surgical treatment, benign tumors, periodontal surgery, bone augmentation, sinus lift etc.
Maxillofacial surgery involves larger interventions, such as fractures in the oro-maxillofacial region, tumors, supports etc. These surgeries require hospitalization and closer supervision.
AMOS of Colorado dental procedures in oral surgery include:
• Non-surgical tooth extraction (baby teeth)
• Surgical tooth extractions
• Prosthetic surgery: alveolectomy, alveoplasty, excision and tissue repositioning
• Marsupialization of cysts in the oral cavity
• Surgical exposure of an impacted tooth
• Surgical repositioning of an impacted tooth
• Repositioning and immobilizing a dislocated tooth
• Dental transplant or tooth buds
• Additional surgery performed during dento-alveolar surgery
• Incision and drainage of an abscess or cyst in the oral cavity
• Frenectomy
• Nerve trunk suture, during a dental intervention
• Intraoral suture
• Emergency treatment in maxillomandibular fractures.
