Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is intended to correct a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are trained to treat problems such as the extraction of wisdom teeth, misaligned jaws, tumors and cysts of the jaw and mouth, and to perform dental implant surgery. They are also trained to administer anesthesia, and provide care in an office setting. The scope of this specialty is extensive and concerns the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the oral (mouth) and maxillofacial (face and neck) regions, including the following:

1. Removal of impacted teeth, including wisdom teeth
2. Preprosthetic surgery (bone augmentation)
3. Implant surgery and associated bone grafting (to replace missing teeth or stabilise dentures; rehabilitation of patients having undergone surgery for tumors; to retain facial prostheses)
4. Orthognathic surgery (dentofacial deformities)
5. Facial trauma surgery (facial bone fractures and injuries)
6. Reconstructive surgery
7. Cleft lip and palate surgery
8. Facial plastic surgery (rhinoplasty, rhytidectomy, blepharoplasty, facial implants, etc.)
9. Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD)

Medical Opinions Associates has Board-certified oral surgeons who review medical records, draft opinion letters, and provide on-going litigation support to attorneys and other clients.  Our panelists include an expert Board-certified in Oral Medicine and another Board-certified in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.  The former is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University and has presented on subjects ranging from PHT-gingival hyperplasia to the impact of cocaine abuse on crowns.  The latter is a Tufts University-educated Assistant Clinical Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Clinical Fellow in Oral Surgery, Oral Oncology, and Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.. His expertise includes exodontia technique, anesthesia, and dental pharmacology.