The maxillofacial surgeon holds the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Licentiate in Dental Science. He is a specialist physician in stomatology and holds a qualification in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
This dual training allows a medical as well as a surgical approach to conditions of the mouth, teeth, jaws and facial structures — a unique advantage when several factors are involved.
When to see a maxillofacial surgeon?
The areas most commonly seen in consultation:
- Dental implants and pre-implant surgery
- Wisdom teeth and impacted teeth
- Oral surgery: complex extractions, cysts, tongue and lip ties, mucosal lesions
- Questions concerning children and adolescents
- A specialist opinion, a referral or a second opinion on a treatment
- Disorders of the jaws, the temporomandibular joint and the face
