The Speciality of oral and maxillofacial surgery is unique in requiring a dual qualification in medicine and dentistry, followed by a comprehensive general and specialist surgical training.

Main operations

A range of maxillofacial surgical operations are carried out on an outpatient basis under local anaesthesia or conscious sedation. These include:

• Management of complex craniofacial fractures and soft tissue injuries of the mouth, face, and neck.
• Head and neck cancer, access to tumours within the depths of the complex craniofacial anatomy, and ablation of tumours, including neck dissections.
• Reconstructive surgery, including microvascular free tissue transfer.
• Orthognathic surgery for the correction of facial disproportion.
• Pre-implant surgery, including the use of implants to retain facial or dental prostheses and associated bone grafting techniques as part of oro-facial reconstruction.
• Removal of impacted teeth and complex buried dental roots.