Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Effingham IL is a surgical procedure used to correct a wide range of diseases, injuries and defects in the head and neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. This is a surgical specialty recognized internationally. In the United States it is one of the specialties recognized by the American Dental Association (ADA). However, there are training programs in both Medicine and Dentistry schools. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are initially qualified in general dentistry and have received additional surgical training.
Types of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dental, oral and maxillofacial surgery are surgical procedures performed in the head, face, and neck. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons specialize in performing surgery on soft and hard tissues of these areas of the body, including the mouth, teeth and jaws. There are different types of oral and maxillofacial surgery, designed to treat a wide range of conditions and symptoms, like impacted teeth, facial injuries and deformities, misaligned jaws, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, sleep apnea and oral cancers. The methods include, but are not limited to tooth extraction, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.
Sedation Dentistry
Much has changed in anesthetic practices since the days of the American dentist Horace Wells, who was the first dentist to use anesthesia for extraction in 1846. He did so by applying nitrogen oxide (also known as “laughing gas”). Today anesthesiology is a science that helps carry out operations that would otherwise not be possible. Dental practice, in all specialties, needs the help of sedation. Many times, not so much to avoid pain, but for reasons inherent to the patient as the existence of traumas caused by past experiences.
All dentists use local anesthesia when it comes to Maxillofacial Surgery Effingham IL, but many try to implement general anesthesia when needed. To do so properly, the dentist and patient must have the appropriate information on the pre-anesthetic evaluation technique, drugs and procedures that will be applied to the patient by the anesthesiologist. Because of this, the procedure can be fully integrated and allow the dentist to perform a dental treatment with the speed and accuracy required. Contact The Center For Jaw and Facial Surgery P.C. for more information.
