Oral & Maxillofacial
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the speciality concerned with the surgical management of conditions affecting the teeth, mouth, jaws, face and neck. The speciality is unique and requires dual qualification in medicine and dentistry in addition to the general and specialist surgical training.
Our consultants have expertise in:
- Surgical removal of wisdom teeth, buried roots and other teeth
- Exposure or removal of buried canine teeth
- Root-canal surgery (apicectomy)
- Surgical removal of jaw cysts and tumours
- Excision of biopsy of lip, mouth and tongue lesions
- Treatment for mouth ulcers, sore mouth and facial pain
- Salivary surgery
- Surgery for facial injuries such as broken jaws and cheek bones
- Treatment of temporamandibular (the joint between the skull and lower jaw bone) joint disease
- Surgery to correct dental and facial deformity
- Facial aesthetic surgery.
Please note we do not provide general dental treatment such as check ups, fillings, crowns or gum treatments.
Referrals
You will usually need to be referred to this service by a dentist, GP of other healthcare professional.
Appointments
To make an outpatient appointment, please call 020 8971 8026.
If you would like more information about our Oral & Maxillofacial service, please get in contact with us by phoning 020 8971 8000 or use our contact page.
