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Services

Oral Surgery

Treatments

A specialist team within the dental division, providing care for patients with conditions affecting the mouth, jaws, face and neck.

Treatments

 

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Our team manages a range of conditions including:

  • Surgical removal of wisdom teeth
  • Extraction of teeth and retained roots
  • Management of complications such as or-antral communication
  • Management of orofacial infections
  • Treatment of benign and cystic lesions
  • Dentoalveolar surgery in relation to orthodontic treatment
  • Oral surgery treatment for prior to oncology treatment such as radiotherapy
  • Management of patients at risk of and with established osteonecrosis of the jaw
  • Endodontic surgery
  • Biopsies
  • Management of benign salivary gland diseases
  • Insertion of osseointegrated dental implants including bone augmentation and soft tissue management
  • Pain and anxiety control with conscious sedation
  • Routine and complex treatment for medically at-risk patients
  • Management of temporomandibular joint disorders
  • Dentofacial deformity
  • Clinical diagnosis of oral cancer and oro-mucosal diseases in tandem with the Oral Medicine department

 

 

Treatment modalities

According to the clinical needs of our patients we offer treatment under:

  • Local anaesthesia
  • Inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide
  • Intravenous sedation with midazolam
  • Intravenous sedation with propofol
  • General anaesthetic

 

 

Multi-disciplinary teams

The oral surgery team is integral to many multi-disciplinary clinics.
 

We work alongside other dental specialities for:

  • Oncology clinics
  • Hypodontia clinics
  • Orthodontic clinics
  • Implant clinics
  • Rapid access clinics

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