Definitions for "Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery"
involves treating disease, injuries and defects of the mouth, teeth and surrounding structures through surgery.
The dental specialty involving the diagnosis and treatment of diseases requiring surgical intervention.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a specialty of dentistry concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of congenital or acquired diseases, dysfunction, defects or injuries of the mouth, jaws, face, neck and associated regions.