Our goal is to optimize oral health through excellent care performed by a highly experienced patient care team. Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a surgical specialty that includes the diagnosis and ...

Imaging, specifically cone-beam CT (CBCT), helped clinicians remove an ectopic third molar and an infected cyst from a patient's maxillary sinus, which is a rare site for a tooth to erupt, according ...

Maxillary advancement surgery, performed to re‐position the upper jaw, invariably influences the morphology of the nose. The procedure alters both skeletal frameworks and soft tissue characteristics, ...

Two new faculty have joined the UAB School of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. They represent a commitment by the department to remain at the forefront of teaching, research, ...

You can find the right oral surgeon with some research and help from experts. Whether it’s searching for someone to fix a broken jaw or to remove your troublesome wisdom teeth, you can find someone to ...

Throat packs may not effectively prevent patients from ingesting blood during oral surgery or improve postprocedure nausea and vomiting, according to results from a randomized controlled trial ...

The doctors of Northwest Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery—including Drs. Rose, Coker, and Rosenthal—practice broad-scope oral and maxillofacial surgery. They provide a range of procedures in their ...