The Maxillofacial Service at SKGH specializes in treating conditions of the mouth, face and neck using the uptodate technonlogies putting the patient at the core of its servicer Patients First.
Conditions treated in the department:
The Maxillofacial service treat the common and rare conditions of the mouth, face and neck such as:
- Infections of the head and neck area
- Skin lesions, moles, scars of the face and neck area
- Diseases of the salivary glands
- Soft tissue injuries of the head and neck area and fractures (broken bones) of the facial skeleton
- Abnormal alignment and deviation of the upper and lower jaw (malocclusion) and asymmetry of the face
- Temporomandibular joint disorders
- Facial palsy and paralysis
- Injuries of nerves in the head and neck area
- Tumors of the head and neck area
- Atrophy of the jaw bones (when the bone of the jaws is less in quantity and quality than the average)
- Wisdom teeth which require surgical removal
- Cysts of the jaws
The highly trained staff at the Maxillofacial Service offer expert diagnosis and medical treatment for a wide range pathologies and disorders of the face, head and neck area.
The Maxillofacial Service provides services through an outpatient clinic, Emergency department and inpatient ward within the Surgical service. The diagnosis of the conditions is done using in the first line through thorough medical examination and then using up-to-date medical equipment. Further tests are done in collaboration with the radiology department and with other surgical and medical specialties.
Minor surgeries, for example:
- Bone grafting surgeries of the jaws
- Sinus lift surgeries
- Surgical extraction of wisdom teeth and other teeth
- Apicoectomy (removal of the inflamed root tip of the teeth)
- Excision of hyperplastic gingiva (removal of excessive gum)
- Surgical removal of jaw cysts
- Gingiva transplantation (gum transplantation tcover exposed tooth roots)
- Treatment of swellings and infections of the mouth, face and of the head and neck area
- Skin and plastic surgeries, for example:
- Removal of skin lesions in the head and neck area and reconstruction of the skin
- Surgical Treatment of scars
- Skin transplantation
- Salivary gland surgeries, for example:
- Treatment of salivary gland cysts (Ranula) and stones
- Treatment of tumors of the small and large salivary glands
- Trauma, for example:
- Treatment of injuries involving the mouth and teeth
- Treatment of the broken jaw (mandible fracture)
- Treatment of other broken facial bones (zygomatic, maxillary and panfacial fractures)
- Jaw alignment surgeries and corrective jaw surgeries (orthognathic surgeries for malocclusion) in collaboration with orthodontics, for example:
- Surgical correction of open bite
- Surgical correction of the advanced lower jaw (mandibular pragmathism)
- Surgical correction of the advanced upper jaw (maxillary prognathism)
- Surgical treatment of Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ, CMD) including open jaw surgeries and jaw joint replacement
- Surgical treatment (rehabilitation) of the paralysed face (facial paralysis, bells palsy) including complex microvascular muscle transplantation
- Reconstruction of damaged nerves in the head and neck area
- Tumors of the face and head and neck areas
- Biopsies suspicious lesions
- Surgical removal (resection) of the benign and malignant tumors
- Removal of pathological lymph nodes (neck dissection)
- Reconstruction with different types of flaps (pedicled, microsurgical)
