The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Rajan Dental Institute has clinicians who are specialists in all aspects of maxillofacial surgery.
Some of these specialised areas include:
- The correction of facial and jaw deformities (Orthognathic Surgery)
- Cleft repair and reconstruction
- Distraction Osteogenesis
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) repair aznd reconstruction in patients with TMJ Ankylosis and TMJ disorders
- Removal of erupted and impacted Wisdom teeth
- Dental implants to replace lost or missing teeth
- Facial cosmetic surgery
- Tumour surgery
- Facial trauma reconstruction
- Dentoalveolar surgery
- General anaesthesia and intra-venous sedation
- Reconstruction of the mouth, midface, and upper / lower jaw utilizing bone and/or soft tissue grafts
- Diagnosis and treatment of oral infections and pathology
- Oral cancer and pre-cancer management
Modern machines such as the Rapid Prototype machine (Z Corp USA) are used to produce physical hard copies of patient anatomy from CT/MRI scans, which help surgeons to visualize and plan complex surgeries.
Orthognathic surgery
Orthognathic surgery deals with the correction of jaw deformities such as –
- Protruded upper and lower jaw
- Under-developed jaws (such as 'bird face' deformity)
- Asymmetry of the jaws
- Long and short face syndromes