Oral surgery

• Oral surgery
• Oral surgery is the branch of maxillofacial surgery that deals with the surgery of the mouth.
  The maxillofacial surgeon is also a specialist in oral surgery.
  
  Oral surgeries are usually performed under local anesthesia as outpatient surgery and include a large number of procedures:
  • simple and complex dental extractions
  • impacted teeth removal 
  • removal of impacted III molars (wisdom teeth)
  
   
  Orthopantomography: presence of III molars (wisdom teeth) to be removed
   
  • removal of cystic lesions of jaws
  
  
  Radiographic and surgical images of a mandibular cyst
   
  • apicectomy (removal of the apex of tooth) and retrograde filling of teeth with chronic apical periodontitis 
  • surgical-orthodontic repositioning of impacted teeth
  • labial and lingual frenectomy
  • removal of small tumors of the oral cavity (i.e.: fibroids, papillomas, etc.)
  
  
  Tumor of oral mucosa at the upper jaw 
   
  • biopsies
  • periodontal surgery
  • pre-prosthetic surgery of the soft tissues and bone surgery (i.e. removal of bone exostosis)
  
  Today oral surgery also uses important instrumentation aids such as microscopy, piezosurgery and laser.