Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the surgical speciality concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the mouth, jaws, face and neck.
The speciality is unique in requiring dual qualification in medicine and dentistry in addition to general and specialist surgical training. The scope of the speciality is very large covering surgical management of conditions arising from teeth and their supporting structures such as impacted teeth and jaw cysts (dentoalveolar surgery), mucosal conditions affecting the mouth such as ulcers and white patches (oral medicine), facial injuries such as broken jaws and cheek bones, salivary gland surgery and surgery for orofacial cancer, facial deformity and temporomandibular joint disease.
Our service
The Oral and Maxillofacial team at Holly House is led by caring local consultants who offer both outpatient and inpatient surgical treatment. Outpatient work is carried out in our purpose-built Oral Surgery Suite assisted by sympathetic and friendly specialist nurses. Many treatments can be carried out under local anaesthetic causing minimal disruption. Our services include:
- Surgical removal of wisdom teeth, buried roots and other teeth
- Exposure or removal of buried canine teeth
- Surgical endodontics (apicectomy)
- Surgical removal of jaw cysts and tumours
- Placement of dental implants
- Sinus lift procedures and bone augmentation for dental implants
- Excision or biopsy of lip, mouth and tongue lesions
- Assessment and treatment for mouth ulcers, sore mouth and facial pain
- Salivary gland surgery (parotid, submandibular and sublingual)
- Temporomandibular joint arthroscopy and arthroplasty
- Orthognathic surgery to correct dental and facial deformity
- Specialist management of facial trauma
- Specialist management of suspected or confirmed orofacial cancer
- Multi-disciplinary care with consultants in orthodontics or restorative dental surgery where required.
Our consultants
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon – Mr N Ali
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon – Mr C Bridle
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon – Mr P Hardee
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon – Mr M Millwaters
Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon – Mr S Whitley
Consultant Orthodontist – Dr S Ash
Consultant Restorative Dental Surgeon – Dr G Pollock
Next steps
Your dentist or doctor will usually need to recommend that you see a specialist, before you can be seen or treated. Ask them to refer you to Holly House Hospital, then call us on 020 8936 1201 for more information or to arrange appointment with our specialists.
Please note we do not provide general dental treatment such as check ups, fillings, crowns or gum treatments. Please see your dentist for advice.
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