Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Concepts

Medical ethics

Patient care

Anatomy

Surgical procedures

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Enamel

Root

Neck

Crown

To allow nerves and blood vessels to pass

To provide muscle attachment

To connect the mandible to the skull

To support the teeth

A technique to support the eyeball

A method to fix the jaw in place

A surgery to remove teeth

A procedure to repair broken bones

To enhance facial aesthetics

To hold broken bones together

To prevent infection

To reduce swelling

Metal plates

Silastic

Dental implants

Bone grafts

A fracture involving the zygomatic bone

A fracture of the alveolar process

A fracture of the mandible

A fracture of the frontal bone

Mandible and temporal bones

Frontal and nasal bones

Maxillary and zygomatic bones

Ethmoid and sphenoid bones

The bone is too thin and delicate

The bone is too thick

The bone is too close to the brain

The bone is too far back in the skull