Syllabus
Orofacial anatomy, contractures of jaws, inflammations of joint, osteomyelitis, cystis in orofacial region, fractures orofacial bones, injuries of a brain and a cervical spine, first aid in injuries involving an orofacial region, polytrauma, TMJ deseases, non-cancer deseases of salivary glands, tumors of head and neck, prevention and retreatment of tumors, cevicofacial lymphonodopathy, systemic bone deseases, facial pain, jaw anomalies including clefts, X-ray basics.
Annotation
Students will be introduced with maxilofacial surgery which is a part of dental surgery such as dentoalveolar surgery. However, dentoalveolar surgery deals with teeth, periodont, alveolar bone and soft tissue, maxilofacial surgery involves larger operations in the entire splanchnocranuim and adjacent regions.
Subject provides students with a complex view of this branch which involves treatment for inflamation of jaws, injuries, head and neck tumors, saliva gland diseases. It also deals with surgical correction of orthodontic defects, it is called orthognate surgery.