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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit provides a tertiary referral service to the entire state of Queensland, Northern New South Wales and the Pacific Rim.

The complex nature of the facial region makes consultation and cooperation with surgical specialties often necessary. The specialties include Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, Otolaryngology Surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology and Head and Neck Cancer Surgery.

Services

• Maxillofacial trauma
• Facial infections
• Facial pain syndromes
• Orthoganathic surgery
• Salivary glands pathology
• Dentoalveolar surgery (impacted teeth, bony cysts etc)
• Maxillofacial reconstructive surgery
• Oral Medicine
• Temporo-mandibular joint surgery
• Bony Implants
• Benign and malignant conditions of the oral cavity and adjoining regions.

Maxillofacial rehabilitation is provided in the following areas:

• Oncology/radiology
• Congenital malformation
• Trauma.

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Achievements

• Hosting of international and national conferences and training courses.
• Maxillofacial Trauma and Post Trauma/Post Oncology Surgery Reconstruction and Rehabilitation.
• State Centre for coordination of state wide Specialist Training Units with currently eight (8) accredited training registrar posts within Queensland extending to Townsville in North Queensland, supported by consultancy and scope of service and training commitments.
  

The Queensland Training Units are coordinated by the director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and supported by specialist consultation supervisors and teams within each accredited hospital.

The Queensland Training Centre supports clinical and related research in the areas if Maxillofacial trauma, Oral and Maxillofacial Head and Neck Oncology and new Endoscopically assisted Maxillofacial surgical techniques.

The combined Queensland wide Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Units coordinated through the state hub located at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital has developed into a highly recognised surgical network servicing the Queensland community with a service and training complex which is the benchmark for Australia.