BASIC INTRODUCTION OF ORAL SURGERY

📌 IMPORTANT QUESTION & ANSWER

1.What is oral and maxillofacial surgery?

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a branch in dentistry that deals with the art of diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, pathological defects involving the Oro facial region.

2. Define Exodontia or tooth extraction.

According to Geoffrey L Howe, tooth extraction is the painless removal of the whole tooth or tooth root with minimal trauma to the investing tissues, so that the wound heals uneventfully, and no postoperative prosthetic problem is created.

3. Define scope of oral surgery.

The scope of oral surgery ranges from dental extraction to major oral and maxillofacial surgery eventually there may be two types of oral surgeons, practicing minor