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Am I the Right Candidate for Maxillofacial Surgery?

Posted on 9/2/2024 by Dr. Michael Allard
You may be a candidate for corrective jaw surgery if you suffer from an improper bite caused by misaligned jaws. In some instances, the upper and lower jaws could grow at different rates, leading to this issue. Jaw alignment can also be affected by injuries. Usually, orthodontics fix bite-related issues when teeth are misaligned. However, jaw surgery may be necessary when the jaws are also misaligned. How to Know You Are a Candidate for Jaw Surgery There are several ways people discover they might need jaw surgery. One of the most common being those that have been involved in severe...
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Am I the Right Candidate for Maxillofacial Surgery?
9/2/2024
Why You Want an Oral Surgeon to Look at All Major Facial Injuries
8/15/2024
The Benefits of Dental Implants - A Smile as Strong as Your Confidence
8/1/2024
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons vs Plastic Surgeons: What Are Their Roles
7/15/2024
OMS Role in Cleft Lip and Palate Repair
7/1/2024
Tongue Reduction Surgery: What To Know About Potential Side Effects
6/15/2024
The Benefits of Jaw Surgery
6/3/2024
What Is Crown Lengthening Surgery?
5/15/2024
What Is Apicoectomy in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery?
5/1/2024
Why Do Our Cheeks Swell Following Oral Surgery?
4/15/2024
What You Can and Cannot Do After Jaw Surgery
4/1/2024
Which Is Better: A Dental Bridge or a Dental Implant?
3/15/2024
What You Need to Know About Ridge Expansion or Modification
3/1/2024
Am I Too Old to Have My Wisdom Teeth Removed?
2/15/2024
All-on-4 Dental Implants
2/2/2024
Can You Have Surgery With Bad Teeth?
1/15/2024
Can You Brush Your Teeth After Jaw Surgery?
1/2/2024
What to Expect After an Oral Surgery
12/15/2023
What Are the Benefits of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery?
12/1/2023
What is Sleep Apnea?
11/15/2023
Flap procedure for gum disease
11/1/2023
How long does it take to straighten my teeth?
10/31/2023
Benefits of Dentist
10/15/2023
Should You Get Dental Implants Or Veneers?
9/25/2023
Can Complications Occur After Wisdom Tooth Removal
9/11/2023
How to Correct Facial Skeletal Deformities?
8/21/2023
Techniques for Bone Grafting in Oral Surgery
8/7/2023
Common Symptoms of Tooth Decay?
7/24/2023
3 Types Of Dental Implants You May Want To Know?
7/10/2023
The Importance Of Second Opinions For Jaw Surgery
6/19/2023
Will PRP Help In My Bone Grafting Procedure So I Can Get Dental Implants
6/5/2023
Are Antibiotics Necessary For Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery?
5/22/2023
Can I Tell If I Have Oral Cancer?
5/8/2023
How to Obtain a Better Jawline
4/24/2023
A Guide To Oral Cancer Testing For Smokers
4/10/2023
Why can a dentist recommend an oral maxillofacial surgeon?
3/20/2023
Could You Have Cracked Teeth?
3/6/2023
Eating while wearing dentures
2/20/2023
What exactly is a full-mouth reconstruction?
2/6/2023
An Oral Appliance May Treat Your Sleep Apnea Symptoms
1/23/2023
Could Your Jaw Swelling Be Related To TMD
1/9/2023
What are 3 Types of Dental Implants?
12/19/2022
What are 3 Types of Dental Implants?
12/19/2022
Is Flossing Really Beneficial Or Is It A Hype?
12/5/2022
What is Soft-Tissue Grafting?
11/21/2022
Wisdom Teeth Extraction
11/7/2022
How often should I brush my teeth?
10/24/2022
The Importance of Socket Preservation
10/10/2022
What Is Oral Pathology and How Can You Spot It?
9/19/2022
Common Causes of Facial Trauma and Dental Damage
9/5/2022
What are those things in the dentists office?
8/22/2022
Professional at Home Teeth Whitening
8/8/2022
How do I know I need OMS surgery
7/18/2022
Are Dental X-Rays Safe For Kids?
7/4/2022
What I need to know about OMS surgeon
6/20/2022
Having Whiplash Could Also Damage Your Teeth
6/6/2022
Why would I need a periodontist
5/23/2022
Common surgical approaches to facial reconstruction procedures
5/9/2022
What You Need To Know About Temporomandibular Joint Disorder
4/25/2022
What is a Full Mouth Reconstruction?
4/11/2022
What Are Dental X-Rays?
3/21/2022
One of Your Dental Implants Feels Loose Here Is What To Do
3/7/2022
George Clooney Makes Over His Smile You Too Can
2/21/2022
Are Dental X Rays Safe During Pregnancy?
2/7/2022
Socket Preservation: A Surgery That Can Save Your Smile
1/24/2022
A Deeper Look Into TMJ
1/10/2022
How To Tell If You Could Benefit from a Dental Bridge?
12/23/2021
Are Over the Counter Medications Helpful After Oral Surgery?
12/10/2021
Why do I need an Oral Surgeon?
11/22/2021
Bone Cysts and Bone Tumor Treatment
11/8/2021
The Types of Teeth That Dental Implants Can Replace
10/25/2021
What to Expect When Healing From a Dental Bone Graft
10/11/2021
How Jaw Problems Often Lead to Ear Pain
9/21/2021
Your Bad Habits Could Increase Your TMJ Pain
9/6/2021
Snoring Is a Symptom of Another Problem
8/23/2021
How Long Does Wisdom Tooth Extraction Take?
8/9/2021
Times Where a Full Anchorage Device Could Improve Your Oral Health
7/26/2021
Crunchy Foods Help Your Jaw and Teeth
7/12/2021
Some Bony Growths in Your Mouth Can Be Normal
6/21/2021
3 Tips for Wisdom Tooth Extraction Recovery
6/7/2021
Does Your Jaw Click? Here Is What That May Mean
5/24/2021
Issues That Can Come from Overcrowded Teeth
5/10/2021
When Is A Gum Graft Needed?
4/26/2021
What You Need to Know Before Getting Double Jaw Surgery?
4/12/2021
How Long Do Oral Surgery Procedures Take?
3/22/2021
What to Expect After Dental Bone Grafting
3/8/2021
What is Bone Grafting?
2/22/2021
Do You Need a Referral to See an Oral Surgeon?
2/8/2021
Your Options When Only One Tooth is Missing
1/25/2021
What Goes into a Full Mouth Reconstruction?
1/11/2021
Why You May Want to See Us If Your Jaw Hurts After Falling
12/21/2020
Do You Have an Infection of Your Salivary Gland?
12/7/2020
Numbing First Means Scaling and Root Planing is Often Painless
11/16/2020
Can Oral Cancer Show Up on Dental X-rays?
11/9/2020
Pain in Your Mouth After a Car Accident Requires at Least an Exam
10/19/2020
Benefits of Getting Implant Supported Dentures Placed
10/5/2020
Ways of Keeping Your Body from Rejecting an Oral Implant
9/21/2020
Things to Keep in Mind after Oral Sedation
9/7/2020
Symptoms Your Salivary Gland Is Infected
8/24/2020
Can Oral Surgeons Like Us Correct a Crossbite?
8/10/2020
Benefits of a Tuberosity Reduction
7/23/2020
Signs You Dislocated Your Jaw
7/7/2020
How Can You Tell if You Need a Sinus Lift?
6/22/2020
Cone Beams Can Increase Dental Implant Accuracy
6/8/2020
What Is a Root Resection?
5/29/2020
Come In to See Us if You Were In a Recent Car Accident
5/15/2020
Ways of Getting Ready Prior to Oral Surgery
4/20/2020
Things You Should Avoid After Oral Surgery
4/10/2020
Could You Have a Peg Tooth?
3/20/2020
Why Does Your Jaw Hurt Following an Auto Accident?
3/10/2020
Always See an Oral Surgeon After an Auto Accident
2/20/2020
Facial Reconstruction After Trauma Is Something We Can Help With
2/10/2020
Who is Most Prone for TMD?
1/20/2020
Signs to Watch for If You Are At Risk for Sleep Apnea
1/10/2020
Should You Wear Jaw Support to Reduce Sleep Apnea Symptoms?
12/20/2019
Reason for One-Sided Jaw Pain
12/10/2019
When is Dental Bonding a Bad Idea?
11/20/2019
What Recommendations Are There for Picking Out the Perfect Toothpaste?
11/10/2019
Treatment Options We Can Offer for Sleep Apnea
10/20/2019
Times Where You May Need a Graft on the Roof of Your Mouth
10/10/2019
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Needs Treatment
9/20/2019
Most Common Types of Dental Implants
9/10/2019
Having an Infected Oral Piercing is Very Dangerous
8/20/2019
First Signs Most People Get Who Develop Oral Cancer
8/10/2019
How Can I Tell if a Tooth is Getting Impacted?
7/20/2019
Does Gum Increase Your Risk of TMJ Pain?
7/10/2019
Why You Need to Treat a Dental Abscess ASAP
6/20/2019
What to Know Before Having Wisdom Teeth Pulled
6/10/2019
Is It a Good Idea to Keep Your Wisdom Teeth if They Are Not Hurting Anything?
5/20/2019
How to Prepare Your Home Prior to Oral Surgery
5/10/2019
Can Oral Surgery Improve How Your Dentures Fit?
4/20/2019
Signs You Need to Have Your Wisdom Teeth Pulled
4/10/2019
Most Common Questions We Get About Oral Biopsies
3/20/2019
Do Teeth Take Damage When You Clench Them?
3/10/2019
Do You Have Ringing in Your Ears? We May Be Able to Relieve That Pressure
2/20/2019
Signs You Have Untreated Bruxism
2/10/2019
Why TMJ Pain Often Gets Worse with Stress
1/20/2019
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How an Oral Splint Can Help Relieve TMJ Discomfort
12/20/2018
How a Dislocated Jaw is Treated
12/10/2018
Jaw Pain Following Any Type of Fall Signals a Problem
11/25/2018
Is Recovery from Oral Surgery Different if You Have IV Sedation During Surgery?
11/15/2018
How to Get Ready Prior to Oral Surgery
10/20/2018
How Sleep and TMJ Problems Are Connected
10/10/2018
What Can Be Done to Treat an Impacted Tooth?
9/20/2018
We Can Help with Ringing in Your Ears If You Tell Us Soon Enough
9/10/2018
How Texture Changes in Your Mouth Could Be Pointing to Oral Cancer
8/20/2018
How Sleeping with Your Mouth Open and Snoring Damages Your Oral Health
8/10/2018
What Happens When You Struggle with Jaw Resorption?
7/20/2018
Do Gums Suffer When You Regularly Clench Your Teeth?
7/10/2018
Why Do Your Jaw Muscles Hurt After an Auto Accident?
6/20/2018
Why Are Abscesses So Dangerous?
6/10/2018
How Long Can You Rely on Temporary Dental Implants Before the Real Ones Are Ready?
5/20/2018
How Does an Oral Surgeon Remove an Impacted Tooth?
5/10/2018
How to Heal Following Having Stitches Removed
4/20/2018
How Oral Surgeons Can Also Help Place Hearing Aids
4/10/2018
Pros and Cons of Bone Grafting Procedures
3/20/2018
Learning How to Speak with Oral Surgeons when you Have Concerns
3/10/2018
How The Jaw is Affected By All on 4 Implants
2/20/2018
How Mouth Guards Reduce Tooth Damage
2/10/2018
Aggravating Foods When You Suffer from TMD
1/30/2018
What Most People Want to Know Before All on 4
1/20/2018
What Can Happen if Your Jaw Grows Unevenly?
12/20/2017
What Activities to Avoid When You Have TMD
12/10/2017
Starting the Conversation about TMJ with Your Oral Surgeon
11/27/2017
Signs You Need to Get an Oral Cancer Screening
11/17/2017
How Posture Impacts Your Jaw
10/23/2017
Getting Help if a Crown Cracks Off
10/13/2017
How Long Do Wisdom Teeth Take to Come In?
9/25/2017
Having a Second Root Canal Can Get Anything Left Behind After the First
9/15/2017
How to Lower Your Chances of Implant Rejection
8/25/2017
How Long Should You Avoid Exercise Following Implant Surgery?
8/15/2017
Starting the Conversation When Your Jaw Hurts
7/30/2017
Signs You Have an Infected Oral Piercing
7/23/2017
The Dangers Oral Surgeons See with Oral Piercings
6/25/2017
Talking to an Oral Surgeon About a Cracked Tooth
6/15/2017
Signs You Have Uneven Jaw Growth
5/27/2017
Do You Have a Fractured Tooth?
5/17/2017
What Does It Mean if Your Oral Surgeon Says You Need Endodontic Surgery?
4/25/2017
What Do You Do if a Wisdom Tooth Breaks?
4/15/2017
Ways of Helping an Exposed Canine Shift into Place
3/25/2017
Uncommon Signs of Oral Cancer
3/15/2017
What is a Tuberosity Reduction?
2/25/2017
Top 6 Questions People Have About Dental Implants
2/15/2017
Does Your Entire Mouth Need to Be Reconstructed?
1/27/2017
Could a Single Nerve Cause TMJ Misery?
1/17/2017
Seeing Your Oral Surgeon When Your Sinuses Hurt?
12/30/2016
Talk to Your Oral Surgeon About Ringing in Your Ears
12/20/2016
Things to Remember When Recovering From Oral Surgery
11/30/2016
Keeping Your Jaw From Hurting This Winter
11/20/2016
When Your Jaw Clicks, Go In and See Your Oral Surgeon
10/30/2016
Healing After Bone Grafting: What You Should Know
10/20/2016
Foods to Avoid When Your TMJ Hurts
9/30/2016
Does Your Jaw Hurt Because You Slouch?
9/20/2016
Getting Dental Implants, Consider Some Diet Restrictions
8/25/2016
Ever Get That Feeling That You're Going to be a Star?
8/15/2016
What is Corrective Jaw (Orthognathic) Surgery?
7/30/2016
Recovering from Oral Surgery
7/20/2016
Do I Need a Sinus Lift?
6/30/2016
Helping Your Dental Implant to be Successful
6/20/2016
3 Surprising Symptoms of a TMJ Problem
5/30/2016
When Does Surgical Tooth Extraction Become a Necessity?
5/20/2016
Treating a Dislocated or Fractured Jaw
4/27/2016
How to Care for Your Child after His Oral Surgery with IV Sedation
4/17/2016
Can an X-Ray Detect Oral Cancer?
3/27/2016
Don't Treat Snoring by Simply Canceling Out the Noise
3/17/2016
Important Info about Jaw Reconstruction Surgery
2/27/2016
Can't You Just Teach Yourself to Stop Clenching Your Teeth?
2/17/2016
Will Getting More Sleep Help with Your TMD Pain?
1/30/2016
What Conditions Can an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Treat?
1/20/2016
Anesthesia and Oral Surgery
12/27/2015
The Denture Era - Is it Coming to an End?
12/17/2015
Congenitally Missing Teeth and How to Replace Them
11/25/2015
A Step-by-Step Look at Surgical Tooth Extractions
11/15/2015
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