Maxillofacial surgery in Santa Pola: procedures and techniques

What is Maxillofacial Surgery?

La maxillofacial Surgery is the medical-surgical specialty that focuses on the study, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of congenital or acquired diseases of the oral cavity, facial skeleton, and related cervical structures.

El Maxillofacial surgeon has extensive knowledge in oral surgery y maxillofacial that allow you to perform complicated extractions, bone grafts and dental implants, among many other treatments.

En Río-Hortega Clinic We have the comprehensive Maxillofacial Surgery service in Santa Pola in charge of the Dr. Mar Gonzálvez.

Most common problems What pathologies are treated with surgery?

La maxillofacial Surgery treats all those diseases that occur in the mouth, jaw, head and neck and require surgical intervention. They can be acquired pathologies of tumor, traumatic origin, degeneration or aging. Among the most common we highlight:

• Missing bone of the maxilla or mandible: Bone loss is often difficult to identify in its early stages, and if you don't visit the dentist regularly, bone loss can be detected when it is already in an advanced stage. The alveolar bone begins to resorb little by little, losing height and thickness at a rate of 40-60% in the first 3 years. This makes it possible for a person to lose one or more teeth in a short time.
• Problems in the salivary glands and oral mucosa: Due to the large number of systemic diseases that have manifestations in the oral mucosa, a large number of clinical specialists are sometimes involved in their diagnosis and treatment, for example, rheumatologists, allergists, immunologists and, of course, maxillofacial surgeons.
• Temporomandibular joint pathologies (TMJ): They have a high prevalence: 20-40% of the population. These pathologies encompass a large number of disorders, not only of traumatic, neoplastic, autoimmune and infectious origin, but also those derived from dysfunctional alterations in the jaw structure that allow chewing and speaking.
• facial injuries: When a tooth is hit or broken, its structure weakens, causing the stimulation it transmits to the bone to stop. This can lead to the beginning of dental bone resorption (bone loss).
• Head and neck tumors: Cancer in the maxillofacial region is one of the 10 most common types of cancer that manifest in the human body. This can take the form of a tumor and usually appears on the face, neck and mouth.
• Osteoporosis: Bisphosphonates, one of the medications prescribed to combat osteoporosis, can cause osteochemonecrosis of the jaws in the long term. This secondary effect creates bone exposures in the oral cavity and delays in the healing of certain processes due to necrosis of the jaws.

Usual procedures What surgical techniques do we perform? 

Oral and maxillary surgery is a very complex anatomical territory. That is why this surgical specialty covers a wide variety of high level and complexity procedures:

• Dental extractions or extractions:
  • Wisdom teeth
  • Milk teeth that do not fall out
  • treatment to make room
  • Fractured or decayed teeth

• Corrective jaw surgery
  • Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome
  • maxillofacial fractures
  • Incorrect bite (Malaocclusion)
  • Bruxism or grinding of the teeth

• Jaw reconstruction: It consists of the insertion of tissue and bones in patients suffering from tumors of the face, neck and mouth.

• Dental implants: Dental implant surgery is a procedure that replaces the roots of the teeth with metal posts that look like screws to replace a missing or damaged tooth with an artificial tooth that looks and performs the same function as a real tooth.

Come meet us

En Río-Hortega Clinic you will be able to find different specialties designed to cover the complete care of our patients. Always hand in hand with the best experts in their sector. A variety of services that you can trust, and professionals that will make you feel at home. At our clinic we love to offer you the best services and help you get the best results.

Contact us from our website and fill the form, and we will help you with all the tools in our hands. You can book your appointment by phone / WhatsApp 648 116 134, or write to us at info@clinicadelriohortega.es. We are in C/ Almirante Antequera 34, Santa Pola, Alicante.