Oral surgery
Oral surgery is a branch of dentistry that " dental surgery including the treatment of dislocations and fractures in the teeth, mouth and Maxillofacial Surgery ( jaw fracture treatment) and the corresponding diagnostic " ( model further training order ( MWO ) of the Federal Chamber of Dentists, § 14 (2 ) ) includes.
Oral surgery is one (in addition to orthodontics, periodontics and public health ) to domain names in dentistry that of licensed dentists by at least four years ( MWO, § 2 ( 3) ), full-day and full-time ( MWO, § 3 (1)) training with final evaluation can be purchased. After that, the dentist must be further developed " Specialist in oral surgery" call and is also called " oral surgeon ".
The MWO lists in Annex 3 to an extensive catalog operation, which must be demonstrated during the training. These include:
- Surgical removal of wisdom teeth
- Distance impacted teeth
- Surgical endodontics
- Tooth transplantation and reimplantation
- Surgical treatment of periodontitis
- Treatment of odontogenic maxillary sinus diseases
- Orthodontic surgery (eg palatal extensions)
- Dental surgical exploration
- Lips and tongue tie correction
- Hemisection, premolarization
- Cystostomy, cystectomy
- Tumor surgery
- Implantology
Professional associations
The " German Professional Association of Oral Surgeons " is the association of oral surgeons.