Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a specialty within the field of dentistry that has existed for over 60 years in Mexico.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are the specialists within dentistry and medicine with the best training to perform the necessary surgical procedures in the dental and maxillofacial area.

Specialization in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 

After six years of general study in dentistry, a specialist must pursue four additional years of study in a residency program or specialty hospital within which the surgeon has the opportunity to concentrate in the following areas:

At our present time, the picture of the person whom we simply called The Dentist in the past does not adequately represent the cutting edge of dentistry.

A multi-disciplinary approach, in which integrated specialists from each necessary vantage point work together as a team, is necessary to address the complexities involved in the most precise and current dental treatment available today. Such a multi-disciplinary team of specialists should include experts in: dental prostheses, periodontics, orthodontics, endodontic, pediatric dentistry, as well as oral and maxillofacial surgery.