Craniofacial Surgery

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDE:

• A 24 hour functioning trauma care with consultant maxillofacial surgeon, neurosurgeon, state-of-the-art 128 slice CT scan, ICU and operating theater facility to care for accident and trauma victims.
• Comprehensive TMJ clinic with TMJ arthroscopy (key hole surgery for jaw joint) to address TMJoint disorders.
• Team effort with consultant orthodontist and allied dental specialties to address jaw prognathism and retrognathism (long and short face).
• Obstructive sleep apnea (snoring) care with most advanced sleep lab and ENT surgeon’s assessment
• A well equipped clinic to care for all minor oral surgical needs such as dental implants, oral infections, and cysts and tumors of the oral cavity.

SERVICES OFFERED:

• Congenital craniofacial malformations: such as cleft lip and palate and cranial vault malformations such as carniosynostosis (Craniofacial Surgery
• Dysgnathia (incorrect bite) and orthognathic (literally “straight bite”): Reconstructive surgery, orthognathic Surgery (Jaw surgery for gummy smile, small / long chin), maxillomandibular advancement, surgical correction of facial asymmetry.
• Craniofacial syndromes: Apert, Crouzon’s, Treacher Collins, Hemifacial microsomia, etc
• Soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region (jaw fractures, cheek bone fractures, nasal fractures, skull fractures and eye socket fractures)

• Benign pathology (Cysts, Tumors etc. of Head and Neck)
• Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders
• Chronic facial pain disorders
• Cosmetic Surgery of the head and neck: (Chin augmentation, genioplasty, lip enhancement, botox etc)
• Surgical treatment of sleep apnoea: maxillomandibular advancement, Genioplasty, Coblation Surgery using advanced machinery from United States of America.

UNIQUE SERVICES OFFERED

• Paediatric and adult craniofacial surgery
• Craniofacial Distraction Osteogenesis
• Minimally Invasive (Endoscope assisted) surgery.
• Obstructive sleep disorder surgery
• TMJ Arthroscopy – Rare procedure done in India using Endoscope unit imported from Germany