Specialist areas
Dentoalveolar Surgery
Dentoalveolar surgery is the surgical management of diseases of the teeth and their supporting hard and soft tissues, including impacted teeth, complex tooth extractions, cysts and lesions of the oral mucosa.
Maxillofacial Trauma - Facial Fractures
The treatment of facial fractures involving the nasal bones, mandible, zygoma, maxilla and orbit. More complex craniofacial trauma and post traumatic deformity is managed in a multidisciplinary setting.
Head and Neck Cancers
Head and neck cancer are managed by our multidisciplinary team. Sheffield is one of two designated centers for the management of head and neck cancers in South Yorkshire
Salivary gland diseases
Mucoceles, ranulas and salivary obstruction are managed within our service. Minimal invasive techniques are available in collaboration with our Oral Radiology colleagues.
Salivary gland neoplasms are also treated with malignant tumours managed within the Head and Neck multidisciplinary setting.
Facial aesthetic and deformity (orthognathic) surgery
"Surgery to create straight jaws" is the literal meaning of orthognathic surgery. Such corrections are largely achieved by osteotomies, surgical techniques by which parts of the jaw are cut to create separate fragments which can then be moved into new positions with preservation of their blood supply.
The most common indications for such procedures are the correction of facial deformity, dental appearance, eating and biting problems caused by malocclusion and speech abnormalities.
Craniofacial deformity, and post traumatic deformities are managed in a multidisciplinary environment.
Paediatric OMFS
Paediatric oral surgery and trauma is managed at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
Medically compromised patients
Oral surgery for medically compromised patients is provided. We work in close partnership with other medical specialties to treat patients with cardiac, hematological, transplant and immunocompromised patients.
Trigeminal Nerve Injuries
The lingual nerve, which supplies feeling to the tongue and floor of mouth, and the inferior alveolar nerve which supplies feeling to the lower lip and chin are frequently injured during the removal of impacted wisdom teeth. Injury to these nerves usually results in numbness of the tongue and lower lip.
