Minor Intraoral Surgical Procedures: Planning and Performing
Prof. Stylianos Dalampiras, MD, DDS, EBOMFS
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Thessaloniki, GREECE
Abstract
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a specialty of Dentistry, strongly related to Medicine
since a large part of operations in the region are performed under general
anesthesia and the patients are hospitalized, in the safety of a clinic.
Very often and especially in major operations after traffic accidents or in cancer
cases, patients are transported to the intensive care department for close monitoring.
On the other hand, the extremely rich spectrum of the specialty provides many
cases, where the patient is operated on a day care procedure and without the need
to be hospitalized. The protocol of treatment may provide local or general
anesthesia, according to the status of the patient and the operational planning.
In this presentation a variety of cases are presented. Some are very simple and
some more complicated. They all cover a part of the large spectrum of intraoral
procedures.
All cases must be performed with safety and careful assessment of the
patient’s physical condition, the possibility of a systemic disease and
the drugs he is probably using. Imperative is the communication with the medical
specialist who is possibly monitoring our patient.
The aim of this presentation to an audience of colleagues, practicing Dentistry, is to
emphasize the importance of such operations, as actions of collaboration and aid to
the general dental practitioner.
Learning Objectives
1.The most important is the safety of the operation. No harm to the gentle tissues
(Nerves and adjacent teeth, tongue, sinuses etc.)
2.To perform the operation under the doctrine of minimal invasion
3.The comfort of the patient in all stages of treatment
All cases are private patients, except for a few patients hospitalized in the public
sector. Most of the operations are performed in the dental chair under local
anesthesia.