The Maxillofacial Surgery unit covers the diagnosis and treatment of disorders and injuries that affect both the face as a whole and the jaw bones.
From dysfunctional disorders of the temporomandibular joints to maxillo-mandibular malformations, exophthalmos and emergency fractures or trauma.
A team of professionals coordinated with all of Paideia International Hospital’s diagnostic facilities ensure precise diagnosis and targeted therapy. The traumatology unit also operates on an emergency basis, 24 hours a day.
Diagnostic examinations at the Maxillofacial Surgery unit
- Facial mass CT scan with or without contrast medium
- Orthopantomography
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- MRI of the temporomandibular joint
- Electrognathic Scanning
- Cephalometric analysis of the skull
- Ultrasound of the major and minor salivary glands
- Telecranium
Diseases treated
The Paideia International Hospital team is a national and international reference facility for:
- Temporomandibular joint disorders, limitation of mouth opening, jaw popping, teeth clenching or condylar hyperplasia or hypoplasia, which are treated in a simple and effective manner
- Treating maxillo-mandibular malformations (progenism, prognathism, facial asymmetries, congenital disorders) and all surgical procedures to alter the shape and size of facial bones
- Special odontostomatological surgery (cysts, impacted teeth)
- Sleep apnoea treatment
- Benign tumours in the oral cavity
- Benign and malignant tumours in the major and minor salivary glands with particular care of the cosmetic facial result
- Treating facial traumas, especially sports trauma through a 24-hour on-call service, aimed at rapid recovery for competitive athletes using custom-made carbon protective face masks
- Therapies for craniofacial malformations, such as alterations in skull shape in children, cleft lip (cheiloschisis or labioschisis), cleft palate or cleft lip-palate, and post-traumatic and congenital nose, earlobes and eye malformations
Maxillofacial Surgery in the operating theatre
Surgeries can be performed as in-patient, in day hospitals and in day surgery settings. All surgeries use the most advanced and modern technologies. We provide titanium synthesis resources for reconstructive surgery, ultrasonic scalpel – piezosurgery – allowing predictable and precise bone sections – prototype creation with simulation of certain complex reconstructive surgeries, and pre-operative programming using sophisticated software systems. General anaesthesia is recommended for more complex surgeries in day surgery and day hospital settings.
