This field of medicine is a complex medical discipline exclusively performed by doctors who have spent at least 14 years studying medicine, dentistry, stomatology, and surgery. Maxillofacial surgeons treat various conditions such as:

• Facial traumas.
• Reconstructive surgeries of the face, which are performed by using grafts, skin flaps or prosthesis.
• Cosmetic facial surgeries involving eyelids nose, cheekbones, lips, chin, ears, neck, etc.
• Facial dysmorphosis related to the position of the chin, such as prognathism and retrognathia (also known as orthognathic surgery).
• Congenital disorders, including cleft lip and palate or craniofacial malformations surgeries.
• Pathologies of the oral mucosa.
• Pathologies of the salivary glands.
• Benign tumors, oral cavity, head and neck cancers.
• Facial infections, especially those of dental origin.
• Dental implant and pre-implant surgery and bone augmentation.
• TTemporomandibular joint disorders.