Dental Sciences & Maxillofacial Surgery

Dental Sciences & Maxillofacial Surgery

Dental Sciences & Maxillofacial Surgery in Kochi

Our Dental Sciences & Maxillofacial Surgery department comes with excellent solutions for all your dental problems. Lakeshore hospital has a team that has been pioneers in this specialty of surgery for over 45 years.

ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY

• Surgery designed to correct conditions of the jaw and face related to structure, growth, jaw joint (Tempro-mandibular joint) disorders, malocclusion problems owing to skeletal disharmony, or other orthodontic problems that cannot be easily treated with braces. 
• These are high-precision procedures to transform a patient';s face without any external scars.
• Hospitalization is as short as 3-5 days.
• After surgery the client can travel and undergo further follow-up nearer to home or abroad.
• Cost of these surgeries is only 1/5th of the estimated expenses in the US or Europe.

Corrective jaw surgery :               

            1. Done for persons where jaws don't fit together properly.

            2. This will improve both jaw function as well as appearance in affected patients.

            3. Involves Cosmetic correction of lower and upper jaw Protrusion or Retrusion.

            4. Includes Advancement or Reduction of Chin.

MANAGEMENT OF JAW JOINT (TMJ) PAIN, DISLOCATIONS & RELATED CONDITIONS

Combined conservative therapy and treatment for better mouth opening and chewing. We have performed rare surgeries for conditions of the joint called Ankylosis, where the lower jawbone is fused to the upper jaw.

TRAUMA 

• We have a team ready to attend to any trauma to the face, nose, upper and lower jaw due to any form of accident or road traffic incident.
• Done either as closed or open surgery through the mouth according to severity.
• Treatment of Dentoalveolar trauma or trauma to teeth is conducted and rehabilitated with at most precision, to restore the smile on your face. 
• Even extruded teeth that have fallen off during trauma, if brought within a safe period of time can be treated and implanted back in position.

CYST & TRAUMA SURGERY OF THE JAW BONES

• Diagnostic biopsies are done as required and precision removal of such minor or major oral or jaw cysts and tumors are done on a very regular basis, even with the preservation of teeth and sensory nerve.
• Major jaw resection with reconstruction along with implantation for lost teeth with 3D image study along with the Head & Neck team.
• Lab facilities are available for facial prostheses following major Head & Neck surgery.

SINGLE OR MULTIPLE DENTAL/TEETH IMPLANTS:

• Dental implants have changed the face of dentistry. Over the past 35 years, our team has had members who have been pioneers in this field since the early 1990s.
• Our implants are made of high-grade titanium and plasma bone dust coated that will unite with the jaw bone has the advantage of Durability & Strength when compared to other forms of replacement of teeth.

MINOR DENTAL SURGERIES

• Regular minor oral surgeries are done on a day-to-day basis.
• Facilities for multiple minor surgeries to shorten treatment time and recovery time.

These include:

1) Impacted tooth removal: Single or multiple wisdom teeth surgeries.

2) Endodontic surgery: Surgical root canal treatment

3) Periodontal surgery: Gum depigmentation

                1. Gingivectomy (lengthening tooth size)

                2. Frenectomy - Tongue tie release 

                3. Gum flap surgery

                4. Vestibuloplasty (Lip lengthening) & Alveolar ridge augmentation

Most of these can be done by conventional methods or with Laser-assisted surgery.

AESTHETIC DENTISTRY

We can improve, your confidence by improving your smile. our conservative and cosmetic dental team can provide you with services from simple fillings to veneers & laminates that will change your smile line completely.

If you have chipped or broken teeth, an endodontic team will restore them with Ceramic, laser sintered, Emax or Zirconia crowns, that would match exactly with your actual teeth.

You could alternatively refreshen your smile with a Laser Whitening with us or put a sparkling jewel on your teeth.

We try to reduce your treatment time to the maximum with single-sitting procedures as far as possible.

ENDODONTICS

if you have single or multiple teeth that require Root canal treatment, our Endodontic specialists will do them for you in a single visit and using Laser micro-Endodontic techniques. Even failed root canal treatments for those done in the past years with older techniques, which are troubling you can be Re-treated (Re-RCT) with Laser Endodontics.

PROSTHODONTICS

We have a specialized and highly competent Prosthodontic wing that will give you new teeth if you have lost them in the past or due to trauma.

Our dental Prosthetic lab can replace your lost dentition with all the latest available techniques, both fixed & removable. our lab has replaced teeth along with prosthesis for patients who have lost entire parts of their jaws due to trauma or surgery due to cancer. 

Skull Prosthesis for the protection of the brain following Neurosurgical procedures & artificial Eyes, Nose Ears can be fabricated within this specialty department.

If you have a problem with snoring and need surgery for it, we combine a special prosthesis with it so that the intensity of the surgical procedure is reduced.

PEDODONTICS

Our weekend clinics for Pediatric dentistry will take good care of your child's teeth and smile as they grow over the years.

We will identify problems in the growth pattern of your child's jaws and teeth early enough to modify them so that they may become confident of their smile & facial personality in the future.

From regular dental cleaning to fillings, we provide Pediatric Dental services extending to even Root canals & crowns to preserve milk teeth.

Pediatric Dentofacial Orthopedics is a system used to modify and improve the growth pattern of your child's facial structure.

ORTHODONTICS

No need to worry if your child has protruding or crowded teeth, our orthodontic team will set them right with simple aligners to a more complex system of braces. No matter how crowded your smile looks, we will have a solution for you under this wing.

Even if you are an adult with malaligned teeth and think you have missed the bus, we will give you options from translucent, tooth-colored braces or even braces that can be worn on the inner side of your teeth (Lingual Orthodontics), so that they cannot be noticed.

If you have a gummy smile, we can combine your Orthodontic treatment along with an Esthetic surgery to correct that.

We always work as a team to provide you with the Best Solutions for your Dental & Faciomaxillary problems.

LASER DENTISTRY

Laser treatment for gum disease, teeth whitening, and smile correction. 

Laser therapy for oral lesions.