Oral maxillofacial surgery, or OMFS, is a specialty that combines dentistry and facial surgery to provide services from wisdom teeth removal to complex jaw surgery to fix cleft lips and palates, overbites, underbites, and even sleep apnea. Next on line one, we discuss surgery of the mouth, face, and jaw
HOST: Dr. Justin Clark, MD, FACS
GUESTS:
- Dr. Eric Nordstrom MD, DDS, Alaska Center for Oral and Facial Surgery
LINKS:
- The Mayo Clinic's overview of wisdom teeth extraction
- Details about surgical procedures available for sleep apnea
- The CDC has a fact sheet about cleft lip and cleft palette
- Information about 3D virtual surgical planning
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LIVE BROADCAST: Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. AKDT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. AKDT
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