Jaw diseases (cysts and tumours ) constitute a wide spectrum of conditions which cause swelling, pain, weakening, resorption of the jaw, loss of teeth, etc. These can occur due to various reasons such as genetics or associated with an impacted tooth. Depending on the size and nature of the cyst surgery is planned by the maxillofacial surgeon. These surgeries can be either removal of the diseased part of the jaw or removal of only the cyst and its boundaries.
Often patients are left with compromised function, esthetics, as a result of losing the jaw and this makes their life difficult. Imagine getting a jaw cyst surgery done and not being able to get back to smiling, talking or eating your favourite foods! At our centre, reconstruction of lost part of the jaw is done as we know the importance of its impact on quality of life. Removal of the jaw disease is only half the surgery done if…
