Dr. Nic Jung - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon

Maxillofacial injuries, care for facial injuries by repairing routine and complex facial skin lacerations (cuts), setting fractured jaw and facial bones, reconnecting severed nerves and ducts, and treating other injuries. These procedures include care of oral tissues, the jaws, cheek and nasal bones, the forehead, and eye sockets. Orofacial cancer, Benign tumors and cysts of jaws and mouth, treat patients with benign and malignant cysts and tumors of the oral and facial regions. Severe infections of the oral cavity, salivary glands, jaws, and neck are also treated. Cleft Lip and Palate, Orthognathic surgery, surgical reconstruction and realignment of the upper and lower jaws into proper dental and facial relationships to provide improved biting function and facial appearance. Surgical correction of birth defects of the face and skull including cleft lip and palate. Reconstructive surgery of the face, correction of jaw, facial bone and facial soft tissue problems left as the result of previous trauma or removal of pathology. This surgery to restore form and function often includes moving skin, bone, nerves, and other tissues from other parts of the body to reconstruct the jaws and face. These same skills are also used when oral and maxillofacial surgeons perform cosmetic procedures for improvement of problems due to unwanted facial features or aging. Dental implants, Preprosthetic surgery, Distraction osteogenesis in close collaboration with restorative dentists, help plan and then place implants used to replace missing teeth. They can also reconstruct bone in places needing bone for implant placement and modify gingival (gum) tissue surrounding implants when necessary to make teeth placed on implants look even more natural. Oral and dentoalveolar surgery, removal of impacted, damaged, and non-restorable teeth. Facial pain, Salivary gland disease, Temporalmandibular joint-disease, diagnosis and treatment of facial pain disorders including those due to temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems. Aesthetic facial surgery.