specialty of surgical therapy of diseases, injuries & defects of soft tissue of mouth & jaws; do not confuse with DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE: to restore tooth function; cranio-maxillo-facial surgery does not go here; use instead SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; see also note at ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES

A dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disease, injuries, and defects of the human oral and maxillofacial region.

EXODONTICS was see TOOTH EXTRACTION 1965-97; was EXODONTIA see TEETH EXTRACTION 1963-64