Maxillofacial Surgery

Maxillofacial Surgery at Valinor Dental Clinic

Maxillofacial surgery is a specialized field encompassing a wide range of procedures, from teeth and jawbones to facial muscles and joints. This field covers not only difficult tooth extractions but also jaw fractures, cysts, tumors, temporomandibular joint disorders, cosmetic jaw surgery, and implant surgery.

Valinor Dental Clinic, is one of the few centers in Istanbul and throughout Türkiye offering state-of-the-art technology in this field. Our goal is to provide our patients with both healthy and aesthetically pleasing results.


1. Oral and Dental Surgery

  • Impacted tooth operations
  • Fully impacted third molars
  • Semi-impacted teeth
  • Complicated positioned teeth
  • Supernumerary tooth extractions
  • Surgery for unerupted permanent teeth
  • Complicated tooth extractions
  • Cases requiring root separation
  • Teeth with combined periodontal–endo infection
  • Cases involving broken instruments
  • Root fractures and root resections
  • Apical resection
  • Retrograde filling (MTA, bioceramics)
  • Periapical lesion cleaning
  • Frenectomy (upper lip, lower lip, tongue tie)
  • Ankyloglossia surgery
  • Minor soft tissue surgeries
    • Fibroma
    • Papilloma
    • Mucocele
    • Epulis
  • Soft tissue biopsies

2. Jaw Cysts and Tumors (Detailed)

  • Odontogenic cysts
  • Radicular cyst
  • Dentigerous cyst
  • Keratocyst (OKC)
  • Lateral periodontal cyst
  • Gingival cyst
  • Glandular odontogenic cyst
  • Residual cyst
  • Paradental cyst
  • Eruption cyst
  • Calcified odontogenic cyst
  • Non-odontogenic cysts
  • Nasopalatal duct cyst
  • Nasolabial cyst
  • Median palatal cyst
  • Epidermoid cyst
  • Dermoid cyst
  • Globulomaxillary cyst
  • Benign tumors
  • Ameloblastoma (multicystic, unilocular, peripheral)
  • Odontogenic fibroma
  • Odontoma (complex, compound)
  • Myxoma
  • Central giant cell granuloma
  • Cementoblastoma
  • Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT)
  • Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor (Pindborg)
  • Malignant tumors
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Malignant melanoma
  • Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
  • Adenoid cystic carcinoma
  • Fibrosarcoma
  • Ewing sarcoma
  • Lymphoma
  • Surgical methods
  • Enucleation
  • Marsupialization
  • Curettage
  • Segmental resection
  • Hemimandibulectomy
  • Maxillectomy
  • Reconstruction after resection

3. Jaw and Face Traumas

  • Mandibular fractures
  • Condyle (high, low, intracapsular, extracapsular)
  • Corpus
  • Angulus
  • Ramus
  • Symphysis and parasymphysis
  • Alveolar process
  • Combined mandible fractures
  • Maxilla fractures
  • Le Fort I
  • Le Fort II
  • Le Fort III
  • Segmental maxilla fractures
  • Zygoma fractures
  • Isolated zygomatic arch
  • Zygomaticomaxillary complex
  • Orbital fractures
  • Blow-out
  • Orbital base
  • Medial wall
  • Complex orbital fractures
  • Nasal–orbito–ethmoidal (NOE) fractures
  • Frontal bone fractures
  • Combined facial fractures
  • Traumatic soft tissue injuries
  • Lip lacerations
  • Tongue lacerations
  • Cheek and skin defects
  • Eyelid injuries
  • Nasal traumas
  • Osteosynthesis techniques
  • Miniplate–microplate
  • 3D plate systems
  • Resorbable plate-screw systems
  • Internal fixation / external fixation

4. Orthognathic Surgery

  • Lower jaw surgeries
  • Sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO)
  • Vertical ramus osteotomy
  • Upper jaw surgeries
  • Le Fort I
  • Le Fort II
  • Le Fort III
  • Combined surgeries
  • Bimaxillary surgery
  • Asymmetry corrections
  • Sleep apnea surgery
  • Maxillomandibular advancement (MMA)
  • Auxiliary operations
  • Segmental osteotomies
  • Distraction osteogenesis

5. Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Surgery

  • Conservative treatments
  • Splint therapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Medication (NSAIDs, muscle relaxants)
  • Minimally invasive
  • Arthrocentesis
  • Arthroscopy
  • Open surgery
  • Disk reposition
  • Disc resection
  • Condylectomy / condyloplasty
  • Reconstruction
  • Autogenous grafts (costochondral graft)
  • Alloplastic prostheses
  • Total joint prosthesis

6. Dental Implants and Advanced Surgery (Detailed)

  • Standard implant applications
  • One missing tooth
  • Multiple missing teeth
  • Complete edentulism
  • Posterior region implants
  • Anterior aesthetic zone implants
  • Advanced surgical implant applications
  • Implants in areas with bone deficiency
  • Implant in cases with nerve proximity
  • Implant adjacent to the maxillary sinus
  • Atrophic jaw implantology
  • Sinus surgery
  • Open sinus lift
  • Closed sinus lift
  • Lateral window technique
  • Sinus membrane perforation repair
  • Sinus floor augmentation
  • Bone augmentation
  • Autograft
  • Intraoral sources: ramus, symphysis
  • Extraoral sources: hip (iliac), tibia, rib
  • Allograft
  • Xenograft
  • Synthetic grafts (HA, ß-TCP, bioceramics, bioglass)
  • Combination grafts
  • Augmentation with bioactive growth factors (PRF, BMP)
  • Alveolar surgery
  • Ridge split (alveolar expansion)
  • Ridge expansion
  • Block bone graft
  • Guided bone regeneration (GBR)
  • Alveolar preservation (post-extraction bone protection)
  • Implant loading protocols
  • Immediate implant (in the same session as extraction)
  • Early loading implant
  • Delayed loading implant
  • Basal implants
  • Full-arch solutions
  • All-on-4
  • All-on-6
  • All-on-X concepts
  • Zygomatic implants
  • Pterygoid implants
  • Hybrid prostheses
  • Advanced techniques
  • Transsinus implants
  • Subperiosteal implants
  • Zygomatic implants
  • Implant-supported maxillofacial prostheses
  • Digital planning and guided surgery techniques
  • Complication surgeries
  • Peri-implantitis (resective/regenerative surgery)
  • Implant fracture removal
  • Correction of malpositioned implants
  • Nerve damage management
  • Sinus perforation management
  • Surgery of aesthetic complications

7. Reconstructive Surgery

  • Post-traumatic reconstructions
  • Post-resection defect repairs
  • Microsurgical flaps
  • Fibula free flap
  • Radial forearm flap
  • Iliac crest graft
  • Scapula flap
  • Jaw prostheses
  • Obturator prosthesis
  • Mandibular prostheses
  • Maxillary prostheses

8. Soft Tissue Surgeries

  • Gingivectomy
  • Gingivoplasty
  • Mucosal biopsies
  • Periodontal plastic surgeries
  • Free gingival graft
  • Connective tissue graft
  • Lip and cheek repairs
  • Vestibuloplasty
  • Laser-assisted surgeries

9. Pediatric Maxillofacial Surgery

  • Child traumas
  • Mandibular fractures
  • Maxilla fractures
  • Soft tissue injuries
  • Child impacted tooth operations
  • Childhood cysts and tumors
  • Surgeries related to cleft lip and palate
  • Early surgical interventions for jaw developmental anomalies

10. Aesthetic Chin–Face Surgery

  • Genioplasty (forward/backward, vertical)
  • Jawline surgery
  • Aesthetic procedures combined with orthognathic surgeries
  • Lip aesthetics
  • Jaw line contouring
  • Facial asymmetry corrections
  • Profiloplasty (nose-chin-forehead relationship)

11. Oral Pathology-Related Surgeries

  • Precancerous lesions
  • Leukoplakia
  • Erythroplakia
  • Actinic cheilitis
  • Oral submucous fibrosis
  • Benign mucosal lesions
  • Papilloma
  • Fibroma
  • Epulis fissuratum
  • Mucocele / ranula
  • Verrucous lesions
  • Biopsies
  • Incisional
  • Excisional
  • Punch
  • FNA
  • Oral cancer surgery
  • Resection
  • Marginal/segmental mandibulectomy
  • Partial / total maxillectomy
  • Glossectomy
  • Hemimandibulectomy
  • Neck dissections
  • Selective
  • Radical
  • Modified radical
  • Post-surgical reconstructions

12. Head and Neck Infections

  • Superficial infections
  • Pericoronitis
  • Periapical abscesses
  • Periodontal abscesses
  • Deep neck infections
  • Submandibular
  • Sublingual
  • Submental
  • Para pharyngeal
  • Retropharyngeal
  • Prevertebral
  • Odontogenic facial infections
  • Buccal–infraorbital
  • Temporal–infratemporal fossa infections
  • Specific infections
  • Ludwig's angina
  • Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Actinomycosis
  • Tuberculous lymphadenitis
  • Cases at risk of sepsis
  • Infections requiring hospitalization and drainage

13. Jaw Joint and Muscle Disorders

  • Bruxism treatment
  • Botox
  • Splint
  • Behavioral therapy
  • Myofascial pain syndromes
  • Jaw joint replacement (prosthesis)
  • Jaw joint reconstructions

14. Neuromuscular and Functional Disorders

  • Jaw movement limitations
  • Jaw shift/asymmetry disorders
  • Trigger point injections
  • Masseter and temporal muscle hypertrophies

15. Syndromes and Maxillofacial Anomalies

  • Craniofacial syndromes
  • Crouzon syndrome
  • Apert syndrome
  • Pfeiffer syndrome
  • Saethre–Chotzen syndrome
  • Mandibular dysplasias
  • Hemifacial microsomia
  • Goldenhar syndrome
  • Maxillofacial anomalies
  • Treacher Collins syndrome
  • Nager syndrome
  • Syndromes associated with clefts
  • Pierre Robin sequence
  • Van der Woude syndrome
  • Stickler syndrome
  • Other syndromic anomalies
  • Ellis–van Creveld
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Down syndrome
  • Congenital anomalies
  • Cleft lip
  • Cleft palate
  • Jaw hypoplasia
  • Jaw macrognathia / micrognathia

Dental and Oral Surgery: Impacted wisdom teeth, abscess treatments, minor surgical procedures

Jaw Cysts and Tumors: Safe removal of cysts and tumors in the jaw

Trauma Surgery: Repair of jaw and facial fractures, treatment of soft tissue injuries

Orthognathic Surgery: Correction of jaw disorders, treatment of sleep apnea

TMJ (Jaw Joint) Surgery: Treatment of jaw joint pain and locking

Dental Implants and Advanced Surgery: Implant applications, sinus lift, bone grafting, All-on-4 and zygoma implants

Reconstructive Surgery: Reconstruction of the face after trauma or tumor

Aesthetic Chin–Face Surgery: Chin tip aesthetics, jawline surgery, facial asymmetry corrections

Pediatric Surgery: Surgical procedures related to the jaw and face in children, cleft lip and palate

Oral Pathology Surgeries: Precancerous lesions, surgery of intraoral tumors

Head and Neck Infections: Treatment of deep abscesses and serious infections

Syndromes and Anomalies: Surgical treatments for congenital facial and jaw anomalies

At Valinor Dental Clinic, maxillofacial surgery is not just a treatment; it is the perfect combination of science, art and trust.Face surgery is not just a treatment; it is the perfect combination of science, art and trust.

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