Maxillofacial surgery

/mˈaksɪlˌɒfeɪʃəl sˈɜːdʒəɹi/

/mˈæksɪlˌɑːfeɪʃəl sˈɜːdʒɚɹi/

[noun]

[NOUN]

a medical treatment that involves surgical procedures for conditions related to the jaw, face, and mouth

Examples

1. He continued to work at MGH, being named chairman and chief of service in 1983 and becoming the first Walter C. Guralnick Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

2. Under Dr. Guralnick's leadership as Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, the faculty of medicine approved the Harvard Mass General two degree oral and maxillofacial surgery residency program, which has been a model for such surgical training throughout the United States.