Conditions That May Require Dental, Oral, or Maxillofacial Surgery

Your child's surgeon or dentist may recommend surgery or dental treatment performed under anesthesia for a variety of conditions, including:

• Acute dentofacial infection
• Caries
• Cleft palates
• Craniofacial deformities
• Facial injuries
• Fractured teeth
• Jaw, facial, and bite deformities
• Oral trauma
• Oral lesions in the newborn
• Oral structural anomalies such as maxillary frenum, mandibular labial frenum, mandibular lingual frenum/ankyloglossia, and natal and neonatal teeth
• Mucocele
• Periodontal disease
• Supernumerary teeth and mesiodens
• Un-erupted and impacted teeth