Oral and Maxillofacial
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) is a surgical speciality dealing with diseases and conditions of the face, mouth, neck and jaws, as well as structures related to those areas e.g. the salivary glands etc.
Management of this region requires extensive knowledge of oral medicine and surgery, general medicine and maxillofacial pathology.
Oral & Maxillofacial surgeons are unique as they are dually qualified with both medical and dental degrees plus
post-graduate qualifications in surgery. Oral & Maxillofacial surgeons are uniquely trained to treat conditions such as head and neck cancer, facial disproportion or deformity, facial trauma, salivary gland disease, jaw joint disorders, facial skin cancers, facial aesthetics and all conditions affecting the mouth, teeth and jaws.
Bedford Hospital is part of the Beds, Herts and Bucks Maxillofacial Network along with Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, Lister Hospital at Stevenage, QEII Hospital at Welwyn Garden City and Milton Keynes Hospital.
The department includes fully trained surgeons who are qualified in medicine and dentistry and a consultant orthodontist, maxillofacial technologists and supporting nursing staff.
Contact Us:
To make, change or cancel a new appointment, please contact the surgical call centre.
To make, change or cancel a follow-up appointment, please contact the oral and maxillofacial receptionist.
You can contact both of these departments via the main hospital switchboard on 01234 355 122
Staff
The L&D has eight Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, one Consultant Oral Surgeon and two Consultant Orthodontists working within a network covering Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and part of Buckinghamshire as well as Junior and Senior Doctors and Dentists in training. The L&D is the centre for OMFS covering in-patients and emergencies for Bedford Hospital, Milton Keynes Hospital, The Lister in Stevenage and the QEII Hospital in Welwyn. All eight surgeons have sub-speciality interests and expertise, as well as managing general oral & maxillofacial conditions. All OMFS surgeons and oral surgeons treat dentoalevolar conditions and perform surgical extractions, as well as treating oral medicine conditions.
Please also see (Orthodontics)