Oral and maxillofacial surgery has dual attributes. On the one hand, in order to prevent and treat oral and maxillofacial diseases, oral and maxillofacial surgery can not be completely separated from stomatology, orthodontics, prosthodontics and other related disciplines.

On the other hand, because of its own surgical attributes, it has the same characteristics and connections with general surgery, plastic surgery, internal medicine and pediatrics. Therefore, we can think that oral and maxillofacial surgery is not only an important part of stomatology, but also an important branch of clinical medicine.

Throughout the history of dental development, naming is inseparable from the development of surgery. Although medical books have recorded and practiced dentistry since BC, the formal establishment and rise of dentistry should be said to be in the western countries from 17 to 18 century.

Pierre Fauchard (1678 ~ 176 1) published a monograph on dentistry, which improved the clinical work of dentistry and was called the father of modern dentistry because of his contribution. At that time, dentistry belonged to the field of surgery and was called dental surgery.

General situation of development

Just like the development of medicine, ancient stomatology is often associated with religion, gods and dignitaries. For example, in the 2nd century BC, in the semi-relief of ancient India, there was a depiction of a giant pulling a tooth. Until now, in some foreign dental schools, you can still see the god of toothache, the portrait of the person who was punished for pulling out the wrong tooth in ancient times.

In the 4th century BC, in the works of Hippo carters, a famous ancient Greek physician, there were records about jaw fracture and dislocation and tooth extraction treatment. Later, the Persian Rages (850 ~ 923 AD) used arsenic as a local drug to assist tooth extraction.