Oral and maxillofacial surgery (oral and maxillofacial surgery? Maxillofacial? Surgery is a subject that focuses on surgical treatment and focuses on the prevention and treatment of oral organs (teeth, alveolar bone, lips, cheeks, tongue, palate, pharynx, etc.). ), facial soft tissue, maxillofacial bone (maxilla, mandible, cheekbone, etc. ), temporomandibular joint, salivary glands and some related diseases of the neck.
It should be said that 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.
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.