Maxillofacial surgery in East Paris
Maxillofacial Surgery Pr Meningaud
As techniques evolve, no surgeon can seriously claim to master surgery of the figure, breasts, hand, face, etc., all at the same time. This is why the most skilled surgeons tend to specialise in a particular area.
A genuine maxillo-facial surgeon is one who has made the deliberate choice to devote himself or herself solely to surgery of the face, whether it be the most complex or the simplest aspects.
Maxillofacial surgery in East Paris
Maxillofacial Surgeon Paris East Créteil
What is maxillofacial surgery? (information provided by the Association Française des jeunes Chirurgiens Maxillo-Faciaux)
The two world wars of the twentieth century were the source of a large number of major facial injuries, leading to the famous “Gueules cassées” (broken faces). A wounded man who survived was always disfigured. A number of surgeons then turned their attention to the art of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. They specialised in facial surgery: maxillofacial surgery was born.
From the outset, these surgeons understood that it was inconceivable to reconstruct a face without a thorough knowledge of the teeth and maxillae, the keystones of facial architecture and the starting point for any reconstruction. Since then, maxillofacial surgery and stomatology have gone hand in hand.
Today, French maxillo-facial surgeons come from a very long educational background: medical studies, internship, training in general surgery, then specialisation in maxillo-facial surgery, i.e. a minimum of 13 years’ study.
A maxillo-facial surgeon is therefore a specialist in Surgery of the Face. His diploma, guaranteeing competence in plastic surgery of the face, is recognized in the same way as that of Chirurgie Plastique Reconstructrice et Esthétique by the Société Française de Chirurgie Plastique Reconstructrice et Esthétique, and thus enables him to become a member of this Society.
Professor Jean-Paul Meningaud
Maxillofacial surgery at Paris Est
His official areas of expertise cover :
Plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery and aesthetic surgery of the face (rhinoplasty, eyelids, facelifts, protruding ears, etc.),
Orthognathic surgery (dental occlusion problems related to abnormalities in the size or ratio of the maxillae: prognathism, backward jaw, etc.),
Treatment of plastic and aesthetic malformations of the face in children and adults,
facial traumatology, and treatment of aesthetic sequelae
Stomatology: cysts, impacted teeth, implants, pre-prosthetic surgery (bone grafts in preparation for dental implants), etc.
Surgery for facial cancers posing plastic or aesthetic problems,
Surgery on the salivary glands (particularly the parotid gland).
Surgery on facial cancers posing a plastic and/or aesthetic problem.
Maxillo-facial surgeons often work closely with :
Orthodontists (orthognathic surgery),
Dentists (removal of wisdom teeth, cysts, bone grafts, implant placement),
Dermatologists (removal of facial skin lesions),
With ophthalmologists (eyelid and orbit surgery),
With neurosurgeons (tumours or major trauma affecting both face and skull).
However, this specialty receives little media coverage and is therefore little known, as there are few specialists. Some practitioners without a degree in Maxillofacial Surgery take advantage of the public’s ignorance to perform surgical procedures for which they have not been properly trained.
Maxillo-facial surgeons:
Have passed the Internat des Spécialités Chirurgicales. They then receive 2 years’ training in General Surgery, followed by 4 years (often 5) in Maxillo-facial Surgery and Stomatology.
Holding a “Diplôme d’Etudes Spécialisées en Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et Stomatologie”, they harmonise bone surgery with facial plastic and aesthetic surgery, to provide comprehensive care for the various pathologies of the face; cancers of the upper aerodigestive mucosa, skin tumours of the face, facial trauma, salivary gland pathologies, facial malformations in children and adults, balancing the manducatory function (chewing, salivation, swallowing, etc.), rehabilitation of the facial cavity, and the treatment of facial malformations. ), rehabilitation of the oral cavity (eradication of infectious foci, removal of tumours, reconstruction and/or adaptation of maxillofacial prostheses, etc.), and stomatology (cysts, wisdom teeth, pre-implant and implant surgery, etc.).
Last but not least, maxillo-facial aesthetic surgery is clearly included in the Maxillo-facial Surgeon training syllabus, published in the Bulletin Officiel de l’Education Nationale BO N°9 of March 2, 2000. In addition, maxillo-facial surgeons are now listed among the practitioners competent in facial plastic and aesthetic surgery on the minitel site of the Conseil National de l’Ordre.
To make sure that the surgeon you are going to consult is a maxillo-facial surgeon, visit the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Médecins website or call the Conseil Départemental de l’Ordre des Médecins in your département.
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