What is an "oral surgeon"?

What is an "oral surgeon"?

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An oral surgeon is a dental specialist who takes care of surgeries in the mouth. Most commonly an oral surgeon will take out teeth - he will do extractions. The primary place that we see an oral surgeon doing extractions is in taking out wisdom teeth. Everyone thinks of impacted wisdom teeth, and that's what the oral surgeon does. An oral surgeon will also place implants. He'll do those surgeries that are necessary to maintain the health of your mouth. Anything from removing cancer, to replacing bone that has been lost, augmenting bone that would be necessary, changing the shape of the jawbone, and taking care of fractures in and around the mouth. So an oral surgeon is a surgeon of the mouth.