Dental surgery covers the entire spectrum of surgical operations in the oral cavity region. The associated procedures affect one or more of the following areas:

• the jaw
• the teeth
• the soft tissue within the oral cavity

The experts in these surgical procedures are both dentists and oral surgeons. Oral surgeons are dentists with several years of additional training in dental surgery.

Dental surgery must be distinguished from oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMF). Both specialties are based on a degree in medicine and dentistry. However, oral and maxillofacial surgery refers exclusively to operations in the oral cavity. On the other hand, Maxillofacial surgery performs reconstructive surgery not only on the jaw but generally on the entire face.