Facial trauma in Valencia CA can leave you with lasting pain, disfigurement, or problems with your oral health. Dr. R. Dean Lang, Dr. Brent J. Ramsey, and the dental team at Heritage Oral Surgery & Implant Centers in Valencia, West Valley, and Palmdale, California are available to help you look and feel your best as quickly as possible.

Understanding the Main Types of Facial Trauma

If you have one or more soft tissue injuries, it means that you have open wounds and cuts on your face due to a traumatic incident. Many people assume that they need to go to the nearest emergency room after sustaining soft tissue injuries, but did you know that your local maxillofacial surgeon can repair the wounds?

When you arrive at one of our clinics, Dr. Lang or Dr. Ramsey numbs the injured area and then stitches it to prevent further blood loss. Our oral surgeons take special care to preserve the muscles, joints, nerves, and ligaments in your face to prevent scarring or disfiguration.

Facial Bone Trauma

Broken bones in the face present a challenge for oral surgeons. Since they cannot place a cast and wiring the jaw has fallen out of favor, our dentists use a technique to help the bones heal known as rigid fixation. This procedure involves placing several screws and plates into the broken bones to stabilize them and promote healing.

Rigid fixation produces less discomfort and patients recover faster than they would from jaw wiring or other outdated oral surgery procedures. The structure and shape of the face return to pre-injury status in most cases.

Dental Trauma

Having a tooth partially or fully knocked out is a common experience, yet it is traumatic when it happens to you. We encourage you to act quickly and pick up the tooth or any portion of it you can find, place it in a container, and contact our office for emergency dental care. If you get to us quickly and can find the tooth after knocking it out, there is a good chance one of our oral surgeons can reattach it.

Please reach out to us immediately after experiencing facial trauma in West Valley CA, Valencia, or Palmdale.