Surgery will remove your appendix after your infection has been treated. If you have a ruptured abscess or appendix, surgery may be needed right away. Surgery to remove the appendix is called an appendectomy. This procedure can be done as open surgery or laproscopically.
Oral and maxillofacial pathology (also termed oral pathology, stomatognathic disease, dental disease, or mouth disease) refers to the diseases of the mouth (oral cavity or stoma), jaws (maxillae or gnath) and related structures such as salivary glands, temporomandibular joints, facial muscles and perioral skin (the skin around the mouth).
Updated June 27, 2016. Definition: Maxillofacial is the area of surgery that deals with problems of the face, head, neck, jaw and sinuses. Maxillo- refers to the maxillae, the two maxillary bones that make up the upper palate (roof of the mouth) and the upper jaw. Facial indicates the structures of the face.