São Paulo State University

The Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Department of Diagnostics and Surgery) in Araraquara, São Paulo, is located at the State University of São Paulo (UNESP). Ambulatory surgical activities are carried out at the Faculty of Dentistry, while emergency and hospital surgical treatments are mainly performed at the hospitals: Santa Casa, São Paulo Hospital and Carlos Fernando Malzoni Hospital.

Our division is based at Araraquara, which has a population of 240,000 people; however, it receives patients from a wide area within the São Paulo State in southeastern Brazil, with a regional population of about 2 million, as well as from other states. Procedures performed include:

• Dentoalveolar surgery procedures in general
• Osseointegrated implants and associated reconstructions
• Craniofacial traumatology
• Orthognathic surgery
• TMJ surgery and reconstruction
• Treatment of benign tumours and associated reconstructions
• Treatment of maxillofacial infections