Scar corrections

Correcting facial scars presents a special challenge. For years the so-called “geometric broken line correction” has been carried out successfully at the Klinik Professor Sailer, leading in many cases to scars that are barely discernible. In addition, a so-called eversion technique, in which Professor Sailer has specialised in advanced professional training sessions, makes very fine scar formation possible. A detailed counselling discussion is essential.

Tumour surgery

Today one increasingly observes diseases involving tumours on the skin of the face (basalioma, melanoma) and the oral mucosa (carcinoma) or their early stages. One can obtain the best chances of a cure with surgical treatment. Unavoidable defects of the soft tissues of the face or of the jawbones are usually reconstructed immediately, from functional and aesthetic points of view, with the patient’s own bone.

Alveolar crest augmentation

In cases of reduced bone volume the body’s own bone or replacement material may be transplanted to the upper and lower jaws. This makes possible the subsequent placement of artificial tooth roots made of titanium or very newly of ceramics (zirconium dioxyde) (dental implants), which permit a firmly embedded, aesthetically advanced dental prosthesis. Perfect dental occlusion and a faultless dental prosthesis are also essential for a harmonious facial profile.

Oral surgical procedures

Oral surgical procedures include smaller operations on the teeth or the adjacent structures. They aid with tooth retention or the averting of possible complications of the masticatory system. They are frequently performed under local anaesthesia, but can also be performed in deep sleep or under general anaesthesia. The indications for an oral surgery procedure, such as a root tip amputation or operative removal of a wisdom tooth, exposure of impacted teeth, operations on cysts, draining of dental abscesses, sampling of oral mucosal changes, are carried out usually upon referral from your attending dentist or physician.

Malformation surgery

Congenital deformities like facial clefts, syndromes and growth disorders are corrected during complex surgical procedures.

Snoring / Sleep apnoea

Operative repositioning of the upper and lower jaws for expansion of the airways and thereby for the prevention of sleep apnoea (loud snoring and breathing pauses during sleep with a drop in blood oxygen saturation, which can lead to severe organ damage, such as a decline in brain cells and risk of heart attack). The so-called bimaxillary operation leads, at the same time, to a more pleasing facial harmony and improved occlusion. Preoperatively a special diagnosis is carried out in a referral sleep laboratory.