Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a branch of medicine that deals with the surgical correction of a wide variety of diseases, injuries, and defects that affect the head, neck, face, jaws, and hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

Maxillofacial surgery is a recognized surgical specialty that is one of the nine specialties of dentistry. Teresa Memorial Hospital (TMH) is now equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for maxillofacial surgery in Burdwan.