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General Description of the Department
The department was established as a division of Yamanashi University Hospital
in April, 1983. Currently (2007), we are equipped with 8 outpatient oral
units, 2 inpatient oral units, a ward with 7 beds, an infectious oral disease
treatment corner with 1 oral unit, and 1 emergency oral unit. The department
is approved as a training facility by the Japanese Society of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Staff Member （Ｆａｃｕｌｔｙ）
Kiyoshi Harada (professor)
Graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Faculty of Dentistry
in 1985. Graduated from the Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental
University, Faculty of Dentistry in 1989. Appointed to a Professor and
Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University
Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi in 2006 after serving
as Associate Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Yasufumi Niinaka (assistant professor)
Yoshio Nakano (assistant)
Masatoshi Higuchi (assistant)
Theme of Education and Research
1.Study on morphological and functional changes before to after orthognathic surgery in dentofacial deformity patients.
2.Study on morphological and functional stability after orthognathic surgery in dentofacial deformity patients.
3.Clinical and experimental study on distraction osteogenesis.
4.Study on functional reconstruction of the jaw bone using dental implants.
5.Study on epithelial－mesenchymal transition.
General Description of Medical Practice
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the specialty of dentistry that includes diagnosis and treatment of lesions, injuries, and defects in the oral and maxillofacial region. Both functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues are needed in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
The department offers a wide variety of services
Ⅰ. Extraction of teeth, Third molar, etc.
Ⅱ. Diagnosis and treatment of oral mucosal disease.
Ⅲ. Diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders.
Ⅳ. Diagnosis and surgical treatment of oral and maxillofacial injuries and fractures.
Ⅴ. Treatment of the patients with cleft lip and palate.
Our specialty includes treatment of dentofacial deformity patients with malocclusion using orthognathic surgery and distraction osteogenesis. In addition, our department offers functional reconstruction of the jaw bone using bone grafting, artificial bone, distraction osteogenesis, and dental implants.
In 1989, "Maxillofacial prosthetic" was approved as an advanced medical technology by the Health and Welfare Ministry of Japan.
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