Matthew S. Hamedani, DDS

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon

Dr. Matthew S. Hamedani is an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon in Berwyn, IL with special training and skill in treating problems related to the hard and soft tissues of the face, mouth, and jaws (the upper jaw is called the maxilla). As an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Matthew S. Hamedani, DDS performs exams, diagnostic tests, then dental surgery. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is the specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and aesthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons include erupted wisdom teeth, facial injury, obstructive sleep apnea, head, neck, and oral cancer, cleft lip/palate, cranial deformity, misaligned jaws and teeth, as well as temporomandibular joint disorders. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons include dental implant surgery, wisdom teeth management, treatment of facial injury trauma, facial cosmetic surgery, treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, head, neck, and oral cancer treatment, dental and soft tissue surgery, corrective cleft lip/ palate, jaw, and craniofacial surgery.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are trained to recognize and treat a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. They are also trained to administer anesthesia, and provide care in an office setting. They are trained to treat problems such as the extraction of wisdom teeth, misaligned jaws, tumors and cysts of the jaw and mouth, and to perform dental implant surgery.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

The specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

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  Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program

  Jackson Memorial Hospital

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  College of Dentistry

  University of Illinois Chicago

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  University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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  Member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

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• Member of the Chicago Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

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• Member of the Illinois Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna HealthCare of Illinois, Inc.]

• Delta Dental of Illinois

• GEHA [Government Employees Health Association, Inc.]

• Humana [Humana Health Plan, Inc.]

• UnitedHealthcare Ins Co of Illinois