Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Dr. Mark Karakourtis is an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon in West Lake Hills, TX
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, Mark Karakourtis, 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 Maxillofacial Surgeons in West Lake Hills, TX
Surgical Oncologist
Dr. Mark Karakourtis is a Surgical Oncologist in West Lake Hills, TX
with special training and skill in treating cancer surgically.
As a Surgical Oncologist, Mark Karakourtis, DDS performs
surgical cancer procedures, tissue biopsy, and patient education. Surgical Oncology is
a medical specialty centered on treating a wide variety of cancers using surgical diagnostic methods and surgical techniques. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Surgical Oncologists include cancer of the colon, prostate, breast, lung, stomach, pancreas, throat, thyroid, gallbladder, liver, blood, brain, and ovaries.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Surgical Oncologists
include x-ray, MRI, and CT imaging, tissue and tumor biopsy, surgical removal of tumors, creating treatment plans for cancer patients, providing patient education, developing patient nutrition plans, and providing post-operative patient care.
A surgical oncologist is a well-qualified surgeon who has obtained additional training and experience in the multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of cancer patients, and devotes a major portion of his or her professional practice to these activities and cancer research.
Surgical Oncologists in West Lake Hills, TX
