Seoul National University School of Dentistry (SNUSD) faculty in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has performed the research continuously with their clinical practices since 1946 which was the same time of the foundation of SNUSD. The department has played a fundamental role for the development of clinical and translational research for Oral and Maxillofacial diseases and treatments for about 70 years. Today, the Department is becoming nationally and internationally recognized for breakthrough laboratory and patients-oriented research as well as high-quality clinics and residency programs.

The current faculty members of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery includes 7 full-time professors (as above) and 4 adjunct professors (Mi Hyun Seo, Won Jai Choi, Jeong Joon Han, Ik Jae Kwon), 24 part-time adjunct professors (Seong Chae Joo, Byeong-Rin Kim, Mu-Hyuk Jeoung, Jun Sang Yoo, Chang-Sun Lee, Young-Ho Kang, Sae-Young Lee, Chul-Gi Min, Sang-Chul Chung, Jong Ho Lee (B), Ki-Cheol Lee, Yo Han Lim, Koo-Young Lim, Sang-Jin Yoo, Je-Duck Suh, Jung-Ju Eune, Yong-Joo Ok, Moon-Ho Kang, Pil-Young Yoon, Seung-Ho Chun, Jong-Min Hwang, Im-Geon Jin, Young-Min Ji, Yi-Jung Yoo). All faculty members are dedicated to the education in SNUSD, including education programs for students, graduate students, clinical residents, fellowship trainees and externship trainees.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is targeting not only the oral cavity, but also the entire upper and lower jaws and face. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery includes specialized patients treatment and basic and clinical researches related to malignant tumors, cysts, and benign lesions, maxillary sinus disease, maxillofacial trauma, salivary gland disease, temporomandibular joint disease, maxillofacial pain and neurological disease, cleft lip and palate, cranio-maxillofacial deformity, infectious disease, medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw, snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, oral and maxillofacial reconstruction, extraction, implant, and maxillofacial esthetic surgery.

Lecture and clinical education on the causes of malignant tumors occurring in the oral and maxillofacial areas including precancerous lesions, diagnosis, classification, and treatment of malignant tumors

Lecture and clinical education on the overview of the reconstruction method of the jaw, tongue, and other oral and maxillofacial defects, surgical technique of soft and hard tissues reconstruction, and tissue transplantation

Lecture and clinical education on the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical treatment, postoperative care, and complication of acquired anomalies such as mandibular prognathism, retrognathism, and facial asymmetry

Lecture and clinical education on the development, histopathological evaluation, diagnosis and treatment according to the growth process of congenital deformities in the cranio-maxillofacial region, such as cleft lip and palate, hemifacial microsomia, and craniosynostosis

Lecture and clinical education on the treatment methods including bone grafts, recurrence, and neurological prognosis for cysts of oral and maxillofacial region

Lecture and clinical education on the treatment methods, prognostic factors such as clinical and histological characteristics of benign lesions in the oral cavity and jawbone

Lecture and clinical education on the cause, emergency treatment, diagnosis, surgical and non-surgical treatment methods for trauma to the hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity and jawbone

Lecture and clinical education on the implant concept, materials, shape, treatment planning, treatment method, complications and postoperative care

Lecture and clinical education on the anatomical and physiological understanding of the maxillary sinus, diagnosis, treatment, and complication of inflammatory, benign, and malignant disease of the maxillary sinus

Lecture and clinical education on the anatomical and physiological understanding of the salivary gland, diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory and neoplastic diseases, and secretion disorder.

Lecture and clinical education on the characteristics, treatment principles, treatment methods and complications of the maxillofacial infection

Lecture and clinical education on the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of the osteomyelitic lesion

Lecture and clinical education on the cause, diagnosis and treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea

Lecture and clinical education on the clinical anatomy of temporomandibular joint, cause, diagnosis, surgical and non-surgical treatment, and prognosis of various temporomandibular joint diseases ranging from temporomandibular joint arthritis to ankylosis

Lecture and clinical education on the cause and treatment of various pain of the maxillofacial region, the cause, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of peripheral nerve disease including traumatic nerve injury

Lecture and clinical education on the indication and contraindication, preoperative and surgical considerations, instruments, technique, complications of the tooth extraction, forced eruption, intentional replantation, and tooth transplantation

Lecture and clinical education on the various esthetic surgeries including mandibuloplasty, malarplasty, rhinoplasty, botulinum toxin injection, and filler injection

Lecture and clinical education on the diagnosis, treatment, and complication of the various preprosthetic surgery including jaw bone surgery, soft tissue surgery, vestibuloplasty, and alveolar distraction