Roger R Throndson DDS
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
301 University Blvd Galveston TX, 77555About
Dr. Roger Throndson is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Galveston, TX. Dr. Throndson specializes in the treatment of problems related to the face, mouth and jaws. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Throndson is a unique dental specialist who can provide emergency medicine, perform general surgery and give anesthesia. These medical doctors are the only type of medical care specialist who can administer anesthesia, besides anesthesiologists. Typical procedures performed by Dr. Throndson are tooth extractions, especially wisdom teeth, corrective jaw surgery, cleft palate surgery and reconstructive surgery after an injury. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can also perform dental work including placing dental implants. These surgeons might also deal with conditions of sleep apnea, oral cancers and more.
Education and Training
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1979
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Use of the argon beam coagulator for control of postoperative hemorrhage in an anticoagulated patient.
- A review of perioperative corticosteroid use in dentoalveolar surgery.
- Osteotome sinus elevation and implant placement with narrow size bioactive glass.
- Atypical histiocytic granuloma of the oral mucosa: an unusual clinicopathologic entity simulating malignancy.
- The use of bioactive glass particles of narrow size range in the third molar site. Interview by Arun K. Garg.
- Bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of the jaws.
- Closed reduction of an intracranially displaced subcondylar fracture: a case report.
- Pseudotumor of hemophilia in the mandible of a patient with hemophilia A.
- Spontaneous regeneration of bone after resection of central giant cell lesion: a case report.
- Iodoform gauze with a radiopaque filament.
- Liver transplantation: dentistry is an essential part of the team.
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