DR CHRISTOPHER LIM
ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON
Sydney II NSW II Australia
MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA
The Maxillofacial Surgeon is in the prime position to treat facial trauma being trained in both medicine and dentistry. I have extensive trauma experience working in a Level I trauma Centre for over a decade. My interests lies in all aspects of facial trauma with particular reference to orbital and midface reconstruction. Multiple publications that I have written are on this website for your reference.
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Other procedures also undertaken include mandibular trauma including condylar fractures, zygomatic complex and secondary reconstruction. I am happy to accept these referrals.
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This is a patient who sustain a dramatic injury to the left face after a logging injury. The left picture demonstrates the orbital and cheek bones "squashed" into the face. The right photo is the post-operative result with plates and screws holding the bones together in the original pre-injury position.