Web: www.baoms.org.uk

This is a professional organisation for surgeons. However, their website provides lots of information designed for the general public in the 'about the speciality' section. It gives details of various treatments and operations performed by oral and maxillofacial (mouth, face and jaw) surgeons. For example it provides patient information leaflets on eg:

• Apicectomy
• Arthrocentesis
• Arthroscopy
• Blepharoplasty
• Burning Mouth Syndrome
• Canines
• CT Scan
• Dental Injury
• Fractured Cheekbone
• Fractured Nose
• Hip Grafts
• Jaw Joint Problems

It also lists the centres in the UK providing oral and maxillofacial surgery.