FAQs

This FAQs hub brings together the most common questions patients ask before visiting nuFace Maxillofacial and Dental Hospital in Surat, organised by department so you can find an answer quickly.

The Dental FAQs section covers everyday concerns such as when a root canal is needed, how dental implants work, what to expect from full mouth rehabilitation, and questions about veneers, clear aligners, braces and teeth whitening. This section is a good starting point if your concern is limited to a tooth, gum, or general cosmetic dentistry question.

The Maxillofacial FAQs section addresses more specialised concerns, including TMJ (jaw joint) pain and clicking, jaw surgery recovery, facial trauma, cleft lip and palate treatment, and cyst or tumour removal in the jaw. If your symptoms involve jaw movement, facial swelling, or a referral for surgical evaluation, this is usually the more relevant section.

These FAQs are written to give general guidance and are not a substitute for an in-person diagnosis. If your question is not answered on either page, or if your symptoms are severe or worsening, we recommend booking a consultation directly with our team through the contact page rather than waiting for a self-diagnosis based on FAQs alone.

Both FAQ sections are reviewed periodically by our clinical team to keep the information consistent with current treatment practices at nuFace, and to add new questions as they come up frequently during patient consultations.

Many patients arrive unsure whether their concern belongs to general dentistry or maxillofacial surgery, and that is a completely normal starting point. As a rough guide, if a problem is confined to a single tooth or the gums immediately around it, it usually falls under general dentistry. If a problem involves the jaw joint, jaw bone, facial bones, or soft tissue swelling that extends beyond the mouth, it is more likely to need a maxillofacial opinion. Our FAQs are grouped this way specifically to help you self-triage before calling us.

It is also common for a single treatment plan to involve both departments. For example, a patient needing a dental implant after facial trauma may first see a maxillofacial surgeon to stabilise the jaw, then a dental surgeon to complete the implant and crown once healing is confirmed. Reading both FAQ sections can be useful in these overlapping cases, since your treatment may draw on guidance from each page.

We keep these FAQs in plain language deliberately, avoiding heavy clinical terminology where possible, because most visitors are patients rather than dental professionals. Where a technical term is unavoidable, such as TMJ arthroscopy or orthognathic surgery, we try to explain it in context the first time it appears on the relevant page.

If you have recently been referred to nuFace by another dentist or physician, bringing that referral letter or any existing X-rays to your first appointment will usually save time, regardless of which FAQ section matches your symptoms. Our coordination team can also advise by phone on which department to book with if you remain unsure after reading through these FAQs.

Choose Dental FAQs or Maxillofacial FAQs above to continue, or reach out directly if your question needs a more personal answer than a general FAQ page can provide.

These FAQs sit alongside detailed service pages elsewhere on this website that go into more depth on individual procedures such as TMJ arthroscopy, orthognathic jaw surgery, and cleft lip and palate surgery, for patients who want a fuller explanation than a short FAQ answer can provide.

Thank you for taking the time to read through this page before your visit.