Maxillofacial surgeon medico-legal reports
Independent reports from GMC-registered consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeons on facial fractures, jaw injuries, facial scarring and dental trauma, prepared to CPR Part 35 standards for solicitors and insurers.
Injuries to the face carry a double burden, the fracture or wound itself and the visible mark it leaves. Expert Medical arranges independent reports from consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeons, GMC-registered specialists trained in both medicine and dentistry, covering fractured cheekbones, jaws and eye sockets, facial lacerations and scarring, and injuries to the teeth and their supporting bone.
Solicitors instruct maxillofacial experts after assaults, road traffic collisions, workplace accidents and falls, and in negligence claims arising from facial or dental surgery. Insurers value the specialty's reach, one expert can often address the fracture, the scar and the dental damage together. Reports are prepared to CPR Part 35 standards with the duty owed to the court.
Facial fractures and function
Fractures of the jaw, cheekbone and eye socket can leave altered bite, numbness of the face, restricted mouth opening and double vision long after the bone has united. The report records these functional consequences alongside the injury itself, then gives a prognosis for each and the likelihood of further surgery.
Scarring assessed honestly
Facial scarring is valued on what can be seen and what it means to the person carrying it. Our surgeons describe the site, length, texture and colour of each scar, photograph it where appropriate, and give a realistic opinion on fading, revision surgery and the improvement that treatment could achieve.
Dental trauma overlap
Blows to the face often damage teeth, roots and the bone that holds them, injuries that sit between dentistry and surgery. Because oral and maxillofacial surgeons are trained in both medicine and dentistry, one report can cover the fractured tooth and the fractured jaw without instructing two separate experts.
One specialty for the whole face
A facial injury claim can otherwise need three experts, one for the bone, one for the scar, one for the teeth. Consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeons cover that ground in a single independent report, prepared for the court, which keeps the evidence coherent and the claim moving.
- Fractures of the jaw, cheekbone, nose and eye socket
- Facial lacerations and permanent scarring
- Dental and dentoalveolar trauma after assault or accident
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) injury and dysfunction
- Facial nerve injury and altered sensation
- Reports following assaults, road traffic collisions and falls
- Negligence claims arising from facial and dental surgery
- Photographic documentation of scarring where appropriate
- Opinions on revision surgery and future treatment
- Condition and prognosis reports to CPR Part 35
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