The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service at Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital provides highly specialised care as a tertiary referral centre for the Northern Metropolitan Area (North Barcelona and Maresme), and as a supra-territorial referral centre for Girona in high-complexity procedures.

The service's activity focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and comprehensive follow-up of conditions affecting the oral cavity, face and neck, in both adult and paediatric patients. The scope of its clinical practice ranges from oral surgery and odontogenic conditions to high-complexity procedures, such as microvascular reconstructive surgery, orocervicofacial oncological surgery, facial trauma, orthognathic surgery, the treatment of facial paralysis, craniofacial congenital malformations and temporomandibular joint pathology.

The service works in a multidisciplinary and coordinated manner with other hospital specialities—such as Radiodiagnostics, Medical Oncology, Radiotherapy Oncology, Otorhinolaryngology, Pulmonology and the Infectious Diseases Unit—to provide a comprehensive and personalised approach. This collaboration is particularly relevant in complex pathologies such as oral cavity cancer, osteonecrosis of the jaws and obstructive sleep apnoea, where the integration of knowledge and resources is key to optimising patients' diagnosis, treatment and prognosis and their quality of life.

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The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service at Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital treats a wide range of conditions affecting the oral cavity, the facial skeleton and cervical structures, with a multidisciplinary and technologically advanced approach.

To make this possible, the service uses innovative techniques and tools. Notable among these are:

• Use of intraoperative navigation and intraoperative CT scanning, which allows real-time visualisation of instrument position and patient anatomy to enhance surgical precision.
• Integration of preoperative 3D planning for the evaluation and personalisation of surgical treatments.
• Incorporation of augmented reality, primarily as a support tool for navigation and education. 

The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital actively participates in various functional units and multidisciplinary committees, with the aim of providing comprehensive and coordinated care to patients.

It is part of:

• Head and Neck Cancer Functional Unit
• Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Committee
• Sarcoma Committee
• Vascular Anomalies and Tumour Committee
• Facial Paralysis Committee

In these forums, clinical cases are jointly reviewed with other medical and surgical specialities, allowing for an individualised diagnostic and therapeutic approach based on consensus and clinical excellence.

The service also participates in a multicentre study of biomarkers in malignant salivary gland tumours, in collaboration with ICO-Badalona, ICO-Hospitalet, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospital Clínic, Sant Pau Hospital and Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital is firmly committed to teaching and continuing professional development, both internally and externally.

The department develops internal continuing professional development programmes for its professionals, promoting the constant updating of knowledge and clinical skills.

Furthermore, it actively participates in postgraduate training for dentists in oral pathology and implantology, contributing to specialised training in this field.

The service has associate professors from the Faculty of Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the Faculty of Dentistry at the International University of Catalonia, reinforcing its academic and university links.

Furthermore, its professionals participate in management, teaching and scientific outreach within the Catalan-Balearic Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, actively contributing to the development and promotion of the speciality.