Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Group - Vancouver l Burnaby l Richmond

10/15/2026

Preparing for another UBC lecture for the 3rd yr students and discussion about a healthy long life in Dentistry - 30 yrs of Words of Wisdom

10/15/2026

An unusual Subcutaneous infection developed after wisdom tooth removal @ 8 months ago in Germany. A fragment of tooth laterally caused a chronic infection that would not resolve. A swelling continued to develop at the angle of the mandible. Thus, surgery was performed to remove the fragment of tooth and an Extraoral approach to drain the subcutaneous infection was performed. Necrotic tissue, pus, and blood was expressed out of the infected subcutaneous space

09/21/2026

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09/09/2026

See you Thursday!

09/07/2026

A new chapter for The OMS Group.

We are proud to welcome Dr. Nelson Chen, DMD, MD to our team in Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, and Whitehorse.

Dr. Chen graduated from UBC Dental School, served as a dentist in the Canadian Armed Forces, then completed his MD and oral & maxillofacial surgery residency at the University of Connecticut. He also completed a craniofacial surgery fellowship at a Mayo Clinic hospital.

His practice includes the full scope of oral surgery, as well as orthognathic and craniofacial surgery and complex bone grafting and implant reconstruction.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Chen to The OMS Group family.

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09/03/2026

09/01/2026

German Dentistry with a wisdom tooth removes back in Germany in Feb 2026

I have only seen this 3-4 times in my 30 yr career as a OMFS.

The infection then started in May after the 48 was removed 3 months ago. She had initial swelling again and infection which was much larger in the buccal space but it did not completely resolve with residual swelling as you can see in the pictures. Foreign bodies like tooth fragments and/or bone can cause a CHRONIC infection. Thus, this needs to be cleaned out carefully without injuring the facial nerve below the skin layer. The procedure will be done intraorally with a flap and surgical exploration and debridement. Maybe even needle aspiration form intraoral approach to see what comes out. Cultures and Biopsies maybe part of the protocol

08/11/2026

A large Hemiangioma and not a AV Malformation @ 7cm x 1.75cm. A possible referral center is UBC Vascular Anomalies Clinic covered by Plastic Surgeons

07/19/2026