Dr. William Kenneth Tom D.D.S., M.S.
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
620 S Dora St Suite 205 Ukiah CA, 95482About
Dr. William Tom is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Ukiah, CA. Dr. Tom specializes in the treatment of problems related to the face, mouth and jaws. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Tom is a unique dental specialist who can provide emergency medicine, perform general surgery and give anesthesia. These medical doctors are the only type of medical care specialist who can administer anesthesia, besides anesthesiologists. Typical procedures performed by Dr. Tom are tooth extractions, especially wisdom teeth, corrective jaw surgery, cleft palate surgery and reconstructive surgery after an injury. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can also perform dental work including placing dental implants. These surgeons might also deal with conditions of sleep apnea, oral cancers and more.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Repair of alveolar clefts with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2) in patients with clefts.
- Reconstruction of #7 facial cleft with distraction-assisted in situ osteogenesis (DISO): role of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 with Helistat-activated collagen implant.
- Distraction of rhBMP-2-generated mandible: how stable is the engineered bone in response to subsequent surgeries?
- Pretreatment of distraction docking sites with bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2).
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- Utilization of indole compounds by Cryptococcus neoformans to produce a melanin-like pigment.
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