Dr. Willie L Stephens DDS
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1560 Beacon Street Brookline MA, 02446About
Dr. Willie Stephens is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Brookline, MA. Dr. Stephens specializes in the treatment of problems related to the face, mouth and jaws. As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Stephens 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. Stephens 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.
Education and Training
C.M.H. Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry 1973
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Factors in exposure assessment: ethnic and socioeconomic differences in fishing and consumption of fish caught along the Savannah River.
- Radiocesium in fish from the Savannah River and Steel Creek: potential food chain exposure to the public.
- Mercury and selenium in fish from the Savannah river: species, trophic level, and locational differences.
- LOCALIZATION OF CAROTENOID PIGMENT IN THE CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE OF XANTHOMONAS JUGLANDIS.
- PIGMENTATION AND TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS XANTHOMONAS.
- Effects of cooking on radiocesium in fish from the Savannah River: exposure differences for the public.
- Clapper rails as indicators of mercury and PCB bioavailability in a Georgia saltmarsh system.
- Feathers as bioindicators of PCB exposure in clapper rails.
- Bone graft reconstruction and root-form implant placement in the severely atrophied maxilla.
- Root-form implant placement and bone-graft reconstruction correct severely atrophied maxillae.
- Reconstruction of the severely atrophic edentulous maxilla using Le Fort I osteotomy with simultaneous bone graft and implant placement.
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