February 16, 2024 —Adnan Shah, a professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Manitoba, says it’s critical for patients like McClelland to be treated in a timely manner. “It’s a major surgery when you talk about reconstructing the joint,” said Shah. If a case progresses to a joint disease, “that’s where we would need total reconstruction.”Shah adds jaw replacement surgeries have seen success over the last 20 years.
