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Anthony Morlandt, DMD
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Areas of expertise:
- Oral cancer, including tongue, lips, face, throat
- Early detection of cancer
- Salivary gland tumors
- Head and neck skin cancer
- Head and neck microsurgery
- Head and neck reconstruction
- Bone graft surgery
- Facial trauma
- Total jaw reconstruction
- Osteonecrosis of the jaws due to medications (Fosamax, zometa, reclast, etc.) or radiation therapy
As an oral oncologist and surgeon, Morlandt specializes in oral oncology, head and neck microvascular surgery, and oral and maxillofacial surgery. He has authored many peer-reviewed scientific articles and textbook chapters on head and neck ablative and reconstructive surgery.
He is particularly interested in helping doctors and their staff identify head and neck cancers and in optimizing patient outcomes following major head and neck surgery.
Media appearances:
- UAB performs Alabama's first "Jaw in a day" surgery, Dentistry Today