JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas  –   Brooke Army Medical Center is one of two military medical treatment facilities designated as a Center of Excellence in Maxillofacial Restoration by the Defense Health Agency.

Maxillofacial restoration is the science and art of restoring patients with injury or disease of face, mouth, and jaws.
BAMC’s Maxillofacial Restoration Program serves as one of two regional hubs, alongside Naval Medical Center San Diego, within the Military Health System that offers this complex multidisciplinary care. These MHS Centers of Excellence were established to allow the Department of War to accelerate innovation and develop evidence-based standards of care for conditions that affect servicemembers and their families.

Data from Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom demonstrated that craniomaxillofacial battle injuries to the head and neck were found in 42% of patients evacuated out of theater. Additionally, data from recent global conflicts demonstrate similar numbers, which makes maxillofacial restoration especially important for military readiness.

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