Dr. Dougherty is a local dentist who specializes in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Oral and Maxillofacial surgery is the surgical specialty that includes the diagnosis, surgical and related treatments of a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries, defects and aesthetic aspects of the mouth, teeth, jaws, face, head and neck. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are trained to treat and care for patients who experience such conditions as problems with wisdom teeth, facial pain, and misaligned jaws. They treat accident victims suffering facial injuries, offer reconstructive and dental implant surgery, and care for patients with tumors, cysts, and developmental craniofacial abnormalities of the jaw and or face and functional and aesthetic conditions of the maxillofacial areas.