Department of Oral Surgery provides the following services:

• oral surgeon consultations
• tooth extractions
• outpatient surgery (prior consultation by oral surgeon is necessary, maxillofacial surgeon appointment requires a digital referral letter)
• dental implants. Please register for an appointment with Dr  Katrin Parisalu by calling Tartu University Hospital reception: ph: 731 9100

Patients requiring emergency oral surgery are requested to arrive for their appointments in the morning. Kindly preregister your emergency appointment by calling: 731 9889

Scheduling the appointment with an oral surgeon

• Appointments are scheduled on-site or by calling 7319 100
• L. Puusepa 1a, recepiton open Mon–Fri 7:30 a.m.–8 p.m.
• Physician appointments take place Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
• Please consider possible waiting times

Coming to your appointment

• All patients arriving for their first or subsequent appointments must report the reception.
• Please present your identification document with a photo at the reception.
• No referral letter from a family or other speciality physician is necessary for an Oral surgeon appointment.
• However, a referral letter is still recommended, especially if the referral is due to a specific condition.
• Preregistration before surgeon consultation and a referral letter from a referring physician are required for outpatient surgeries.
• Please take all your medications prescribed by other speciality physicians upon coming to your appointment or surgery.

Please bring:

1. previous oral and maxillofacial X-ray scans (both 2D and 3D scans).

2. letters of medical necessities from the other specialists

3. previous test results

Emergency care

• Emergency care is available on Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–5 p.m
• Emergency dental care patients will be attended as soon as possible during the same working day, but some waiting must be considered.

Services provided by the department are payable by the patient, except for emergency dental care. Additional information: https://www.tervisekassa.ee/hambaravi/patsiendile/valtimatu-abi

Tartu University Hospital is a teaching hospital where dental students are involved in service rendering. Their services come with a 40% discount.

Please schedule your appointment by calling 731 9100.

Instructions for wound care at home:

In case of severe conditions (facial and jawbone fractures, open wounds in the face area) please approach the Emergency Medicine Department at L. Puusepa 8 (ER)!

The information on emergency dental care and emergency care patients is derived from the questionnaire completed at the reception.

*Medical services to children under 19 years of age are covered by the Estonian Health Insurance Foundation.

Non-emergency patients will receive the instructions to schedule a planned dental or oral surgeon appointment or will receive payable services.

Please ask your physician or nurse for additional information on the nature and cost of the procedure at the beginning of the appointment.