Dr. Fanous received his dental degree from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1990 and completed his residency in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in 1995 at The Medical College of Wisconsin. He is certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has held positions on committees on a national level with AAOMS, as well as serving on the board of the Texas Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and is a member of the TDA as well as the ADA.

Dr. Fanous was Adjunct Clinical Professor at Baylor College of Dentistry from 1997-2010. He was also involved in residency training at Baylor University Medical Center until 2011 and has been in charge of the maxillofacial trauma surgery division at Medical Center of Plano, a level II trauma center in the Dallas area.

Dr. Fanous has been performing the HealthBite Smile in a Day procedure since 2010 and has done more than 200 of these life-changing procedures. Dr. Fanous received a M.B.A. from University of North Carolinas Kenan-Flagler School of Business. Dr. Fanous passion is to provide his patients with the highest quality care while streamlining his surgical practice with a high efficiency business model and the most current state-of-the-art technology.

The surgical staff at Caprock Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeryare experienced, registered oral and maxillofacial surgical assistants and certified surgical technologists who assist in all surgeries. Our staff is trained in assisting with Intravenous (IV) sedation or outpatient general anesthesia in our state-of-the-art office setting. Patients are continuously monitored during and after surgery. All staff are informed administrative personnel, well versed in health and insurance policies, and are CPR certified.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons have extensive training in the administration of all types of sedation and general anesthesia. Oral surgeons are able to provide surgical services with the comfort of sedation and general anesthesia in a safe and cost-effective office setting. The oral surgery team approach model provides patients with a very reliable and safe method of having procedures such as tooth extraction (which is the most common surgical procedure in the world), dental implants, and other oral and facial procedures in a stress-free environment.

The oral surgeon will review the patient medical history extensively before scheduling any type of anesthesia. Some of the questions you are asked as a patient include all medications you take, allergies to any medication as well as a history of previous surgeries and anesthesia. Its very important to tell the oral surgeon everything you know about your health history. By sharing all the information, this allows the anesthesia team to be well prepared before, during, and after the anesthesia and procedure.

Make sure you follow all the pre-operative instructions you are given. These instructions include having nothing to eat or drink 6 hours before the procedure. Sometimes, your surgeon may instruct you take some of your medications before the surgery and anesthesia. In pediatric cases the surgeon may have special instructions for eating and drinking before anesthesia.

Today, oral surgery is performed in such a comfortable and safe way with the use of office-based anesthesia. No more anxiety about dental needles, shots, and the thought of having surgery in your mouth. Oral surgery is a very unique specialty because of the oral surgeons training in anesthesia delivery in a safe office-based setting.