Dr. Steven Reiner is a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon and currently serves as Section Chief of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Medicine at Middlesex Hospital and has practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery since 1987.
Dr. Reiner was formerly Director of the oral maxillofacial service at Hartford Hospital. Dr. Reiner earned degrees from Hofstra University, New York University College of Dentistry and completed residencies at Waterbury Hospital and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons at Harlem Hospital, New York City. Dr. Reiner is on the medical staff as a Senior Attending at Middlesex Hospital; Active Senior Attending at Hartford Hospital, Active Staff at Connecticut Childrens Medical Center, and on staff at John Dempsey Hospital. Dr. Reiner is certified in advanced cardiac life support and pediatric advanced cardiac life support. Dr. Reiner is a member of the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Association, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, and is also a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, in addition to several local professional societies.
First, youll be welcomed by our knowledgable secretary, who will review your paperwork, insurance, and prepare your chart for your procedure. You will then be greeted by one of our trained surgical assistants who will review the procedure in detail with you and personally escort you into our state of the art operatories. The doctor will come into the operatory room, administer anesthesia if necessary, then perform the procedure. Your surgical assistant will escort you to a private recovery room, monitor your recovery, and review your post surgery care with you. After further monitoring by Dr. Reiner, when you are ready to go home, your surgical assistant will again review your post surgery care with you, advise you that she is available to take your calls until 5pm, and that the doctors can be reached 24 hours a day via the answering service. You can expect personal expert care from us.
Oral and Maxillofacial surgery is a dental specialty that bridges the connection between dentistry and medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons complete an additional 4-6 years of hospital-based residency training beyond the four years of general dental training. As part of their specialty training, they study medicine, anesthesia, head and neck surgery, pathology, trauma, developmental problems and radiology.
We do participate with a few medical and dental plans. However, in most cases, we can still see you and help you with your oral surgery needs as long as the insurance plan has out of network benefits. Remember, your doctor wants Dr. Reiner to take care of you.