Dr Yahya Al Rifaai

Specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Specialty: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Practice Locations: NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi

Dr Yahya Al Rifaai obtained his Doctorate in Dentistry from Damascus University in 1993, then, he achieved his research at Germany-Dresden Hospital University Carl Gustav Carus, studying the malignant metastases of lymph nodes in the neck I October 2003. Dr Yahya got his Fachzahanarzt Certificate (Germany Board certificate) with excellent grades in Oro-maxillofacial surgery and dental implantation from Leipzig and Dresden Hospitals Universities in 2003, and he also got his a certificate in Orthognathic Surgery with excellent grades from Germany - Dresden University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus in 2010.



Dr Yahya Al Rifaai has more than 20 years of experience, he worked in Al Rahma  Hospital in Damascus as a specialist in oro-maxillofacial surgery and dental implantology, He also worked as a specialist in oro-maxillofacial surgery and dental implantology at American European Medical Center in Abu Dhabi – UAE, Dr Yahya was as a specialist in oro-maxillofacial surgery and dental implantology in Mediclinic Al Noor Hospital - Khalifa Branch in Abu Dhabi, he was the head of the dental and maxillofacial department for ten years.  



Special interest:




  • Facial trauma (Surgical fixation of the jaws, condyles, Orbit, Zygomatic, and all maxillofacial fractures using bone platting and conservative treatment).

  • Surgical excision of benign tumours from parotid gland surgery - surgical excision of Submandibular gland and other small salivary glands- benign facial tumours

  • Surgical treatment of anomaly development jaws (Orthognathic surgery).

  • Surgical treatment for oral nasal fistula and chronic sinusitis with Caldelwell and Lindorf technique with palate flap and bone augmentation.  

  • Surgical treatment of oral cancer.

  • The incision of the huge abscesses.

  • Dental implantation with sinus lift and bone augmentation.

  • Surgical excision of oral cysts- surgical removal of impacted teeth.

  • Apicectomy of teeth.

  • Reduction and fixation of teeth and alveolar bone fracture post-trauma with the splint.

  • Plastic suture of the all-facial wounds - Surgical and conservative treatments of mucous membrane diseases –Surgical and conservative treatments of dysfunction of mandible joint - Extraction of teeth especially by patients with general diseases (Cardio diseases – blood diseases - lung diseases - kidney dysfunction - liver diseases, and cancer patients).



Dr Yahya Al Rifaai speaks Arabic, English and Germany


Practice Locations

NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi
NMC Royal Hospital, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi

16th St., Khalifa City - A, PO Box 35233, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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