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