Dental -> Plastic surgery ??

[misterrr]

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Is there a possible route from the dental stream to plastic/cosmetic surgery? I've recently taken a great amount of interest in plastic and reconstructive surgery (face) and I was wondering if this was possible via some combination of postdoctoral programs, etc.

Thanks!

 

[AlbinoPolarBear]

Is there a possible route from the dental stream to plastic/cosmetic surgery? I've recently taken a great amount of interest in plastic and reconstructive surgery (face) and I was wondering if this was possible via some combination of postdoctoral programs, etc.

Thanks!

I would say it's possible, but it's almost impossible.

What you need to do is:
Dental school (4 years) > Oral surgery residency with MD (6 years) > Plastics fellowship (1-3 years)

But if you wanna do plastics, I would not go this field. Getting your MD would be a more straightforward way.

But here's an article about people performing plastics without the plastics residency:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/h...crative-cosmetic-surgery-procedures.html?_r=0

 

[mid]

Facial cosmetic/reconstructive surgery is within the scope of practice of OMS. Now if you want to do breasts or hands them you need to do a PRS residency after earning an MD.

 

[Regmata]

6 year OMFS program, then do a cosmetic fellowship.

You could do a 4 year OMFS and a cosmetic fellowship, but the 6 year programs will give you a better shot at reaching your goal.

 

[UCSFx2017]

http://www.kungplasticsurgery.com/meet-dr-kung.aspx

Columbia DDS, Harvard MD/OMFS, UNC Plastic

http://www.lovethatface.com/facial-surgeon-richmond-va/meet-dr-joe/

Single-degree OMFS whose scope of practice is limited to only facial cosmetic surgery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbeZABGJYlE