Asking for a friend - but I'm also a little confused by this - Nobody I know seems to know anything about them
are oral & maxillofacial surgeons actually doctors? Or are they just dentists? As in - is it okay for me to shadow one to boost my hours? Or would medical schools not want that?
My friend says they're dentists - but apparently they do some crazy f****** procedures - Double jaw osteotomies, trauma, re-constructive facial surgery, plastics, etc.
...but they're dentists... right? Whats the deal?
Edit - googled this again and went to the AAMC website - "Oral & Maxillofacial surgery" isn't even listed as specialty. Yet, you scroll down the google results, and you see things like the plastics department at Duke really being named the "Department of Plastics, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery", along with a ton of other hospitals. Anyone here know something about why this is?
are oral & maxillofacial surgeons actually doctors? Or are they just dentists? As in - is it okay for me to shadow one to boost my hours? Or would medical schools not want that?
My friend says they're dentists - but apparently they do some crazy f****** procedures - Double jaw osteotomies, trauma, re-constructive facial surgery, plastics, etc.
...but they're dentists... right? Whats the deal?
Edit - googled this again and went to the AAMC website - "Oral & Maxillofacial surgery" isn't even listed as specialty. Yet, you scroll down the google results, and you see things like the plastics department at Duke really being named the "Department of Plastics, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery", along with a ton of other hospitals. Anyone here know something about why this is?
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