Is the American OMFS degree recognized in the UK

[Zelrond]

In England a lot more studying is required to become an OMFS and I was wondering if anyone knows if an American degree is recognized in England or if its only recognized as an Oral surgery degree.
For anyone who doesn't know in the UK we have 2 dental surgical specialties. These are oral surgery (takes 5 years after obtaining DDS) and OMFS (requires 12 years after dentistry 4 of which are spent obtaining a medical degree).
Thanks for the help.

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[Sublimazing]

So if you finish dental school at 26 youre not an omfs until youre 38? That just cannot be true

And what can an oral surgeon do as opposed to an omfs or a general dentist?

 

[Zelrond]

So if you finish dental school at 26 youre not an omfs until youre 38? That just cannot be true

And what can an oral surgeon do as opposed to an omfs or a general dentist?

Unfortunately it is true : p. If someone has graduated dental school at 23 which is the normal age they would become an OMFS at 35 years. The reason for this is because after the dental degree you need to do 1 year of vocational training to obtain a membership with the GDC, then you have to do 1 year of internship at an OMFS clinic, then you enter to do medicine which is 4 years for dentists (5 years for non dentists), after this you specialize into OMFS for 6 years.

Oral surgeons do some of the more minor OMFS procedures. They deal with impacted teeth, roots, cysts, dentoalveolar surgeries etc. All intra oral surgeries. OMFS however do the extra oral ones such as cancer removal, face transplants etc.
If you interested this document describes the 13 specialties of dentistry we have in England.
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/fds/careers-in-dentistry/documents/careers-in-dental-surgery-2012

 

[GTFOOMICT]

Unfortunately it is true : p. If someone has graduated dental school at 23 which is the normal age they would become an OMFS at 35 years. The reason for this is because after the dental degree you need to do 1 year of vocational training to obtain a membership with the GDC, then you have to do 1 year of internship at an OMFS clinic, then you enter to do medicine which is 4 years for dentists (5 years for non dentists), after this you specialize into OMFS for 6 years.

Oral surgeons do some of the more minor OMFS procedures. They deal with impacted teeth, roots, cysts, dentoalveolar surgeries etc. All intra oral surgeries. OMFS however do the extra oral ones such as cancer removal, face transplants etc.
If you interested this document describes the 13 specialties of dentistry we have in England.
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/fds/careers-in-dentistry/documents/careers-in-dental-surgery-2012

Waste of resources. Absurd.

American neurosurgeons are trained faster. American transplant surgeons are trained faster. I would be pissed if I was a Brit paying for this kind of training.

 

[Zelrond]

Hehe ye mate i agree, thats why I kind of want to go to America to study OMFS. Would be awesome to experience the culture as well. Do you know if there is a decent number of spots for internationals?

 

[Oral Sx]

In Britain you finish Dental School at 23?? In the US that is more like 26 or 27. 4 years of undergraduate, 4 yrs of Dental School. Then oral surgery is another 6 yrs, making you about 32 or 33 when you finish up.

 

[Zelrond]

Wow so after high school you study 8 years to become a dentist? Here when we turn 18 we go to University and do 5 years of dentistry. What do you study when you do the 4 years of undergraduate?

 

[Sublimazing]

Wow so after high school you study 8 years to become a dentist? Here when we turn 18 we go to University and do 5 years of dentistry. What do you study when you do the 4 years of undergraduate?

Biology, chemistry, physics...a lot of it is redundant...very little of it is used in clincal general dentistry

Oh yeah, and it's the best 4 years of your life...

 

[Oral Sx]

I studied a completely unrelated to biological sciences degree, learned about life, love, made some (a lot) of mistakes and grew up (some) in undergrad. I could have become an engineer, but decided healthcare was where I wanted to be (for a multitude of reasons). I actually went to undergrad for 5 years (I took a "victory lap") because my current wife hadn't graduated yet, and I wouldn't trade those years for the world. So in the UK I could have already been a dentist before I even started dental school.

PS. I think technically many dental schools allow you to do only 3 yrs of undergrad without a degree to matriculate, but that is for very exceptional applicants.

 

[Zelrond]

Lol oral sx youve had quite the adventure my friend