Maxillofacial Surgery

[DDS2BE]

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I've been searching this forum and couldn't find anything on axillofacial surgery. First off, what stats and extracurricular activities, do I need to get into this program? Also, as far as I understand, it takes 5-years to become fully certified, but the question is if you get enough time to practice general dentistry at the same time?

I am not a dental student yet, but will become one next year. Maybe, it?s kinda early for these questions, but I'd rather have my long-term goals all set and follow the steps to achieve them instead of finding out that I don't have enough stats for this program by the end of dental school.

 

[toothcaries]

http://www.aaoms.org/

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=143644&highlight=oral+surgery



type in "oral surgery" when u search...
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[ItsGavinC]

I've been searching this forum and couldn't find anything on axillofacial surgery.

There are lots of threads about OMS. Keep searching!

 

[toofache32]

It's 4 years of dental school followed by 4-6 years of residency. I don't know of a single oral surgeon who also practices general dentistry, because that's why most oral surgeons decided to specialize in the first place. Or maybe you're talking about doing general dentistry on the side while you're in your residency (moonlighting). That depends on the policies at your program.

 

[ItsGavinC]

I don't know of a single oral surgeon who also practices general dentistry,

The ADA Code of Ethics states that specialists can NOT practice general dentistry if they have completed a specialty program.

 

[toofache32]

The ADA Code of Ethics states that specialists can NOT practice general dentistry if they have completed a specialty program.

How do they word that? I always thought it had to do with how you advertise yourself and that it varied on a state-by-state basis. For example, a friend of our family is a dentist in a really small town in Tennessee. He did a 3-year ortho residency and is a board-certified orthodontist. However, because this town is too small to survive on ortho alone, he advertises himself as a general dentist (not orthodontist) so that he can do both. Any thoughts?

 

[Dr.SpongeBobDDS]

You're absolutlely right, toofache. It's not a matter of completing a residency but whether or not you hold yourself out as a specialist to the general public. I'm sure Gavin knows this and just used poor wording in his last post. Happens to all of us. 🙂

 

[DDS2BE]

It's 4 years of dental school followed by 4-6 years of residency. I don't know of a single oral surgeon who also practices general dentistry, because that's why most oral surgeons decided to specialize in the first place. Or maybe you're talking about doing general dentistry on the side while you're in your residency (moonlighting). That depends on the policies at your program.

Yes, I was talking about doing genteral dentistry on the side while in residency.