I'm making my best guess here. This is what I've seen so far at UCLA. We have 3 main hospitals we rotate at: UCLA, Kaiser, Harbor-UCLA. UCLA is orthognathics, implants, 3rds, tumors and cysts, and very little trauma and infections. Kaiser is a lot of orthognathic. Harbor-UCLA is trauma and infections. We do 6 months total at Harbor and 6 months total at Kaiser. The rest of the time is at UCLA. I really like this setup because you get a good amount of time in the county hospital setting, but the bulk of the time is spent in a non-county hospital.
Mandibles: a fair number at Harbor-UCLA. Probably 3-4 per week. Most are closed in clinic with MMF because we'd rather not use OR time on mandible fractures.
ORIF of Mandibles: About 1-2 per week at Harbor-UCLA.
ZMCs: A few at Harbor-UCLA. I'd guess 1-2 per month.
Orthognathics: Probably about 3 per week on average at UCLA.
Distraction: I'd guess a dozen or so per year. It's super expensive so not a lot of people are interested in doing this for implants. We have had some cases this year that were hemifacial microsomia patients who got mandibular distractors. That was neat.
BSSO: Most of the mandibular osteotomies are BSSOs.
IVRO: Haven't seen one yet.
Pathology: I'm guessing an average of 3 per week. All 'benign'. OKCs, amelos, and the rarer oddities...
Nerve Repairs: Our chair is one of the regional experts at nerve repairs. Not sure how often they happen. I'd guess under 10 per year.
Thirds: About 8-10 cases per intern per week at UCLA. Almost all are IV seds. The chiefs do their GA wizzies on Fridays.
Implants: I'd wager between 150-200 per chief resident.
Sinus Lifts: Not sure. Whenever they're necessary, they're done.
Rhinos: 0
Blephs: 0
Genios: We do a fair number of 'triple jaws' (lefort 1, bsso, genio). I'd guess about 30 per year.
Rhytidectomies: 0
Infections/Abcesses: About 4-5 per week at Harbor-UCLA. Less common at UCLA.
Call Schedule: At UCLA it is 1-2 weeks straight rotated among 2 or 3 residents depending on who's on service at any given time, but no trauma call. You handle in house patients. At Harbor-UCLA it is q3 face call. Any facial trauma and infection.
# of years of Med School: 2
# of part-time attendings: Not sure. We see about 5 on a weekly basis. There are probably another 5 who come in sporadically.
# of full-time attendings: 4 (I think, but 2 who operate with us daily. The other two are primarily doing research and teaching pre-docs)
# of residents: 2 per year + 1 intern
# of hours: As an intern it's variable each week. When not on call I'd say 60. When on call 80-90+.
Dental Schools of Residents: UCLA, UNLV, USC, Harvard, Tijuana Tech (that's Buffalo Bill's alma mater)
What residents go onto do after residency: Private practive, a small few do academics. Some have done facial cosmetic fellowships. Buffalo Bill will proceed to do an ENT residency, followed by PRS. Hehehehe.
Expenses/Salary: LA is expensive, but I got a 2 bedroom for $1450, which is great. 1st year salary is about $43K. No pay during med school but you can work. I'm living comfortably.
