I agree with Turnpike, the part 1 score has been the main reason of not getting any interviews.My externships actually worked for me( not worked against me), as a matter of fact, one of my recommenders was the surgeon whom I scrubbed in with for 2 weeks during that externship. Couple of others told me they would look into my application very seriously and some others encouraged me to let them know if I dont match , to be considered for the one year position.
To answer incision,
The schools is going to first ask you which school you go to, bec you need to get the papers signed by your school's academic dean etc.
If I were you,I would rechallenge part1 before the pass/fail takes effect. But you are right, you should make sure you wont get any thing less than what you have. I am going to take it again , I dont have any choice and I dont see any point in applying again with the same score. But you have to plan in advance, when you start advanced standing, you will get immersed in ridicilous amount of lab work, general dentistry etc. Since you were doing OMFS previously, you must have lost the touch with the holly ! tooth preps and cavity preps and complete dentures. It will be more difficult for you than most of your class mates who were doing general dentistry in their home countries.Time to study for part 1.... consider again.
Your questions regarding what placves do what type of work and where you can extern on the east coast. This is your homework to do. I am sure no one is able to list all the opportunities that are out there. Go to asda.net or org, and purchase the guide for postdoctoral programs. It has 4 volumes and one of them is for OMFS. You can call them and verify and purchase on the phone I assume. That booklet is a good start to see all the residencies. Then YOU HAVE TO make some phone calls and inquire whether or not they offer externship. Not every school or hospital offers externships.It took me more than a month to call and prepare the paperwork. You have to devote the time. Sorry.
I can only tell the very limited facts that I have found out. Michigan is number one for malignant pathology and they do a lot of recon. UNC does mainly non malignant path, loma linda-CA does a lot of trauma, boston university, well there is a little bit from everything.
There is a thread on this forum named overview of omfs residencies. You will find many statistics about the programs overthere. worth reading.
Hope that helps.