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Hi,
I've been looking into dental specialities and I've read several threads regarding OMFS. However, many of them focused on the actual process of getting there, not the actual job itself (which, of course, makes sense, since many of you are not there yet! 🙂)
However, I was wondering if some of the OMFS residents can elaborate as to why they chose this specaility. To me, it's definitely a respected profession and all the work that one does to get there is certainly admirable.
(1) What is it that you like about being an oral surgeon? The procedures that you do are much more intricate than what you see in dental school and what general practitioners are doing. Reconstructing someone's face is a lot different than doing a bridge, so how did you get into this sub-field of dentistry?
(2) Are there oral surgeons who do "less advanced" procedures? Meaning, can one expect to see a lot of surgergies and facial reconstructions as an oral surgeon, or less complicated ones like molar extractions and implants?
(3) I know this question is relative, but do you consider the work to be difficult? It just seems like such a monumental task to do things like facial trauma surgery or reconstructive surgery.
Sorry for the newbie questions. Thanks for the input.
I've been looking into dental specialities and I've read several threads regarding OMFS. However, many of them focused on the actual process of getting there, not the actual job itself (which, of course, makes sense, since many of you are not there yet! 🙂)
However, I was wondering if some of the OMFS residents can elaborate as to why they chose this specaility. To me, it's definitely a respected profession and all the work that one does to get there is certainly admirable.
(1) What is it that you like about being an oral surgeon? The procedures that you do are much more intricate than what you see in dental school and what general practitioners are doing. Reconstructing someone's face is a lot different than doing a bridge, so how did you get into this sub-field of dentistry?
(2) Are there oral surgeons who do "less advanced" procedures? Meaning, can one expect to see a lot of surgergies and facial reconstructions as an oral surgeon, or less complicated ones like molar extractions and implants?
(3) I know this question is relative, but do you consider the work to be difficult? It just seems like such a monumental task to do things like facial trauma surgery or reconstructive surgery.
Sorry for the newbie questions. Thanks for the input.
