Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are the only dental specialists recognized by the American Dental Association who are surgically trained in a hospital-based residency program for a minimum of three years. OMSs train alongside medical residents in internal medicine, general surgery and anesthesiology, and spend time in otolaryngology, plastic surgery, emergency medicine and other specialty areas. Their training focuses almost exclusively on the hard (ie, bone) and soft (ie, skin, muscle) tissue of the face, mouth, and jaws. Their knowledge and surgical expertise uniquely qualifies them to diagnose and treat the functional and esthetic conditions in this anatomical area. The scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery practice includes, among others:

• • Outpatient Anesthesia
• • Dentalveolar Surgery to manage diseases of the teeth and their supporting soft and hard tissues
• • Surgical Correction of Maxillofacial Skeletal Deformities
• • Facial Trauma Surgery
• • Pathologic Conditions
• • Facial Reconstructive Surgery
• • Facial Cosmetic Surgery