This program, through its robust full-time and part-time OMS faculty, trains surgeons in the contemporary scope of oral-maxillofacial surgery to include implants, office anesthesia, dentoalveolar surgery, head and neck pathology, hard and soft tissue facial reconstruction, cleft-craniofacial surgery, TMJ surgery, CMF trauma, facial aesthetic surgery, and corrective jaw surgery.

We offer two residency training programs (one four-year and two six-year positions), several one-year internship positions, and a fellowship in maxillofacial oncology and microvascular reconstruction. The residency and the fellowship are fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

About OMFS at UMSOD

The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Maryland Dental School has a great history and tradition at UMDS. It is the first School of Dentistry in the world and maintains its legacy in education, research, and clinical practice. The current OMFS department is using innovative technology to maintain that vision, in the fields of cancer, facial deformity/clefts, trauma and temporomandibular joint surgery. Their mission is to develop “citizen surgeons” who will give back to their communities.

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Services & Initiatives

  • OMS Research

    The faculty of the department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery are engage in a variety of research programs geared towards a better understanding diseases involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral-maxillofacial/head & neck region.

  • UMB Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates

    The University of Maryland Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery Associates Practice offers a full scope of high-quality care for oral, face, head-neck and jaw related conditions. An all-inclusive bridge between surgery, medicine and dentistry, we provide accurate diagnosis and comprehensive treatment for some of the most complex patients in the country.

Accreditation

The Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Residency Program had its accreditation site visit on May 11, 2022 by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).

We can comment on the successful reaccreditation without any reporting requirements for the next 5 years.

Complaints to the Commission on Dental Accreditation - The Commission on Dental Accreditation will review complaints that relate to a program's compliance with the accreditation standards. The Commission is interested in the sustained quality and continued improvement of dental and dental-related education programs, but does not intervene on behalf of individuals or act as a court of appeal for individuals in matters of admission, appointment, promotion or dismissal of faculty, staff or students.


A copy of the appropriate accreditation standards and/or the Commission's policy and procedure for submission of complaints may be obtained by contacting the Commission at 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 or by calling 1-800-621-8099 extension 4653.