ProgramCIP 51.0507
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
A program that focuses on the advanced study of the diagnosis and intrusive and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries, and defects of the oral and maxillofacial regions, including functional and aesthetic aspects. Includes instruction in pharmacology, analgesia, anesthesia, anxiety control, surgical procedures and techniques, surgical instrumentation, exodontia, oral diseases and malfunctions, soft and hard tissue pathology, dentoalveolar surgery, infection management, and prosthetic implantation.
Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).
Also called Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert.), Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (MS), Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (PhD).
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