Posts from November 2019
What is an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon?
An oral surgeon, also known as an oral & maxillofacial surgeon, is a dental specialist. All general dentists and specialists spend upwards of seven or eight years in college and dental school earning a DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) or DMD (Doctor of Dental Medicine). Both of these dental degrees are equivalent. An oral surgeon will spend an additional four to six years in training after dental school, in both a hospital-based and a private practice based surgical environment. As…