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Didactics

Throughout all segments of time assigned to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service, each resident is involved in a comprehensive and carefully planned lecture, conference, and seminar activity specifically designed to meet the educational needs of the surgeon-in-training. The didactic program consists of the following activities:


Instructional Core Lectures - a 1-1/2 hour period is devoted weekly to instruction in basic medical and surgical problems as they apply to oral and maxillofacial surgery. Included is material on such disciplines as microbiology, pharmacology, radiology, as well as orthognathic surgery, trauma, infections, tumor surgery, reconstruction, preprosthetic surgery, implant surgery, and temporomandibular joint disorders.

Oral and Head and Neck Pathology - A one hour conference three weeks per month is devoted to a formal course in pathology of the oral and maxillofacial regions. The course is directed by full-time oral pathologists and includes lectures, CPC’s, histopathology slide sessions, and reviews of current biopsy material.


Joint Orthodontic/Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Seminar Series - One hour monthly is devoted to a meeting between faculty and residents of both orthodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery during which either a formal lecture is presented or an interesting orthognathic surgery case is jointly presented and reviewed.


Journal Review and Resident Seminar - Three times monthly, current and classic articles pertaining to oral and maxillofacial surgery are reviewed at a meeting of the residents and faculty. In addition, a resident seminar is conducted during these meetings.


Teaching Rounds - Residents and faculty hold weekly teaching rounds at each hospital during which in-patients and upcoming surgical patients are reviewed.


Trauma Conference - Each month, a trauma conference is held which includes residents and faculty from all of the surgical services involved in trauma care.


Quality Assurance Conference - A two-hour, city-wide conference is held quarterly to review complications encountered in the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Methods of prevention, recognition, and management of problems are discussed.


Craniofacial Deformities Team - A four-hour meeting, including faculty and residents from the various specialties which manage major craniofacial anomalies is held bi-weekly during which patients are examined and treatment planned.


Tumor Board - A weekly tumor board is held and attended by faculty and residents, during which patients with malignant diseases are examined and comprehensive treatment discussed.