Program Overview

Specialist in Oral Surgery Program

The Department of Periodontology, Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery offers a postgraduate training program to become an oral surgery specialist.

Program Overview

An oral surgeon is able to recognize and treat diseases of the teeth, mouth, jaw, and covering soft tissues due to their further training. The continuing education to become an oral surgery specialist takes 3 years (full-time), during which time content from the specialties of anesthesiology, pharmacology, emergency management, and practice structure/hygiene is learned.

Program Requirements

In addition to the 3-year postgraduate training, a year of general dentistry must be completed prior to continuing education. The three-year postgraduate training can be completed in a surgical department of a dental, oral, and maxillofacial college, in an oral surgery department of a hospital, or at a comparable institution. Alternatively, the training can be completed in the practice of an established specialist dentist in oral surgery or a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery, provided that the practice is recognized as a postgraduate training center.

Education Centers

A list of authorized clinics and practices that provide further training is available from the relevant dental associations.

Program Details

• The program is designed to provide advanced training in oral surgery.
  • The training includes content from anesthesiology, pharmacology, emergency management, and practice structure/hygiene.
  • The program is 3 years in duration, with an additional year of general dentistry required prior to commencement.
• The program can be completed at various institutions, including:
  • Surgical departments of dental, oral, and maxillofacial colleges.
  • Oral surgery departments of hospitals.
  • Comparable institutions.
  • Practices of established specialist dentists in oral surgery or oral and maxillofacial surgery.