The MGH Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department has a combined six-year OMFS/MD program and very active outpatient and inpatient services. The oral surgery clinic is an 11-chair facility including 2 IV sedation rooms. The scope of patient care is very broad, including odontectomy, implant placement, biopsy and management of tumors, orthognathic surgery, and oral and maxillofacial reconstruction. There are resident-run outpatient clinics every day, attending private patient clinics and IV sedation clinics. Patients who are referred by or seen in the ED present with a wide range of problems, from odontogenic infection to facial trauma. OR cases, whether private or “house” cases are attended by OMFS residents and faculty, as well as GPR residents. GPR residents spend the greater part of two months on the oral surgery service as an active member of the surgical team.
OBJECTIVES:
- To gain experience in the oral and systemic evaluation and management of the routine and medically compromised surgery patient.
- To gain experience and develop confidence in simple and surgical exodontia.
- To learn operating room protocol.
- To gain experience in the management of intraoral infections, post operative complications, and other oral surgical emergencies.