title: Oral and maxillofacial surgery--character of the specialty.
abstract: Because of its similarities to other disciplines in dentistry and to medicine, the boundaries of oral and maxillofacial surgery are not easily defined. Some of the characteristics of the specialty include depth of the medical and biological knowledge of patients required, competitive selection and extensive training, hospital training and practice, and well articulated standards and support from its professional organization, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, USA. twb3@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Braun
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013043:Specialties, Surgical; D013044:Specialty Boards; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D016526:Workload