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Department of Oral
& Maxillofacial Surgery
The Department of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) residency program
offers a certificate
and a Doctor of Medicine degree and accepts 3 to 4 applicants annually
for its six-year program. The Medical Center of Louisiana's two
hospitals in New Orleans serve as the primary teaching hospitals. Other
affiliated institutions are Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital in Baton
Rouge, Carolinas Healthcare System in Charlotte, NC, Doctor's Hospital
in Metairie, and the Louisiana State University Schools of Dentistry
and Medicine.
Currently funded research involves
both clinical trials and basic-science research. Clinical trials
include immediate restoration of implants, single tooth implant
restorations, and the use of different bone regenerative materials,
including recombinant proteins for bone regeneration. Basic science
research involves skin regeneration, bone regeneration using a variety
of inductive proteins and growth factors, distraction osteogenesis, the
use of biomaterials for cosmetic augmentation of the facial skeleton,
and the use of guided bone regeneration to repair defects in the jaw.
OMS faculty also lecture and engage in collaborative clinical and
basic-science research projects with other specialty departments.
The OMS undergraduate training program
prepares dental and dental hygiene students in the practice of oral
surgery. In addition to didactic and clinical courses, OMS faculty
participate in patient consultations in the predoctoral student
clinics. Predoctoral junior and senior students also have the
opportunity to participate in two-week externships at the Medical
Center of Louisiana hospital, and senior students are offered the
opportunity to participate in a two-week elective in the OMS clinic at
the dental school and its affiliate hospitals.
An OMS resident is always available in
the oral surgery clinic to do more advanced surgeries under intravenous
sedation where predoctoral students are allowed to observe and assist.
In addition, predoctoral students in all four years also have the
opportunity to participate in research projects with OMS residents and
faculty.
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