So You Want to Be an ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON (OMFS) [Ep. 30]
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- So you want to be an oral and maxillofacial surgeon (OMFS). You’re an overachiever that isn’t satisfied with just being a dentist and want the extra degree of surgical expertise. Let’s debunk the public perception myths and give it to you straight. This is the reality of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
OMFS is a subspecialty of dentistry that focuses on the surgical management of the face, jaw, and oral cavity. It's often misunderstood as simply encompassing wisdom teeth extraction, but OMFS can perform a wide variety of surgical procedures.
To become an OMFS, you must complete dental school (rather than medical school). If you want to explore a similar line of work through the medical training path, consider ENT (otorhinolaryngology). After dental school, you can pursue a 4 or 6 year OMFS residency path, with the latter also earning you an MD.
After OMFS residency, you can subspecialize with fellowship. The three main fellowship options are head and neck oncology, facial cosmetics, and cleft and craniomaxillofacial surgery.
There's a lot to love about OMFS. Most OMFS are in private practice, but there is a substantial opportunity cost of pursuing OMFS versus practicing immediately after dental school as a general dentist.
If your life outside of medicine is important to you, OMFS can provide the flexibility to perform surgery while still having time for your own family and interests.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:47 What is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery?
04:01 How to Become an OMFS
06:19 Subspecialties within OMFS
06:35 Head and Neck Oncology
06:54 Facial Cosmetics
07:03 Cleft and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
07:20 What You’ll Love About OMFS
08:33 What You Won’t Love About OMFS
09:29 Should You Become an OMFS?
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Thank you for making this video! As a third year resident in a 6-year MD-OMFS program I have spent countless hours of my life explaining the OMFS track to my medical school colleagues and other doctors around the hospital. I will now just send them the link to this video and stand there as they watch it. You have saved me and given me more time to go re-learn the Krebs Cycle for the 25th time.
WHY DID U choose the 6 years route instead of the 4 years ?
Hey could you tell me more about your MD OMFS program
And which country ?
Could you tell me where I can get into the MD Omfs program
@@MidoGamerr Wait.. is there a 4 years route? where?
@@Mel-jf9gx university of Toronto canada for example and there is more.
"youre an overachiever who isn't satisfied with JUST being a dentist" like being/becoming a dentist isn't hard enogh
He didn't meant harm. You're highlighting the wrong word and making out a different meaning.
Well what's so negative about this that you are bringing upon?
@@ayeshamoeen6432 but that is the meaning
@@lisajohns157 I'm just saying there's nothing wrong about what he said. You ARE definitely an overachiever if you decide to become an OMFS and he is not looking down on you for not doing further specialization.
I named my first born son after my omfs Dr. who put my face back together. Hit by a car and had 7 fractures in the one side of my face. I look at that Dr as an angel on Earth. Thank you anyone going into this life saving specialty.
My dad is an oral surgeon and yes he is an overachiever, he is my inspiration for becoming a surgeon ❤️
Cool😎
Is he rich
oral surgeons are just dentists right? not MD s
@@TheGismo94some oral surgeons have both a DDS and an MD (6 year program). And some only have the DDS (4 year program). General dentistry does not do any programs. Also do not downgrade the specialty of dentistry. They are Doctors just like an MD.
WOW, we’ve made it to your list! Thank you and good job clearing out some misconceptions about OMFS. 😀
Please keep doing this kind of videos about other dentistry specialties, greetings from Costa Rica
YAAASSS! I've been waiting for this one! Thanks so much for the time and effort in putting this together. As always great work and your efforts as well as the information you provide are highly appreciated! Keep up the fantastic work, it is so helpful and necessary.
Thanks Dr. Jubbal! As a current dental student, I really enjoyed this video.
This was much awaited.
Thank you for uploading this video.
Best ever video uploaded on this channel . 🌟
Much Appreciation for your efforts.
Thank you Dr.Jubaal 😊
I just applied for dental school because I want to become a dentist but always had surgery in mind as well. Sounds like the perfect fit from both worlds to me. Definitely looking more into it! Thanks man
i was in treatment for most of my childhood with a variety of complex tooth issues. had a orthodontist/OMFS husband/wife team that ran an orthodontic side and a surgical side of their own practice- just about the greatest setup ever. not only were they awesome to me (and insanely accomplished in their own fields), but the convenience was insane- you could just pop over to the other side to ask the surgeon about whatever and get an answer immediately (instead of an email/phone call) and the ortho would pop into surgeries to assist with the complicated ortho aspects. 10/10 they were hella cool.
also very glad my parents decided on the ortho/OMFS combo early on, even as more and more complicated & rare stuff started to become apparent, the OMFS was never phased. so much easier than tracking down a good oral surgeon every time ortho noticed the next problematic thing.
This sounds too familiar! I know a couple with the same setup and going to their clinic was always a pleasant experience even though I never had complex issues..
Who's the orthodontist? Wife or husband?
Waited so long for this one as a dentistry student opting for omfs. Thank you so much❤
Do you know Dr. Rola Rabah? She is on UA-cam.
@@DonzellLampkins Much obliged. Did not know her yet. I am going to look into her channel. However the route to omfs in Europe and especially The Netherlands differs from the US route to omfs. However thanks for your advice. :)
Kind regards.
@@DonzellLampkins Her Channel is really nice.
Let’s gooo, been waiting for this one! Thank you Dr. Jubbal!
It was so informative and helpful, really opened my eyes to a huge variety of possibilities. Thanks Dr.Jabbal.
this seems like a great specialty , thank you for talking about it Dr. Jubbal
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I’m a 6th year dental student from the Philippines, and after watching this video, it has become clearer what it’s like to be an OMF surgeon. I’ve always dreamt of pursuing OMFS and this video made me even more motivated.
Cool. Going for a dental specialty/residency here in the Philippines is much more expensive than undergrad. Unlike in medicine, where you get paid during your residency/specialty program.
Anyway i wish you good luck. Which school are u from bro? I'm a Ubelt area graduate. Lol. Planning to go for m.s.ortho or switch and start med school
So how is the journey now?
Thanks for the video! I’m a D1 and this career path is my fav❤️
This is the path I want to take! I'm in Germany though, so here you have to complete both medical and dental school. Just graduated form dental school and am now applying to med school. It's always interesting to see how it works in other countries, thanks for the video!
Here in India, a 5 year BDS program is done, following a 3 yr MDS in Oral and maxillofacial surgery... Just 8 years to be one here
Can you apply to dental school after medical school? Then how long does it take? Thank you.
@@anemon8333 yes of course you can
Anemon here in Germany you can either do dental school or med school first. In Germany it takes 5.5 years to become a dentist and 6 to become a doctor. Depending on which one you do first you can save a few semesters. I think the fastest would be 9.5 years in total if you choose to do medicine first and then dentistry or both at the same time. My path takes 10.5 years in total. After that you'll be an assistant doctor for about 5 years until you're fully qualified.
WOW This is a good one !!! I was actually in the ER yesterday night and we had many OMFS cases :) ! Good stuff ! KEEP IT UP AMIGO> STAY SAFE !
Never thought you'd do this one! Thank you
I was waiting for this video for so long, thank you so much.
In the UK, to become an oral maxillofacial surgeon, you have to do both a medical and dental degree. It is the longest training pathway of any speciality taking around 8-10 years of undergrad before another 8-10 years of postgrad. But they are highly specialised in the UK and only work in very specialised centres there are very few of them in the UK
so much longer in the UK😔
Here in the us they make $3m annually
Which honestly isn't even needed with all honesty. Either start a new degree program for OMFS or provide seperate foundational program for dentists coming into max fax. People who've done bds need not take all classes from day 1 of mbbs, they already know a lot of it.
And people coming from mbbs need not know everything dentistry either.
I mean WE NEED more OMFS, and if the pathway to it is going to be that difficult then we're not benefiting our community in the best way. Also, those who want to do it and dont mind the long path are often taken back by the cost of studying all this.
Worst part is, surgeons in developing countries dont even get paid much where they are needed the most due to the political tensions and rta cases there, a bare $3,512 per year as an R4. This is what surgeons get for giving their all to save the face fo humans.
I honestly dont mind doing a second degree if soemone is willing to pay for it.
Thank you, hope you cover more dental residencies ♥️
Thank you for the splendid introduction. It seems that OMFS's career paths in the US are similar to those here in China. I'm now taking a master's degree to become an OMF surgeon, which is my dream job.😄
I was hoping you'd make a video about OMFS. I'm currently a 3rd year dental student studying for the cbse. Love watching your videos even though they're mostly medical.
Thank you, I’ve been waiting for this.
This video motivated me even more to pursue this career. Waiting to hear back from dental schools right now. I'm excited for the future!
How’re u doing now?
2 years ago, what happened 😲
Thank you very much for this great detail!
Oh my god! This is so amazing I am 13 years old now when I grow I want to be a oral maxillofacial surgery it helps me I appreciate this video don’t stop making a video.👍🙀
Wow good job my girl
Please do a video on the benefits of combined MD degrees and the career options such as MD/JD MD/MBA or MD/PhD
In Europe's most countries things are more complex. You have to attend Dental School, then Medical school (or vice versa) and only then you are able to do the specialty training. Minimum time to become a specialist in OMFS 14-15 years.
That sounds awful and needless
In some countries you need only medicine. Omfs is 5 y surgical in Bulgaria after med school. And you can't apply from Dental School anymore.
In india to pursue omfs we should do 5.5years BDS( Bachelor in dental surgery) and after completing this we need to write a licence exam and straight after we can join 3 year MDS -OMFS ( master in dental surgery in oral maxillofacial surgery) straight after you're a oral surgeon but many do multiple fellowships like 6 months or a year one so it would take around 8.5 years to become a oral surgeon omfs and recently some are doing mch in head and neck oncology(1year ) so you will be now a oral maxillofacial surgeon and head and neck oncologist, in 9.5 days but to complete everything we need to write a separate license test apart from med/dent school
In Italy is just 5 years residency after Med School
thanks, been waiting for this one!
This was my suggestion I can't believe he actually made the video.
Highly accurate, well-animated video
Make a so you want to be a general dentist please:)
Make a so you want to be an oncologist
Radiation. Oncologist
@@loknr9931 Hem-Onc
Please do heme onc!
let me just say I've been waiting for this!!!!!
Same!!!!😍
Have been waiting for this since ages 😌 as a dental student feel so glad in seeing this 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for making this video
Thanks, nice video. May be next one about pathology?
In Slovenia (and I believe the rest of Europe too), omfs is split in 2:
- for oral surgery, you must complete 6 years of dental school followed by 4 years of residency
- for maxillofacial surgery, you must either complete 6 years of dental school, followed by 3 years of medical school or 6 years of medical school, followed by 3 years of dental school, both followed by 4 years of residency.
U srbiji 6 dent ili medicina +4
can you please do a ‘so you want to be a neonatologist’. i’m tossing up between specialties and it’s hard to find consistent information on this one. thanks 🙏🏻
I recommend taking a closer look at the most recent years percentiles for MCAT scores. 514 is 88th percentile these days
Some specialities that I want to see: pulmonologist, immunologist, oncologist. thx
Oncologist plsss plsss
True he always does surgical stuff...
Please do Rheumatology next! 🙏🏼
Good overview of an under-rated specialty
I'm an Undergrad but thanks for the video it helps me out ALOT
Please do pathology next!!
yes.
Please make a video about how to be a general practitioner dentist and how to be a Pedodontics (pediatric Dentistry)
Duddddeeee thank you so much for this
Awesome video. Can you do a video on so you want to be a dentist? I know it’s technically not in medicine but there is no other channel that does it quite like you.
It’s medicine my friend, it just got divided into what we now know as dentistry
Here in the UK they have to do both a medical and dental degree. They can do either dentistry or medicine first which in the UK are both 5 yr undergraduate programmes and then they have to do the second degree as postgraduate programmes. If the second degree is medicine it will take 4 years, if its dentisty its 3 years normally. Once they have bother they can go into the training.
same in romania
In the U.K. it takes 18 years to become an OMFS. It's a dual speciality, requiring both medicine and dentistry degrees.
Absurd.
I’d really be interested in a video on endocrinology.
Can you talk about nurses too, please??
Type of nurses, job they do.
Thanks.
Here in the UK OMFS have to do both dentistry and medicine before they can start training as an OMFS.
It’s a long road, but worth it. The educational process is inefficient and frustrating often as to its commingling of exposure to patient issues and real teaching/learning. The fact that residents are employees, funded by Medicare/Medicaid payments to the institutions is a fundamental problem. Without this funding, personal debt would be untenable. With this debt comes services required to treat patients at a low cost to the government and the institution. The foundation of residency is not teaching/learning, it is to serve the public’s needs. The experience gained is called residency training. In an ideal world, the skills would be presented, repeatedly trained and then performed under direct supervision to knowing patients. This is NOT how it is done in reality. The entire model of training could benefit from re-evaluation and reforms, immediately! But this will not happen do to the entrenchment of funding and governmental assistance. No chance. Only a privately funded or equity funded group could start from the ground up and create the best system of education and training. This would likely shorten the educational process 2-3 years and allow more focused areas of subspecialization, further accelerating the evolution of improved patient care.
You should definitely make a "So you want to be a pathologist" or Forensic Pathologist!
Shout out to my OMFS!!! He fixed my VERY severe overbite.
Did you go to an orthodontist after the surgery from omfs?
I'm studying for the CBSE right now and on top of dental school, it's insane...
Same dude. Best of luck to you.
Any tips for staying on top in dental school?
Infectious disease doctor and nephrologist next pls!
Been shadowing an omfs and I gotta say it’s awesome! Hoping I can get into dental school and try to pursue it, but gotta get in which who knows if that’ll happen 😅
Not if. When.
could you do so you want to be on dentists and all dental specialties too?
yes yes yes I was waiting for this for real
I believe the process of becoming an OMFS is way shorter in the US than in Europe. I am about to graduate from dental school (Europe) and would like to get in the OMFS programme. Unfortunetly after receiving my diploma (after 6 years), I have to do general med for 5-6 years depending where your med school is located. After graduating med school, youll have to start the OMFS programme which yet again takes about 5 years.
Even though it is compensated quite well indeed in the private sector, I often think it might not be worth it since the time of financial independency is very, very late.
me too. I'm italian, and the process is the same.
@@horrorvacui123 In Italy you only need a Medical degree (6 Years) then you can do Maxillo-facial Surgery residency(5 years).
So you only need medical training but you can't practice in other countries where you also need Dental training
U.s. physicians are allowed to practice in English speaking countries without taking any extra tests. Get certified in the us
pathology and nephrology next plz
Thank you!
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!
Can you guys make one for Prosthodontists? Please :)
in highschool. this is definitely a top dream job of mine.
Isnt there so u wanna be a dentist???? Hehhehe pls make a video about becoming a dentist and the proccess to get in dental school! Tanx....love ur vids so educational and informative! Keep up!
In europe in most countries u must be double doc, MD+ DDS
Thanks Sir for this video
Finally u made my specialty
Can you make one for rheumatology please 🙏
Been waiting for this😊Thanks much. In rare cases can an oral and maxillofacial surgeon perform surgery else where on body?
Some OMFS harvest tissues from other parts of the body but it depends on the hospital
In australia, you have to go to both med school and dental school to become an OMFS. So thats like 8-9 years of schooling minimum plus residency. Respect to anyone dedicated enough to become an OMFS
Merrit Hawkins is offering 1-3million dollar salaries for OMFS and I would literally do 15 years of school for that kind of koney
@@reddbendd its ultra competitive tho. In Australi you have to do both dental school AND med school, which is 9 years total. Then you gotta do like 3 years of internship, THEN you have a chance to apply for OMFS specialty program, which only have like 1-2 spots in all of Australia per year lol...
How about U.S?
At my last dentist's appointment when I was 13, I mentioned this random piece of extra flesh I had in my mouth that I was insecure about and if he could do anything about it. He said no but he would tell the hospital about me so they could do something about it. I never heard from anyone about that again so I assumed he didn't actually care or tell the hospital. Then like 5 years later I get a letter from the hospital telling me about my appointment with the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. It's this afternoon LOL.
That's insane😂
So you want to be an Orthodontist & Dentofacial Orthopaedist… Its a dental speciality but a very important one…
So you want to be a vascular surgeon next please ✨❤️❤️
I would love to be an OMFS!
I been waiting for this! I’m still waiting for “So you want to become a DENTIST” 🤗
Dentist aren't medical doctors...
@@Ariiiyaa2 I know but it is still apart of medicine and health . And it not a lot of videos on UA-cam about dental . Mainly medicine
@@Ariiiyaa2 why the passive aggressiveness? Have you not seen the other vids on this channel about the podiatrist, nurse practitioner and the physician assistant? It is all about medical professions. The dentist or doctor of dental surgery/doctor of dental medicine, if you will, belongs in this list.
I think 'so you want to be an orthodontist' would be better
I got a double masters in oral bio and oral path and am thinking of getting a fourth degree in omfs
Please do so you want to be an oncologist. You could divide it into med onc, rad onc, surg onc and hem
Do one for vascular surgeon please...
him : So you want to be an oral and maxillofacial surgeon (OMFS). You’re an overachiever that isn’t satisfied with just being a dentist and want the extra degree of surgical expertise.
Me: I'm the person who picked because the salary means everything to me in a job
Lmaooo
I work in military med and as a corpsman we can be put in any aspect of dental or medicine. I got put in dental and I don’t want to be there. The doc I work with is going to the 6year omfs residency and medschool and such and I made a joke about hating dental but loving medicine and the doc said “same”
It sucks in Australia, you have to have a MD and a DDS, and that has to be followed by additional residency
Oof that’s rough! Is there a 6 year program for dental/medical school or are they done separately?
isnt that everywhere tho?
@@lutfiiqsannugraha4936 No that’s not everywhere. In the US you can go to dental school and do a 4 year residency to become an oral surgeon. The 6 year residency programs for oral surgery will result in a MD & DDS degree.
I think it's same in America as well except you have to do 4 years of dental school addional 2 more years of Med school . You have to take USMLE 1&2 then apply to residency. I might be wrong though
@@pamelag3879 No 6 year program. You basically have to do them separately, unless I suppose if you managed to match into a US program, which I'm not sure how you go about applying.
In Switzerland you need to finish medical and dental school. This means being a university student for at least 9 years. And then starts the training for at least 6 years.
Is getting a residency spot in OMFS in switzerland competitive? I'm about to graduate from medical school in Italy and thinking about studying dentistry and working as an assistenzarzt in Germany (there you can do your residency part time while studying dentistry) until i get my dentistry degree and then continue training in Switzerland. I'm bilingual German and italian
Could u please do one on diagnosticians?
Will there be a video about general dentists and specialized dentists please?
How did you guys get around financial aid if you dropped through a semester at another school due to hardship?
Would love to see a "So You Want to Be a Radiation Oncologist"!
Can anyone tell me if a dentist trained abroad, who has gone through the entire process of revalidation and recognition of their diploma in the USA, can apply for residency at OMFS?
@medschoolinsiders, do you have any experience in tutoring dental students to help them prepare for cbse?
What are the other opportunities after this and how to create proper channel for that
I'd like to know more about the 4 year degree program
In India if you take BDS (Bachelor in Dental Surgeory) over MBBS , people thinks its a crime
In India people don’t even consider Dentists as doctors. That is why many of young and talented dentists are migrating to other countries in search of good pay.
In pak also🙂
Yeah you are right 😂😂
Still waiting for that rocket surgeon video
Can you do a so you want to be an immunologist?
About timeeee