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History

This organization was founded in 1918 by 29 dentists who specialized in extracting teeth. In 1919, the organization was initially named ''American Society of Exodontists'' and was formally recognized by American Dental Association. In 1921, the organization changed its name from American Society of Exodontists to the A''merican Society of Oral Surgeons and Exodontists.'' During World War I, US did not have Dental Corps yet because of which lot of dentists volunteered for surgery with their medical colleagues. Lot of oral surgeons in the earlier part of 20th century had their medical degrees which allowed them to work with facial trauma in the World War I. Some of the early dentists who progressed the speciality in many different ways were

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, Robert H. Ivy, Carl W. Waldron.

Simon Hullihen Simon Hullihen ( ) MD, DDS (December 10, 1810 – March 27, 1857) was a dental surgeon born in Point Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He completed his medical degree and then was inspired to seek a career in oral and maxillofaci ...

and

James Garretson James Edmund Garretson (18 October 1828 – 26 October 1895) was a professor at the Dental College of Philadelphia, a clinic for oral surgery. With his work ''A treatise on the diseases and surgery of the mouth, jaws and associate parts'', first ...

are also known for their significant contributions to the field of oral surgery. AAOMS created the ''Board of the American Society of Oral Surgeons'' in 1946. The name of this board was then changed to

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(ABOMS) in 1978. The speciality then changed its name to American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) from A''merican Society of Oral Surgeons and Exodontists in 1978.'' AAOMS also played a key role in creating the first American edition of ''

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'' in 1943. AAOMS created this journal with help of ADA. The journal was first called J''ournal of Oral Surgery''. This journal was purchased by AAOMS from ADA IN 1981 to gain more control. Another journal called ''

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'' also has been publishing articles related to oral surgery since 1948.

Present

AAOMS currently has an affiliation base of more than 9,000 fellows, members and residents in the

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, as well as 250 affiliate members from nations around the world. More than 90 percent of oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the United States belong to AAOMS. In addition to its membership, AAOMS has state component societies in each of the 50 states, the

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and the Commonwealth of

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, and eight regional component societies. AAOMS publishes the ''

'' and conducts the Daniel M. Laskin Award for an Outstanding Predoctoral Educator.

References

External links

Home page

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