The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons is the British medical association for oral and maxillofacial (mouth, jaws and face) surgeons - dual qualified surgeons, qualified in both medicine and dentistry.

History

Oral and maxillofacial surgery developed as a surgical development in dentistry to treat servicemen injured in World War 2. The British Association of Oral Surgeons was formed in February 1962. In 1985 the organisation changed to its present name. In 1994 the field of surgery was recognised as one of the nine surgical specialities. Since 1995, to gain entrance to the Specialist Register for the Speciality of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, a surgeon must have qualifications in dentistry and medicine - be a registered dentist and registered medical practitioner and surgeon, according to the European Specialist Medical Qualification Order 1995. This recognition comes from both the

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and

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. Oral surgeons do not need to be a medical doctor. It is a charity, and became a

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in 1997.

Structure

It is based at the

Royal College of Surgeons of England The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is an independent professional body and registered charity that promotes and advances standards of surgical care for patients, and regulates surgery and dentistry in England and Wales. The ...

, north of the

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, in the

London Borough of Camden The London Borough of Camden () is a London borough in Inner London. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the area of the former boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St ...

Function

It publishes the '' British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery'' eight times a year.

References

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BAOMS
{{Authority control Organisations based in the London Borough of Camden Dental organisations based in the United Kingdom Oral and maxillofacial surgery organizations Organizations established in 1962 Surgical organisations based in the United Kingdom 1962 establishments in the United Kingdom