Can You get a Joint DDS/MD Degree ?
Question:
- Can you get this degree and how long will it take ?
- As a Dentist do you compete surgery without a MD ?
- Can You get a DDS/MD Degree ?
Answer:
To become a dual-degree oral surgeon, you need to finish dental school first to get your DDS, get into a 6-year dual-degree Oromaxillofacial Surgery post-grad program, and complete it to get your MD.
Dental school is 4 years in the U.S. except at one school (University of the Pacific-- 3 years).
Dual-degree OMFS programs are 6 years.
Yes, you can do basic oral surgery (such as tooth extractions) with just a DDS degree, if you are proficient at a procedure and can do it to the same level of care as an oral surgeon. Obviously you won't be doing really complicated stuff like LeFort Osteotomy/orthognathic surgery unless you have been through formal OMFS training.
Yes, but you have to get one first, and take the courses you need for the other. There is no way to get them concurrently, time will not allow it.
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