30^th Euro Dentistry Congress

Oral Surgery and Dental Anesthesiology

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a surgical specialty concentrating on reconstructive surgery of the face, facial trauma surgery, the oral cavity, head and neck, mouth, and jaws, as well as facial cosmetic surgery. Dentist anesthesiologists are unique anesthesia providers. They are the only class of anesthesia providers in dentistry who do not use the operator-anesthetist model as their chief method of delivering anesthesia care. Postdoctoral residency programs in dental anesthesiology are the only accredited progressive dental education programs that emphasis exclusively on providing a full spectrum of anesthesia services for all types of dental techniques in both the hospital/ambulatory surgery center (ASC) operating room and dental office environment. No clinical training in dental or oral surgery is comprised in the dental anesthesiology residency.