The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) provides a broad educational basis for our predoctoral and graduate programs, as well as serving the community through our Professional Services Division.

OMFS, located within the College of Dentistry, in Dallas, Texas, is staffed by full-time faculty, part-time clinical faculty, OMFS students, and supported by the assistance of clinical, administrative, and clerical staff.

This postgraduate division conducts one of the most highly-prized and sought after OMFS specialty programs in the country, attracting the brightest and most-talented applicants each year.

There are two levels of training currently available:

1. a 6-year combined MD/Certificate program in conjunction with Texas A&M University College of Medicine (located in Dallas, Texas); and
2. a 4-year Certificate-only program (available to active U.S. military personnel only).

All applicants must be currently enrolled in an accredited U.S. dental school, or hold a DDS or DMD degree from an accredited U.S. dental school. The dental program must be accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. Dentists with degrees from outside the U.S. are not eligible for the combined 6-year MD/OMFS Certification Program.

Due to the highly competitive nature of the College of Dentistry OMFS application process, all applicants should ideally be in the top 15% of their dental school class, have a high GPA, and have letters that attest to demonstrated interest and potential in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Interviews are by invitation only. If invited, all applicants are expected to interview in person to be considered for program admission. All interviews are held on one day, usually in early December, and substantial notice is given of the date. Interviewees should plan on arriving the night prior to the interview because they begin very early in the morning. Interviews often run through late afternoon, depending on how many applicants were invited to interview.

The program uses the ADEA Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS) and the Postdoctoral Dental Matching Program (MATCH). The application deadline is October 1 of each year, for matriculation the following June. 

• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Certificate

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery