AI: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

School of Medicine

This Acting Internship focuses on the management of diseases, deformities, injuries, and defects of the oral and facial structures. With elements of dentistry, medicine, anesthesia, and surgery, the AI provides exposure to a wide array of clinical conditions ranging from benign and malignant lesions and conditions of the oral cavity, odontogenic head and neck infections, cleft palate, oral/facial reconstruction, total temporomandibular joint surgery, complex facial fractures to congenital and acquired deformities of the jaws and facial bones. Students will be active participants in clinical and didactic activities. Practice-based learning and systems-based practice methods will be emphasized. Students will have the opportunity to (1) enhance their fund of knowledge in of diseases, injuries, and congenital and acquired deformities of the oral and maxillofacial regions, (2) improve their working understanding of head and neck anatomy, (3) review common infections of the oral and head and neck region and principles of surgical and pharmacologic infection management, (4) learn fundamental principles of head and neck reconstruction, (5) apply principals of facial trauma patient evaluation and facial fracture management, (6) participate in the delivery of comprehensive ambulatory oral surgical services, and (7) participate in the delivery of clinic-based ambulatory anesthesia and in the management of simulated anesthetic emergencies. Students will be expected to take facial trauma call. For students in the Oral Surgery Residency program only.