DSUR 551/552 Oral Surgery Clerkship I & II
General Requirements: Satisfactory progress in all areas toward completion of graduation requirements; cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher and minimum of B grades in all Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery courses. Selected students are expected to participate in the clerkship in the fall and spring semesters of the senior year.
Experiences include performing oral surgery of increasing difficulty to advanced exodontias and dentoalveolar surgery; participate in weekly clerkship lectures or labs on various topics as they relate to oral surgery. Attend three set sessions a week in the dental school's oral surgery clinic. Participate in teaching sophomore dental students how to properly administer local anesthesia and proper suturing techniques. Oral surgery clerks have the option to attend surgical, orthodontic, and implant conferences with the Oral surgery residents; and attend selected operating room cases at the University of Maryland Hospital.
Offered
Fall/Spring.