Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery is surgery to correct a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaw and hard and soft tissues around the teeth and jaw surgery. It is an internationally recognized surgical specialty. United States (and many other countries), it is one of nine specialties of dentistry, but also as a medical specialty in the world, as recognized in the United Kingdom.
A dentist and oral surgeon is a regional treat all craniomaxillofacial complex: anatomical area of the mouth, jaws, face, skull and associated structures.
The popularity of dental and oral surgery as a career for people whose first degree was in medicine, dentistry does not seem, in some EU countries will increase, however, spend public funds 14 years of education is an important concern of the state. Integrated programs are increasingly used for medical graduates by contributing to meet the requirement dental degree in three years to advance to the full range of dental and maxillofacial surgery training.