Becoming An Oral Surgeon

In my research on being an Oral Surgeon begun, all I knew was that they perform surgery on people's mouths. When it is actually more to it, it is long hours, stress, and for me especially, the yuck factor. Some people aren’t able to handle the nasty teeth or disgusting gums or any mouth infections or diseases at all. But oral surgeons are the ones who fix those problems. To become an Oral Surgeon, also called Maxillofacial surgeon, there's a lot of schooling. There is 4 years of undergrad work, 4 years of dental school, 4-6 years of residency. That takes a lot of time and dedication just to become an oral surgeon. You also need to have taken the courses of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Health, and Math. For licensing you must have a state license, you have to be certified by the Commision on Dental Accreditation. Some places for you to practice becoming an oral surgeon are Kaplan University. Herzing University, Walden University and Azusa Pacific University.
Places after college that you work at would be hospitals or large medical places and dental offices.
The things you need to do as an oral surgeon is perform surgeries on the mouth. To treat diseases, injuries, and any problems. Also to be able to diagnose any problems of the mouth or jaw. You have to know all the parts of the face area. Also you have to be able to remove teeth and remove tumors in the face area, record any patient care and communicate. The working conditions is that you’re gonna be in a clean environment and usually not loud but there are a lot of people around most of the time. But their average salary is about $212k each year. Benefits of being an Oral Surgeon includes being set financially, consent, and insurance. Also you get a lot of respect from many people. Not only because of your “rank” in society but because being an Oral Surgeon can take a lot out of a person, and to be able to do it successfully is a big achievement, just as any other healthcare career as
well.
Advantages of being an Maxillofacial surgeon is good income, good hours, and you get to work with a lot of people. Disadvantages of being a Maxillofacial surgeon is the costs, because in the beginning it costs lots of money, long schooling, stress, it's very intense and unpredictable. The job outlook for this career is to grow 16% from 2012-2022. I am interested in this career because to be honest I am sometimes interested in being an oral surgeon. Though I will probably never pursue this career it is very interesting. I have all of the qualities to that you need to be an Oral Surgeon. You need to be a friendly person, hard working, determined, and able to handle stress.