Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (full time) - School of Dental Medicine

JOB SUMMARY: The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon is responsible for providing students with training in diagnosis, treatment planning, sequencing and the actual treatment of assigned patients in the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

CHARACTERISTIC JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Must be able to advise the students during consultations in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery;
• Must have great skills in diagnosis and treatment planning in Oral Surgery;
• Must be able to provide third year dental students with basic practice training in the following disciplines of Oral Surgery: oral diagnosis and treatment planning, oral and maxillofacial surgery, simple extraction of teeth, surgical extraction of erupted teeth which involves the surgical sectioning of the teeth, soft tissue impactions, the removal of root tips, alveoloplasty of ridges after the extraction of teeth, pre-prosthetic surgery that involves maxillary and mandibular tori reduction, and maxillary tuberosity reduction;
• Teach students to evaluate oral pathology of hard and soft tissue and perform soft tissue biopsies;
• Teach students to refer to a private oral surgeon for cases that are beyond the scope of teaching third year dental students;
• Respond to all emergency situations in the LECOM - Dental Group Practices and supervise the care of patient emergencies and determine if a patient should be transported to the hospital for emergency treatment;
• Supervise the administration of nitrous oxide, if it is used for sedation of patient for oral surgical procedure;
• Must be able to teach General Dentistry Faculty basic Oral Surgery Procedures;
• Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to instruct 3rd year dental students to select, obtain, and interpret patient data for the comprehensive assessment of a diverse patient population;
• Must be available to teach in the dental group practice full-time or half time;
• Attend meetings approved by SDM that require advancement of your profession;
• Must be available for work during the hours assigned, for student instruction and practice development;
• Faculty member will contribute and be responsible for overall student success, including, but not limited to, advising and student outcomes;
• Faculty member will contribute directly to the Mission of LECOM embodying the essence of Osteopathic Principles and Practices by assisting with Institutional fundraising and participating in the LECOM Scholarship Auction;
• Faculty member will participate in scholarly activity so to enrich and broaden the student learning experience;
• Faculty member will commit to being a representative of LECOM by being actively involved in the community, including, but not limited to, serving on Boards, participating in community fundraisers and overall outreach; and
• Accept other duties needed/assigned for the practice needs.

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