what are the career options and furthur studies after doing MDS in OMFS [Oral Maxillofacial surgery]

An MDS in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) gives you considerably broader options than general dental practice.

Clinical career options, You can work as:

1. Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
2. Consultant OMFS in hospitals
3. Maxillofacial trauma surgeon
4. Dentoalveolar surgeon
5. Implant surgeon
6. Cleft lip/palate team specialist
7. Facial trauma specialist
8. Oral cancer/maxillofacial oncology team member
9. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) specialist
10. Facial deformity/corrective jaw surgery specialist
11. Surgical implantology practitioner
12. Academic/teaching faculty
13. Hospital opportunities
14. You can work in:
15. Government hospitals
16. Private hospitals
17. Dental hospitals
18. Cancer hospitals
19. Trauma centres
20. Medical colleges
21. Dental colleges
22. Multispeciality hospitals

OMFS is particularly useful in hospitals because the work overlaps significantly with ENT, plastic surgery, oncology, trauma and neurosurgical teams.

Further studies, After MDS, you can consider:

1. Fellowships in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
2. Fellowship in Maxillofacial Trauma
3. Fellowship in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
4. Fellowship in Implantology
5. Fellowship in Head & Neck Oncology
6. Fellowship in Cleft/Craniofacial Surgery
7. Fellowship in TMJ surgery
8. PhD in a relevant dental/medical/research discipline
9. Research/clinical fellowships abroad
10. Academic career leading toward senior faculty positions

If your ultimate objective is to become a major hospital-based facial surgeon, OMFS is one of the strongest MDS specialities to pursue.