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American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS)

The American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) is the certifying board for the specialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery in the United States and is recognized and approved by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association.

The operation of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is entrusted to an eight-member Board of Directors. These Directors are Diplomates of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Fellows of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. One Director is elected each year to a eight-year term by the House of Delegates of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. An Examination Committee composed of Diplomates of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is appointed by the Board of Directors to prepare and conduct the annual certification examination. The Board of Directors and its Examination Committee serve without salary.

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Academy of General Dentistry  
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 
American Academy of Orofacial Pain 
American Association of Enodontists 
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 
American Association of Orthodontists 
American Association of Pedodontists  
American Association of Periodontists
American Association of Prosthodontists
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons   
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
American Dental Association
American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA)
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association (AHA)
American Medical Association
American Society of Anesthesiologists
American Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons 
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Health Care Financing Administration International Association of Dental Research 
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Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
National Clearinghouse for Drug and Alcohol Info  
National Institute of Health
National Library of Medicine 
National Sleep Medicine Associations 
OMS National Insurance Company, RRG   
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation
 

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