 Scope |
The department practices the full scope of
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the Washington Hospital Center.
Residents perform dentoalveolar,
preprosthetic, pathology, implants, tissue engineering, and sedations in the
busy outpatient clinic. The department is the first on-call six days a
week for both soft tissue and hard tissue facial trauma in the emergency
department and MedStar Shock/Trauma. The faculty and residents are
integral members of the Craniofacial clinic at Children's National Medical
Center and work in conjunction with the Pediatric Dentistry department
covering pediatric dentoalveolar and pediatric pathology. The
department is also an part of the unique otolaryngology/oral surgery
multidisciplinary team treating obstructive sleep apnea held. Orthognathic and surgical orthodontics are planned
with the department of Orthodontics at the Washington Hospital Center.
Residents take in-house call for the department seven days a week.
2007-08 Census for the Washington Hospital
Center Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Service
Operating Room Cases
| Trauma | 249 |
| Orthognathic | 89 |
| Pathology | 133 |
| Reconstruction | 22 |
| Dentoalveolar/Infections | 74 |
| Cleft/Craniofacial | 5 |
| Total # of Inpatients | 572 |
Outpatient Clinics
| Total # of Outpatients | 10048 |
| Hospital Consultations | 1070 |
| Outpatient Sedations | 339 |