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63N Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

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Overview

An Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon examines and diagnoses diseases, defects, and injuries affecting the oral and maxillofacial region. The surgeon performs oral and maxillofacial procedures, prescribes treatment, and provides adjunctive care.

Core Skills

  • Treatment planning for maxillofacial disease and injury
  • Adjunctive care for oral and maxillofacial surgery

Civilian Career Paths

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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Army experience diagnosing and treating oral and maxillofacial diseases, defects, and injuries through surgery and adjunctive care directly overlaps this civilian specialty.

How to prepare: Ask the intended state's dental board to review your dental degree and specialty-training record to identify any licensing or specialty-practice gaps. State licensure is required, usually involving an accredited DDS or DMD and written and clinical exams, while specialty practice requires postdoctoral training.

What the civilian work involves
  • Collaborate with other professionals, such as restorative dentists and orthodontists, to plan treatment.
  • Perform surgery to prepare the mouth for dental implants and to aid in the regeneration of deficient bone and gum tissues.
  • Remove impacted, damaged, and non-restorable teeth.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Apteryx Imaging Suite
  • DSN Software Oral Surgery-Exec

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 63N Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 63N (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Treatment planning for maxillofacial disease and injury, Adjunctive care for oral and maxillofacial surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (O*NET 29-1022.00)

  2. O*NET: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (O*NET 29-1022.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Dentists and dental specialties

    [3] What They Do, specialty descriptions; How to Become One, Training and Licensure; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (O*NET 29-1022.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 63N

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