Welcome to the University of Puerto Rico, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Post-Graduate Program website. I encourage you to explore our offerings. Here you will find our program’s mission and vision, the program overview and the admission requirements. Our training program aims to have graduates who are dynamic and enthusiastic toward this challenging field of dentistry. We have the privilege of counting with faculty who are committed to develop well rounded professionals while providing quality care to our patients with state of the art surgical techniques and knowledge.

Academic and clinical training of excellence of Puerto Rican and International Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, within the comprehensive context that involves this medical-surgical discipline in the field of health. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is defined as the specialty of Dentistry, which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of disease, injuries, and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

To assist in the development of competent professionals pursuing this profession, while exercising critical thinking, continuous self-learning and bioethical sensitivity, within an interdisciplinary framework, which includes the field of research, while responding to the needs of their patients, and by offering the best possible service, following the contemporary standards of care.

Our goal is to remain as one of the leaders of Graduate Programs in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, with international reach and prestige, serving as an avant-garde model of academic excellence, both in research and service for our country and the Hispanic population of North America, Europe and Latin America.

The Post-Doctoral Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was established on July, 1963. Our program consists of four (4) consecutive years of progressive educational experiences. It is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA). The program also meets the requirements for examination and certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) and is approved by the Commission on Higher Education of Puerto Rico. As an academic clinical training program we are sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico, School of Dentistry. We are also affiliated to the University District Hospital, the University Pediatric Hospital and to the only State Designated Level I Trauma Center in the Caribbean. The program admits three (3) residents per year. During the years of training, residents are enrolled in the School of Dental Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico, which entails tuition fees. Stipends are granted for USA citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States of America. Foreign candidates are welcome to apply.

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Training Program at the University of Puerto Rico aims to provide the best possible training and education in the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, consisting but not limited to, the following areas of our specialty:

The Post-Doctoral Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was established on July, 1963. Our program consists of four (4) consecutive years of progressive educational experiences. It is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA). The program also meets the requirements for examination and certification by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (ABOMS) and is approved by the Commission on Higher Education of Puerto Rico. As an academic clinical training program we are sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico, School of Dentistry. We are also affiliated to the University District Hospital, the University Pediatric Hospital and to the only State Designated Level I Trauma Center in the Caribbean. The program admits three (3) residents per year. During the years of training, residents are enrolled in the School of Dental Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico, which entails tuition fees. Stipends are granted for USA citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States of America. Foreign candidates are welcome to apply.

The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Training Program at the University of Puerto Rico aims to provide the best possible training and education in the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, consisting but not limited to, the following areas of our specialty:

Transfer Applicants will be evaluated individually. Only those candidates from accredited oral and maxillofacial surgery programs will be considered. Application will only be considered if a position is available.
Exchange students – Residents from other accredited program may participate, provided there are formal agreements with the concerned universities or programs.

The program is fully accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. On March 2018, the program underwent its last accreditation process. The CODA accredited the “program without reporting requirements” until March 2023.

Associated Dean for Graduate Programs
Francheska Labrador
francheska.labrador@upr.edu
(787)758-2525 x. 1121