American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Blueprint

The OMSSAT is composed of eight (8) content areas. Four (4) content areas will be evaluated each year. Thus during a two (2) year period, all eight content areas are available for individual assessment. There are fifty (50) items asked in each content area. Each participant will respond to two hundred (200) total items.

The assessment blueprint is:

I.	Medical Assessment & Management of Surgical Patient	V.	Orthognathic/Cleft/Craniofacial
	A. Cardiovascular B. Respiratory C. Musculoskeletal & Nervous System D. Endocrine, GI, GU, Metabolic		A. Mandibular Deformities B. Maxillary Deformities C. Bimaxillary Deformities D. Cleft Lip and Palate E. Craniofacial Syndromes

II.	Anesthesia	VI.	Cosmetic
	A. Local Anesthesia B. Conscious Sedation C. General Anesthesia D. ACLS		A. Nasal B. Periorbital C. Skeletal Contour Alteration D. Soft Tissue Procedures

III.	Dentoalveolar	VII.	TMD/Pain
	A. Erupted Teeth B. Unerupted Teeth C. Preprosthetic Surgery D. Dental Implants		A. Muscle Disorders B. Internal Derangements C. Arthritides D. Disorders of Mobility E. TMJ Reconstruction F. Facial Pain

	IV. Trauma	VIII.	Pathology/Reconstruction
	A. Dentoalveolar Injuries B. Mandibular Injuries C. Mid/Upper Face Injuries D. Soft Tissue Injuries E. ATLS		A. Infections B. Benign Hard Tissue C. Benign Soft Tissue D. Malignant Hard Tissue E. Malignant Soft Tissue F. Dermatopathology G. Salivary Gland Pathology H Free Hard Tissue Grafts I Free Soft Tissue Grafts J. Free Vascularized Grafts K. Local Flaps L. Regional Pedicled Flaps

Questions of these topics reflect the areas of:

Basic Sciences
Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
Management
Sequelai/Complications

Basic Sciences includes pertinent anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, physics, microbiology, etc. Diagnosis includes the clinical, radiographic, and laboratory examination, and evaluation of the patient. Management includes the surgical and non-surgical treatment of the particular disorder. Sequelae/Complications include diagnosis and management of sequelae and complications.

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