Maintaining Diplomate Status
Diplomates are required to complete ABOMS Certification Maintenance (CM) requirements and Annual Registration each year. Your Diplomate profile will tell you everything you need to accomplish for that year, depending on which year your certificate expires.
ABOMS Certification Maintenance (CM)
The CM program ensures Board-Certified Diplomates are engaged in continuous learning within the specialty. The program runs on a 10-year cycle, with rotating requirements due on December 31 of each year. Login to view your requirements or click here to learn more.
Annual Registration
All Diplomates are required to register each year in order to maintain Board Certification status. Login to complete your Annual Registration or click here to learn more.
| Administrative Fee | Late Fee | Amount Due | |
| January 6, 2026 - March 31, 2026 | $400.00 | N/A | $400.00 |
| April 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 | $400.00 | $100.00 | $500.00 |
| May 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | $400.00 | $200.00 | $600.00 |
Payment can be made using VISA, MasterCard, or American Express credit cards. All fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Checks are not accepted.
Fulfilling Requirements
Fulfillment of the requirements of ABOMS Certification Maintenance will promote a Diplomate’s participation in lifelong learning, allow the assessment of their expertise in clinical practice in designated areas, and quantify their ability to apply both their knowledge and experience in the current setting of oral and maxillofacial surgery practice. ABOMS CM also verifies that a candidate is licensed to practice the specialty within a stipulated jurisdiction. Successful fulfillment of the ABOMS CM requirement allows a Diplomate to maintain one's status as Board certified.
Click here to view the 2026 ABOMS Certification Maintenance handbook.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything for ABOMS Certification Maintenance can be found on your Diplomate profile. Simply log in and your dashboard will show all current requirements. Incomplete requirements are labeled "unstarted" in gray boxes. Completed requirements are labeled "complete" in green boxes.
Below are the requirements each year of your ABOMS certificate cycle.
- Year 1: Complete 2 article review modules
- Year 2: Complete 2 article review modules
- Year 3: Complete 2 article review modules and 2 clinical case scenarios
- Year 4: Complete 2 article review modules
- Year 5: Complete 2 article review modules and the Performance in Practice form
- Year 6: Complete 2 article review modules and 2 clinical case scenarios
- Year 7: Complete 2 article review modules
- Year 8: Complete 2 article review modules
- Year 9: Complete 2 article review modules and 2 clinical case scenarios
- Year 10: Complete 2 article review modules and the Performance in Practice form
ABOMS Certification Maintenance requirements are due December 31 of each year to maintain Diplomate status.
Quality improvement initiatives and an up-to-date Office Anesthesia Evaluation (OAE) by AAOMS or a jurisdictional licensing body is required to successfully meet this component of CM in years five and ten of a Diplomate's certificate. Diplomate’s must attest to having an active OAE (or alternative pathways available through ABOMS). The attestation will be displayed on Diplomate profiles listed under Dues and Renewals.
In addition to an OAE attestation, a Diplomate will also be asked to attest to quality improvement initiatives. The question will be listed as follows.
Have you completed quality improvement initiatives? Each year, a percentage of certificates will be audited. If audited, the Board will ask you to answer the four questions listed on the QI Audit form.
The audit form questions are as follows:
- What is your clinical improvement project?
- What were you trying to measure?
- What were your results?
- Did you make a change in your practice on your clinical improvement project? If so, how?
A Diplomate will attest to completing 20 hours of CE from January to December of every year. The attestations will be collected during Annual Registration.
ABOMS is not able to provide you with the full articles due to copyright laws. Many Diplomates are able to locate full articles using their JOMS subscription in their AAOMS profiles.
Diplomates are required to submit two assessments in the article review and clinical case scenarios during certificate years 3, 6 and 9.