Austria Report

Nature of OMFS (pick)	Dual degree OMFS mandated
Timing of second degree (if any)	Dentistry before or during specialty training
Length of specialty training	4 yrs
Number of OMFS specialists	OMFS surgeons (total) : 281 (220 male, 61 female) OMFS working in hospitals: 68 ( 49 male, 19 female) OMFS in (private) practice: 213 (171 male, 42 female)
Number of OMFS trainees	45 (33 male, 12 female) (in addition to the 281 surgeons)
Number of OMFS training rotations	-
Major (Hub) units	11
National Specialty Assoc	Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie
Contact for specialty association	President Prim. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Werner Millesi Institut für Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesichtschirurgie und Zahnheilkunde Klinik Hietzing Wolkersbergenstraße 1 1130 Wien Tel.: +43 1 801 10 3201
Medical Assoc (confirming status)	Oesterreichische Aerztekammer
Section representative	DDr. Michael Oeckher
Board representative	Univ. Prof. DDr. Gert Santler
Oral Surgery
Number of oral surgeons	In hospital practice: 0 In office practice: 0
Oral surgery training duration	no Oral Surgery training established
Update on national scene - No
Changes since last year	New Austrian aesthetic law allows full scope of aesthetic procedures for plastic surgeon only. Performing aesthetic rhinoplasties, blepharoplasties and otoplasties is not allowed for Oral-Maxillo-Facial Surgeons having started their training after 2015.
Opportunities	Threats
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