The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons is the British medical association for oral and maxillofacial (mouth, jaws and face) surgeons - dual qualified surgeons, qualified in both medicine and dentistry.
The British Association of Oral Surgeons was formed in February 1962.
In 1994 the field of surgery was recognised as one of the nine surgical specialities.
Since 1995, to gain entrance to the Specialist Register for the Speciality of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, a surgeon must have qualifications in dentistry and medicine - be a registered dentist and registered medical practitioner and surgeon, according to the European Specialist Medical Qualification Order 1995.
It publishes the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery eight times a year.