Future educational standards and requirements

The guidelines for accreditation of training programmes and positions in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery are now established within the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. These take cognizance of both international trends and requirements as well as specific regional factors. The specialty remains fully committed to its dental base, however, with further reconciliation at all levels between dentistry and medicine, it should become more broadly based and recognized in the future.