Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinical Fellowship Programs
There are 13 CODA-accredited advanced dental education programs in oral and maxillofacial surgery clinical fellowships in the United States, in 12 states, with Texas the only state with two.
Every program is listed below with its institution, city, state, CODA fellowship type, current accreditation status, and the years of CODA's last and next accreditation visits, pulled directly from the Commission on Dental Accreditation's own program directory.
Read on for what the statuses mean and where these fellowships sit relative to the specialty.
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At a glance
Nationwide
Programs
13
With a program
States
12
Approval without Reporting Requirements
Fully approved
10 of 13
Every CODA-Accredited Program in the United States
Source: CODA program directory, index dated 2026-09-09. CODA classes these as advanced dental education programs; status terms (“Approval without Reporting Requirements,” “Approval with Reporting Requirements,” “Initial Accreditation,” etc.) are CODA’s own.
Reading the List: What the Accreditation Statuses Mean
Every status shown above is CODA's own term, not this site's. "Approval (without Reporting Requirements)" is the classification CODA grants when a program "achieves or exceeds the basic requirements for accreditation." "Initial Accreditation" marks a program that "is not yet fully operational" — meaning it has not yet enrolled and graduated its first class.
Several rows on this list carry a numeral in parentheses, such as "(1)" or "(2)", appended to their status, and two show no published status at all.
Those are CODA's own labels, defined on CODA's accreditation-status page; this directory reports them exactly as CODA published them and does not interpret what any qualifier means.
The last- and next-visit years are CODA's accreditation-visit schedule, not anything set by the program.
For admissions requirements or program structure, contact the program directly.
Where Clinical Fellowships Fit
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is one of the 12 dental specialties recognized by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards, an agency of the American Dental Association; it was recognized in 2018, and its certifying board is the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
CODA classes the programs above as advanced dental education programs, in three fellowship types: Oncology, Cosmetic, and Craniofacial.
Our oral and maxillofacial surgery career guide covers the specialty itself, our guide to OMS residency covers the CODA-set standard for the surgical residency, and our step-by-step guide to becoming an oral surgeon covers the full path from dental school onward.
After a Fellowship
A clinical fellowship program is not a license: an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practices under a dentist license in the state where they work — and, in some states, a separate specialty license as well — and what each state requires before it will issue one is set by that state.
See our state-by-state dentist licensure pages for what the boards themselves publish.
When you're ready to look at what's hiring, search current oral surgeon jobs nationwide.
Where the Programs Are
No state on this list has more than one program except Texas, and even there the two sit in different cities, Fort Worth and El Paso.
The rest are spread one to a city, from Portland, Oregon and Ann Arbor, Michigan to Baltimore, Maryland and Jacksonville, Florida, so most of the country has no clinical fellowship program within its own state.
CODA accreditation carries the same standing wherever a program sits, so the map above matters for travel planning, not for how the credential is recognized.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many CODA-accredited OMS clinical fellowship programs are there?
There are 13 CODA-accredited oral and maxillofacial surgery clinical fellowship programs in the United States, in 12 states.
Texas is the only state with more than one.
Each is listed above with its institution, city, state, CODA fellowship type and current accreditation status.
CODA's own directory is the definitive, up-to-date source — confirm a program's status directly with CODA before applying.
What are the three CODA clinical fellowship types?
CODA classifies these programs into three types: Oncology, Cosmetic, and Craniofacial.
The table above shows each program's type as CODA lists it.
Beyond the type name, this directory does not characterize what each type covers — contact the program or CODA for that detail.
Is oral and maxillofacial surgery a recognized dental specialty?
Yes.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is one of the 12 specialties recognized by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards, recognized in 2018, and its certifying board is the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
CODA accredits these clinical fellowship programs as advanced dental education programs.
What do the "(1)" and "(2)" qualifiers next to a status mean?
They are CODA's own notation, appended to that program's status in CODA's directory.
This directory reports the status exactly as CODA published it on the snapshot date and does not interpret the qualifier.
Ask the program and CODA directly what it means for an applicant in the current cycle before you apply.
Do I have to complete a fellowship in the state where I want to practice?
No. CODA accreditation is national, so a fellowship completed in any of the 12 states carries the same accreditation standing everywhere.
What a state requires before it will license a dentist is set by that state, not by a program, so check the state's own dentist licensure page and confirm with its dental board before you plan around a fellowship.
Is every program on this list accredited?
Every program above is shown with the CODA accreditation status CODA had published for it as of 2026-09-09, the date this directory was last pulled from CODA's own program search. "Approval without Reporting Requirements" is CODA's standard fully-accredited standing; other status terms on this page — such as "Approval with Reporting Requirements," "Initial Accreditation," "Withdrawn," or a "teach-out" qualifier — mean something different, and a status can change after that date.
Confirm a program's current status directly with CODA before applying.
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Sourced from the CODA program directory (index dated 2026-09-09). Verified September 2026. Program details change. Confirm accreditation status, admission requirements and costs with the program and with CODA before applying.