History of Oral and maxillofacial surgery Department in Tehran University of Medical Sciences

In 1929, a part of Massoudieh's mansion and a little later Sa’d al-Dawlah's mansion was allocated for the formation of a dental school. With the advances made in this field, there was a need for expansion of space, and as a result, the dentistry school was transferred to a new site called Dr. Motamed Garden, that the surgery was carried out in part of this building. The dental school started with minimal facilities and moved to its new location at Tehran University since 1937.

After transferring the dentistry school to its new location at Tehran University and turning it into a dental school, the first training sections, including the Oral Surgery Department, were formed. The first head of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Faculty of Dentistry, was Dr. Mahmoud Siasi. From 1942 to 1951, the major activity of students in the Department of Surgery was limited to tooth extraction and small surgeries. In 1984, the first independent Oral and maxillofacial Surgery Department was opened at Shariati Hospital. In 1987, after the Cultural Revolution, the first entrance exam for post graduate courses was held. In 2015, an independent Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was opened in Sina Hospital.

Oral and maxillofacial surgery is a specialty of dentistry responsible for diagnosis and surgical and adjunctive treatment of a broad range of disorders, injuries, and defects involving both functional and esthetic aspects of hard and soft tissues of oral and maxillofacial region.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons are qualified for both minor and major head, face, and neck surgical procedures under local and general anesthesia.

The oral and maxillofacial surgery department of Tehran University of Medical Sciences is:

1. The largest surgical group in Iran and the West Asia region
2. Serving in 8 departments, including four hospitals
3. Uses the latest technologies
4. It’s one of the few groups in the world that covers the entire scope of the field
5. It has an advanced jaw and face surgery center and independent research center (CranioMaxilloFacial Research Center) (CMFRC)
6. Independent scientific journal (Journal of Craniomaxillofacial Research) (JCR)
7. The number of teaching staff of the group, including assistant professors and fellowships, reaches about seventy people
8. This group services cleft lip and palate registry plan and its national committee