History

May 1933 Inauguration of the ‘Academic Meeting on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’
April 1934 Society’s name changed to ‘Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Discussion Society’, and Society rules established
October Publication of first edition of the Society journal ‘Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’
April 1935 Society’s name changed to ‘Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’
December 1937 Publication of Volume 1 No. 7 of the Society journal ‘Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’
December 1939 Suspension of publication of the Society journal ‘Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’ due to the instability of the times
June 1949 Enactment of new rules for the Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and decision on Councilors and Board members
October 1954 Publication (revived commemorative issue) of Volume 1 No. 8 of the Society journal ‘Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’
July 1955 Changed the name of the Society journal to ‘Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’ and published Volume 1 No. 1
October Extraordinary general meeting, revision of part of society regulations
November 1958 Moved office to Tokyo Women’s Medical University
October 1966 Society’s name changed to ‘The Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons’
April 1967 Revised the name of the Society journal to ‘Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’
January 1973 Moved office to Tokyo Medical University
September Establishment of regulations for the Board Certification System for the Associate Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of The Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
March 1977 Moved office to Oral Health Association of Japan
October Designated the first training organization and medical instructors under the regulations for the Board Certification System for the Associate Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
August 1980 Certification of the first certified physicians under the regulations for Board Certification System for the Associate Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
February 1981 Conducted the first training seminar
April 1982 First publication of the Collected contents of the Japanese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Volumes 1 – 25)
June 1985 Publication of the first PR magazine of the The Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
October 1986 Signing of collaboration with sister organization the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, of the Republic of Korea
October 1991 Permission for the establishment of The Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons as a public interest incorporated association, under Article 34 of the Civil Code (Minister of Education)
February 1992 Start of operations at new office (Nakazato, Kita-ku, Tokyo)
October 1997 Holding of the joint 42nd Annual meeting and Congress with the 13th Congress of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS) (in Kyoto)
April 2000 Purchase of a new office in Takanawa 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo and start of office renovation
June Renamed The Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Magazine to The Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Newsletter
July Start of operations in new office
October 2001 Establishment and grant of the Young Researcher’s Award, and the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the Annual General meeting
October 2002 Revision of the regulations for the Board Certification System for the Associate Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to the regulations for the Board Certification System for the Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
October 2003 Enactment of the Society’s Non-smoking Promotion Declaration
Created new logo for the Society
Held the Society’s 70th anniversary celebration
Changed name of the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, awarded at the Annual General Meeting, to Gold Ribbon Award
November Granted permission by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to advertise as ‘specialist oral and maxillofacial surgeons’
October 2004 Holding of the joint 49th Annual meeting and Congress with the 6th Congress of Asian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (Asian AOMS) (in Chiba)
October 2005 Commemorative ceremony for 20 years of collaboration with sister organization, the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, of the Republic of Korea
Establishment and implementation of regulations related to the New Board Certification System for the Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
September 2007 Collaboration with sister organization Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Taiwan
Academic collaboration with the Philippine College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
April 2008 Start of certification applications under the New Board Certification System for the Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
April 2009 Joined the General Clinical Oncologist Certification System operated by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy, as ‘General Clinical Oncologists (dental, oral and maxillofacial surgery)’
September 2012 The Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons became a public interest incorporated association
October 2013 Academic collaboration with the Mongolian Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
August 2014 Academic collaboration with the Chinese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
October 2014 The 80th anniversary celebration of the Society and publication of a commemorative issue
November 2016 Academic collaboration with the Nepalese Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons