[Practice patterns of dentists and maxillofacial surgeons in private practice, in 1993, in France].

Actually, oral medicine and maxillo-facial surgery are really moving. There is no detail's study of the different aspects of our specialty, so we had like to realise a "picture" of our activity in the private sector in 1993. In this evaluation, an answering has been sent to the whole professional. Per 37.2% of answers have been received. The aim of this article is describing you the oral medicine and maxillo-facial surgery population following, in 4 points: old and sex demography; university and post-university formation; surgical or no activity repartition; exercises and installations.