Accepted Manuscript How often do OMSs lose malpractice cases and why? Puhan He, Student, Kolina Mah-Ginn, Student, Deepti Shroff Karhade, Student, Bruce Donoff, DMD, MD Dean, Nimer Adeeb, MD Resident, Raghav Gupta, Student, Shawn Medford, (Researcher), Salim Afshar, DMD, MD Professor, Attending Surgeon PII: S0278-2391(19)30824-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2019.07.001 Reference: YJOMS 58854 To appear in: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Received Date: 17 November 2018 Revised Date: 2 July 2019 Accepted Date: 2 July 2019 Please cite this article as: He P, Mah-Ginn K, Karhade DS, Donoff B, Adeeb N, Gupta R, Medford S, Afshar S, How often do OMSs lose malpractice cases and why?, Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2019.07.001. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.