Are dental surgeons a kind of doctor?

Yes, they are: and have been trained in such a way that some will actually have dual DDS(or DMD) and MD degrees. They have full hospital privileges. Many have served our country in the armed forces and gained experience in all types of facial trauma and cancer and reconstructive surgery. Taking teeth out is only a small portion of what they do best.

Yep: Most oral surgeons are general dentists who decided to continue their education and specialize is the field. Your average oral surgeon has had about 5 or more years of additional traing beyond dental school in a certified training program.

Yes: Dental surgery is any procedure that artificially modifies the dentition. The dentist in US are either DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) or DMD (Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry) Oral Maxillofacial surgery is a specialty of general dentistry dealing with treatment of the head, neck, face and jaws.

Of course, they are: Maxillofacial surgeons are really a combination of a dentist and a medical doctor. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a specialty of medicine and dentistry that focuses on the diagnosis, surgical treatment and management of diseases of the face and jaws.