Specialties
Specialties in Dentistry:
- Dental Public Health (study of dental epidemiology and social health policies),
- Endodontics (root canal therapy and study of diseases of the dental pulp),
- Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (study, diagnosis, and sometimes the treatment of oral and maxillofacial related diseases),
- Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (study and radiologic interpretation of oral and maxillofacial diseases),
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (extractions, facial surgery and implants),
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics (straightening of teeth and modification of midface and mandibular growth),
- Pediatric dentistry (i.e. dentistry for children),
- Periodontics (treatment of the periodontium, however most periodontists place implants),
- Prosthodontics (dentures, bridges and the restoration of implants. Some prosthodontists further their training in “oral and maxillofacial prosthodontics–a discipline concerned with the replacement of missing facial structures–such as ears, eyes, nose, etc.)
