What are the areas of specialty in dentistry?

Dental public health: Dental public health works to prevent and control dental diseases while promoting dental health through public advocacy.

Endodontics: Endodontics is the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of conditions of the human dental pulp and periradicular tissues.

Oral and maxillofacial pathology: Oral pathology is the identification, diagnosis, and management of diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions. This specialty researches oral disease etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment outcomes.

Oral and maxillofacial radiology: Oral and maxillofacial radiology is the discipline of radiology ordering and interpretation of radiologic images for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in the oral region.

Oral and maxillofacial surgery: Oral and maxillofacial surgery involves diagnosis, surgical treatment of diseases, injuries, and defects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region.

Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics: Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics includes the diagnosis, prevention and modification of malocclusions, neuromuscular, and skeletal abnormalities of the orofacial structures.

Pediatric dentistry: Pediatric dentistry provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral healthcare for infants through adolescence.

Periodontics: Periodontics includes the health, maintenance, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the supporting structures and surrounding tissues in the oral region.

Prosthodontics: Prosthodontics pertains to diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and maintenance associated with missing or deficient teeth and oral and maxillofacial tissues using dental prosthesis.