Specialties

Main article: Specialty (dentistry)
The American Dental Association recognizes nine dental specialties: dental public health, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics.[14] There are other dental niches such as oral medicine, dental aesthetics, dental implantation, dental anesthesiology, and orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders; some of them are recognized as dental specialties in other countries. In the European Union all member states must recognize the specialties of orthodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery