122300000X — Dentist
- Grouping
- Dental Providers
- Classification
- Dentist
- Specialization
- None — this code IS the classification
- Section
- Individual
Definition
A dentist is a person qualified by a doctorate in dental surgery (D.D.S.) or dental medicine (D.M.D.), licensed by the state to practice dentistry, and practicing within the scope of that license. There is no difference between the two degrees: dentists who have a DMD or DDS have the same education. Universities have the prerogative to determine what degree is awarded. Both degrees use the same curriculum requirements set by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation. Generally, three or more years of undergraduate education plus four years of dental school is required to graduate and become a general dentist. State licensing boards accept either degree as equivalent, and both degrees allow licensed individuals to practice the same scope of general dentistry. Additional post-graduate training is required to become a dental specialist.
NUCC’s own wording, not a paraphrase.
Other codes under Dentist
These are the codes a mis-selection most often lands on, because they share a classification and differ only by specialisation.
- 1223D0001XDental Public Health
- 1223D0004XDental Anesthesiology
- 1223E0200XEndodontics
- 1223G0001XGeneral Practice
- 1223P0106XOral and Maxillofacial Pathology
- 1223P0221XPediatric Dentistry
- 1223P0300XPeriodontics
- 1223P0700XProsthodontics
- 1223S0112XOral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- 1223X0008XOral and Maxillofacial Radiology
- 1223X0400XOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
- 1223X2210XOrofacial Pain
- 125Q00000XOral Medicine