1223X0400X — Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry
- Grouping
- Dental Providers
- Classification
- Dentist
- Specialization
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
- Section
- Individual
Definition
That area of dentistry concerned with the supervision, guidance and correction of the growing or mature dentofacial structures, including those conditions that require movement of teeth or correction of malrelationships and malformations of their related structures and the adjustment of relationships between and among teeth and facial bones by the application of forces and/or the stimulation and redirection of functional forces within the craniofacial complex. Major responsibilities of orthodontic practice include the diagnosis, prevention, interception and treatment of all forms of malocclusion of the teeth and associated alterations in their surrounding structures; the design, application and control of functional and corrective appliances; and the guidance of the dentition and its supporting structures to attain and maintain optimum occlusal relations in physiologic and esthetic harmony among facial and cranial structures.
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.
- 122300000XDentist
- 1223D0001XDental Public Health
- 1223D0004XDental Anesthesiology
- 1223E0200XEndodontics
- 1223G0001XGeneral Practice
- 1223P0106XOral and Maxillofacial Pathology
- 1223P0221XPediatric Dentistry
- 1223P0300XPeriodontics
- 1223P0700XProsthodontics
- 1223S0112XOral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- 1223X0008XOral and Maxillofacial Radiology
- 1223X2210XOrofacial Pain
- 125Q00000XOral Medicine