Variant of CIP 2016 - Alternative primary groupings

Variant of CIP 2016 - Alternative primary groupings
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51.0508 - Orthodontics/orthodontology (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the advanced study of the guidance of growing dental structures and the correction of misalignments, disproportionate growth, and traumas caused by genetics, disease, injuries, and dysfunctional behaviours. These programs include courses in craniofacial growth and development, malocclusion, design and fabrication of orthodontic appliances, craniofacial alignment, physiological function and analysis, cephalometrics, model analysis, space analysis, surgical orthodontics, cleft lip and palate, and treatment planning and management.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • orthodontics (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
    • orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
    • orthodontist (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)
    • orthodontology (Cert., MS, MSc, PhD)

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  • Exclusion(s)

    • orthodontic assistant(51.0699)
    • orthodontics specialty - residency(60.0105)
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