National Boards for Dental Specialties
American Board of Dental Public Health
American Board of Endodontics
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
American Board of Orthodontics
American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
American Board of Periodontology
American Board of Prosthodontics
National Organizations for Dental Specialties
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
American Academy of Periodontology
American Association of Endodontists
American Association of Hospital Dentists
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
American Association of Orthodontists
American Association of Public Health Dentistry
American College of Prosthodontists
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
710 E. Ogden Ave. Suite 600 Naperville, IL, 60563-8602
Phone: 888-552-2667; Fax: 630-369-2488
Email aaomp@b-online.com; Website www.aaomp.org
President Dr. Douglas Damm
Executive Director Ms. Jeanette L. Helfrich
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
Ms. Clarita Wendrich
1 Urban Center, Ste. 690, 4830 W. Kennedy Blvd., P.O. Box 259l5
Tampa, FL 33622
Phone: 813-286-2444; Fax: 813-289-5279; Website: www.abomp.org
Oral pathology is the specialty of dentistry and discipline of pathology that deals with the nature, identification, and management of diseases affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions. It is a science that investigates the causes, processes, and effects of these diseases. The practice of oral pathology includes research and diagnosis of diseases using clinical, radiographic, microscopic, biochemical, or other examinations. (Adopted by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association May 1991)
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
P.O. Box 55722 Jackson, MS, 39296
Phone: 601-984-6060; Fax: 601-984-6086
Email mocarroll@sod.umsmed.edu; Website www.aaomr.org
Executive Director: Dr. M. Kevin O Carroll
President Dr. Sharon L. Brooks
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Dr. Thomas Underhill
Medical College of Virginia, Dept of Radiology
401 North 12th Street, Box 980615, Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: 804-828-0552; Fax: 804-228-1132
Email: teunderh@hsc.vcu.edu
Website: www.aaomr.org/american_board_of_oral_and_maxil.htm
Oral and maxillofacial radiology is the specialty of dentistry and discipline of radiology concerned with the production and interpretation of images and data produced by all modalities of radiant energy that are used for the diagnosis and management of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral and maxillofacial region. (Adopted by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association April 2001)
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
211 East Chicago Ave., Ste. 700 Chicago, IL, 60611-2637
Phone: 312-337-2169; Fax: 312-337-6329
Email chay@aapd.org; Website www.aapd.org
President Dr. David K. Curtis
Executive Director Dr. John S. Rutkauskas
American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Arthur J. Nowak
325 East Washington St., Iowa City, IA 52240
Phone: 319-341-8488; Fax: 319-341-9499; Website: http://www.abpd.org/
Pediatric dentistry is an age-defined specialty that provides both primary and comprehensive preventive and therapeutic oral health care for infants and children through adolescence, including those with special health care needs. (Adopted by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association 1995)
American Academy of Periodontology
737 North Michigan Ave. Suite 800 Chicago, IL, 60611-2615
Phone: 312-787-5518; Fax: 312-787-3670
Email aapsite@perio.org; Website www.perio.org
President Dr. Kenneth W. Bueltmann
Executive Director Ms. Alice De Forest, CAE
American Board of Periodontology
Dr. Gerald M. Bowers
4157 Mountain Road, PBN #249, Pasadena, MD 2l122
Phone: 410-437-3749; Fax: 410-437-4021
Email: abperio@msn.com ; Website: www.perio.org/amboard
Periodontics is that specialty of dentistry which encompasses the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the supporting and surrounding tissues of the teeth or their substitutes and the maintenance of the health, function and esthetics of these structures and tissues. (Adopted by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association December 1992)
American Association of Endodontists
211 E. Chicago Ave. Suite 1100 Chicago, IL, 60611-2637
Phone: 312-266-7255; Fax: 312-266-986
Email info@aae.org; Website www.aae.org
President Dr. Samuel O. Dorn
Executive Director Mr. James M. Drinan, J.D.
American Board of Endodontics
Ms. Margie Hannen
2ll E. Chicago Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 606ll
Phone: 312-266-7310; Fax: 312-266-9982; Website: www.aae.org
Endodontics is the branch of dentistry which is concerned with the morphology, physiology and pathology of the human dental pulp and periradicular tissues. Its study and practice encompass the basic and clinical sciences including biology of the normal pulp, the etiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases and injuries of the pulp and associated periradicular conditions. (Adopted by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association December 1983)
American Association of Hospital Dentists
211 East Chicago Avenue, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611-2616
Phone: 312-440-2660; Fax: 312-440-2824
Email scd@scdonline.org; Website www.scdonline.org/AAHD_Index.htm
President Dr. Mark C. Schmidt
Interim Director: Max Moses
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
9700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Rosemont, IL, 60018-5701
Phone: 847-678-6200; Fax: 847-678-6286
Email inquiries@aaoms.org; Website www.aaoms.org
President Dr. Larry Nissen
Executive Director Dr. Robert C. Rinaldi
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Ms. Cheryl E. Mounts
625 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite l820, Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 312-642-0070; Fax: 312-642-8584
Email: cemounts@aboms.org; Website: www.aboms.org
Oral and maxillofacial surgery is the specialty of dentistry which includes the diagnosis, surgical and adjunctive treatment of diseases, injuries and defects involving both the functional and esthetic aspects of the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region. (Adopted by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association October 1990)
American Association of Orthodontists
401 N. Lindbergh Blvd. Saint Louis, MO, 63141-7839
Phone: 314-993-1700; Fax: 314-997-1745
Email info@aaortho.org; Website www.aaortho.org
President Dr. James E. Gjerset
Executive Director Mr. Thomas A. Watters
American Board of Orthodontics
Ms. Christine L. Eisenmayer
401 N. Lindbergh Blvd. Ste. 308, St. Louis, MO 63141-7839
Phone: 314-432-6130; Fax: 314-432-8170
Email: info@americanboardortho.com; Website: www.americanboardortho.com
Orthodontics is 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. (Definition Adopted December 1980, Designation Adopted October 1994 by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association)
American Association of Public Health Dentistry
1224 Centre West, Suite 400B, Springfield, IL, 62704
Phone: 217-391-0218; Fax: 217-793-0041
Email: natoff@aaphd.org; Website: www.aaphd.org
President Dr. William R. Maas
Executive Director Ms. Pamela J. Tolson, CAE
American Board of Dental Public Health
Dr. Stanley Lotzkar
l32l N.W. 47th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32605
Phone: 352-378-6301; Fax: 352-367-8430
Email: slotzkar@yahoo.com Website: www.aaphd.org
Dental public health is the science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through organized community efforts. It is that form of dental practice which serves the community as a patient rather than the individual. It is concerned with the dental health education of the public, with applied dental research, and with the administration of group dental care programs as well as the prevention and control of dental diseases on a community basis. (Adopted by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association May 1976)
American College of Prosthodontists
211 E Chicago Ave. Suite 1000 Chicago, IL, 60611-2637
Phone: 312-573-1260; Fax: 312-573-1257
Email ecronin@prosthodontics.org; Website www.prosthodontics.org
President Dr. David A. Felton
Executive Director Mr. Edward J. Cronin, Jr.
American Board of Prosthodontics
Dr. Thomas Taylor
30 Rosedale Road, West Hartford, CT 06107
Phone: 860-679-2649; Fax: 860-679-1370
Email: ttaylor@nso.uchc.edu; Website: www.prosthodontics.org/abp
Prosthodontics is that branch of dentistry pertaining to the restoration and maintenance of oral functions, comfort, appearance and health of the patient by the restoration of natural teeth and/or the replacement of missing teeth and contiguous oral and maxillofacial tissues with artificial substitutes. (Adopted by the Council on Dental Education and Licensure, American Dental Association May 1976)