About This Major
A 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 behaviors. Includes instruction 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.
Program Examples
- Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert.)
- Orthodontics/Orthodontology (MS)
- Orthodontics/Orthodontology (PhD)
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
At a Glance
- CIP Code
- 51.0508
- CIP Family
- 51
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