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CIP 2010

Detail for CIP Code 51.0508

Title: Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert., MS, PhD)

Definition: 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.

Action: No Substantive Changes

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51.0508 Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert., MS, PhD) No substantive changes 51.0508 Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert., MS, PhD)
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