1223P0700X — Prosthodontics

Grouping

Dental Providers

Classification

Dentist

Specialization

Prosthodontics

Section

Individual

Definition

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.

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
• 1223S0112XOral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• 1223X0008XOral and Maxillofacial Radiology
• 1223X0400XOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
• 1223X2210XOrofacial Pain
• 125Q00000XOral Medicine