1223X2210X — Orofacial Pain Dentistry

Grouping

Dental Providers

Classification

Dentist

Specialization

Orofacial Pain

Section

Individual

Definition

A dentist who assesses, diagnoses, and treats patients with complex chronic orofacial pain and dysfunction disorders, oromotor and jaw behavior disorders, and chronic head/neck pain. The dentist has successfully completed an accredited postdoctoral orofacial pain residency training program for dentists of two or more years duration, in accord with the Commission on Dental Accreditation's Standards for Orofacial Pain Residency Programs, and/or meets the requirements for examination and board certification by the American Board of Orofacial Pain.

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
• 1223P0700XProsthodontics
• 1223S0112XOral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• 1223X0008XOral and Maxillofacial Radiology
• 1223X0400XOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
• 125Q00000XOral Medicine