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Operative

Prosthodontics

Periodontics

Endodontics

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS), Orofacial Pain (OFP)

Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine

Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Public Health

Implantology, Oral Radiology

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  • Diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Dental anatomy and biology
  • Dental instrumentation and equipment
  • Preventive dentistry
  • Cariology
  • Isolation and gingival management techniques
  • Direct restorations
    • Preparation principles and techniques
    • Restorative techniques
  • CAD/CAM restorations
    • Preparation principles and techniques
    • Design
    • Scanning
    • Milling
    • Processing
  • Vital and non-vital bleaching
  • Esthetics
  • Finishing and polishing
  • Dental materials
    • Composite resins
    • Glass ionomers, resin-modified glass ionomers
    • Ceramics
    • Ion-releasing
    • Topical disinfectants
    • Etchants/conditioners
    • Adhesives
  • Diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Dental instrumentation
  • Fixed Dental Prostheses
    • Tooth-supported fixed restorations
    • Biomechanical principles
    • Tooth preparation principles and techniques
    • Components
    • Provisional restorations
    • Laboratory procedures
    • Veneers
    • RBFDPs
  • Removable Dental Prostheses and Complete Dentures
    • Anatomical landmarks
    • Survey and design
    • Mouth preparation
    • Components
    • Impression techniques
    • Provisional restorations
    • Laboratory procedures
    • Fabrication and insertion
  • Articulation and occlusion
  • Maxillomandibular relations
  • Esthetics
  • Dental materials
    • Acrylics
    • Metals
    • Denture teeth
    • Ceramics
  • Diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Periodontal anatomy and biology
  • Periodontal microbiology
  • Periodontal prognosis
  • Non-surgical therapy
  • Periodontal instrumentation
  • Gingival surgical techniques
  • Soft tissue grafting techniques
  • Osseous surgical techniques
  • Esthetics
  • Periodontal disease and systemic health
  • Chemotherapeutic materials
  • Grafting materials
  • Membrane materials
  • Diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Pulpal anatomy and biology
  • Endodontic microbiology
  • Endodontic instrumentation and file systems
  • Cleaning and shaping techniques
  • Obturation techniques
  • Non-surgical therapy
  • Apexification and apexogenesis
  • Surgical therapy
  • Dental trauma
  • Management of non-surgical RCT complications
  • Tooth fractures
  • Chemotherapeutic materials
  • OMS diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Head and neck anatomy
  • Surgical armamentarium
  • Surgical principles
  • Wound healing
  • Exodontia principles
  • Management of surgical complications
  • Odontogenic infections
  • Dentoalveolar trauma
  • Neuropathy
  • Biopsy procedures and techniques
  • OFP and Temporomandibular Disorders diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Dental sleep medicine diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Oral anxiolysis
  • Oral sedation
  • Local anesthesia
  • Diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Developmental defects
  • Teeth abnormalities
  • Viral, bacterial, and fungal diseases
  • Epithelial pathology
  • Salivary gland pathology
  • Odontogenic cysts and tumors
  • Neoplasias
  • Bone pathology
  • Dermatologic diseases
  • Oral manifestations of systemic diseases
  • Pharmacology
  • Patient evaluation and risk assessment
  • Medically-compromised patient management
    • Cardiovascular disease
    • Pulmonary disease
    • Gastrointestinal disease
    • Genitourinary disease
    • Metabolic and endocrine disease
    • Immunologic disease
    • Hematologic disease
    • Oncologic disease
    • Neurological and psychiatric disorders
    • MRONJ
    • ORN
  • Geriatrics
  • Diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Skeletal and dental classifications
  • Cephalometrics
  • Facial growth and development
  • Mixed dentition space analysis
  • Eruption Sequence
  • Space maintenance and retainers
  • Aligner therapy
  • Behavior management
  • Primary tooth restorative techniques
  • Pulpotomy procedure
  • Dental trauma
  • Dental materials
  • Sterilization and disinfection processes
  • Air-, blood-, water-borne pathogens
  • Standard precautions
  • Infection control techniques
  • Epidemiology of oral/systemic diseases
  • Diagnosis and treatment planning
  • Periimplant anatomy and biology
  • Implant surgical principles
  • Implant augmentation and grafting techniques
  • Implant-supported, fixed restorative principles
  • Implant-supported, removable restorative principles
  • Biomechanical principles
  • Implantitis therapy
  • Radiographic principles and techniques
  • Intraoral radiography
  • Extraoral panoramic radiography
  • CBCT radiography
  • Radiographic interpretation
  • Radiographic pathology
  • The content list is NOT all-inclusive but represents a general overview of specific topics within each discipline which may be examined on both the Written and Oral Examinations.
  • For Dental Materials in each discipline, recommend understand the composition, mechanism of action, indications/contraindications, and application of particular materials
  1. Recommend refer to commonly accepted textbooks for foundational knowledge.
  2. Recommend refer to each specialties’ journal publication for updated guidelines, techniques, and evidence-based principles.