Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Taxonomy Code1223X0400X

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In general, the Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics specialty is very male-centric with 76% of providers reporting as male as compared to 23% reporting as female. People living in California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Pennsylvania enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics providers practice. In all, there are 18,043 registered Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics providers in the United States with over 1,784 of those located in California alone while around 1,561 chose to practice in Texas.
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics providers have been assigned the 1223X0400X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level III Area of Specialization. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.

Overall, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics specialists practice in 54 different states/territories.

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That area of dentistry concerned with the supervision, guidance and correction of the growing or mature dentofacial structures, including those conditions that require movement of teeth or correction of malrelationships and malformations of their related structures and the adjustment of relationships between and among teeth and facial bones by the application of forces and/or the stimulation and redirection of functional forces within the craniofacial complex. Major responsibilities of orthodontic practice include the diagnosis, prevention, interception and treatment of all forms of malocclusion of the teeth and associated alterations in their surrounding structures; the design, application and control of functional and corrective appliances; and the guidance of the dentition and its supporting structures to attain and maintain optimum occlusal relations in physiologic and esthetic harmony among facial and cranial structures.

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