Periodontics is the dental specialty that relates specifically to the care and maintenance of these tissues.
Orthodontics is a dental specialty of fixing malaligned teeth and jaws.
Rotation through the dental specialties increases the resident's ability to handle situations in private practice without referral to a specialist.
Oral surgery as a specialty is defined in Europe as a dental specialty.
Post-graduate training is available in all dental specialties.
The following are not currently recognized dental specialties in the US:
A dentist may go on for further training in a dental specialty which require an additional 1 to 7 years of post-doctoral training.
This is not true of any legitimate "dental" specialty.
In order to qualify as a medical or dental specialty the group must have a unique collection of skills not available by any other group.
This is accomplished through examinations created specifically for each dental specialty.