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Table 2 Recognized dental specialties in every analyzed country

From: Is there a common pattern of dental specialties in the world? Orthodontics, the constant element

  1. Extraeuropean countries on the left part (white or light grey background); European countries at the right side (dark grey background); Anglo-Saxon countries on light grey background
  2. Last column shows total number of countries recognizing a dental specialty
  3. Last row shows total number of recognized dental specialties in each country
  4. GR: Germany counts on two officially recognized dental specialties, while in some regions of the country this number reaches as many as six
  5. AU Australia, BR Brazil, CA Canada, GB United Kingdom, ID Indonesia, JP Japan, NZ New Zealand, RU Russia, TR Turkey, US United States of America, ZA South Africa, AT Austria, BE Belgium, CH Switzerland, CY Cyprus, CZ Czech Republic, DE Germany, DK Denmark, ES Spain, FR France, GR Greece, IE Ireland, IT Italy, LT Lithuania, LU Luxembourg, NL Netherlands, NO Norway, PL Poland, PT Portugal, RO Romania, SE Sweden, Orth Orthodontics, OSur Oral surgery, MSur Maxillo-facial surgery, Per Periodontology, PedD Pediatric dentistry, Prost Prosthodontics, ORad Oral/dental maxillo-facial radiology, End Endodontics, OMed Oral medicine, OPat Oral pathology, PHea Public health, Con Conservative/restorative/therapeutic dentistry, SpP Special patients, For Forensic dentistry, Func Functional jaw orthopedics, Sto Stomatology/ stomatognathic physiology, Anes Anesthesiology, Gen General dentistry, Pain Pain in dentistry, Com Community dentistry, Acu Acupuncture, Aes Aesthetic dentistry, Imp Implantology, Dys Dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint and orofacial pain, Har Orofacial harmonization, Hom Homeopathy, Ger Geriatric dentistry, Spo Sports dentistry, Leg Legal dentistry, OPros Oral-maxillo-facial prostheses, Occ Occupational dentistry, Micr Oral microbiology
  6. aUSA considers the “Orth” specialty also as dentofacial orthopedics, being both included in the same specialty
  7. bBrazil also includes Oral maxillo-facial traumatology in the “OSur” and “MSur” specialties
  8. South Africa considers Periodontology and Oral medicine as the same specialty