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1223X0400XCurrent NUCC CodeIndividual Providers

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Providers

Dental Providers → Dentist → Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

21,371 active providers in NPISignal’s imported NPPES dataset report this code as their primary taxonomy.

NUCC Definition

Taxonomy code
1223X0400X
Grouping
Dental Providers
Classification
Dentist
Specialization
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
NUCC display name
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry

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.

Providers

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