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Why Should
You Choose a Board Certified Orthodontic Specialist? 
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics
The American
Board of Orthodontics
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Founded in
1929 as the first specialty board in Dentistry and the
only certifying board recognized by the American Dental
Association for the specialty of Orthodontics.
Certification as a Diplomate of the American Board of
Orthodontics signifies a unique achievement, a large
step beyond the two to three years of advanced education
required for a dentist to become a specialist in
orthodontics.
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The process
requires the candidate to demonstrate actual
accomplishments in patient care with detailed case
reports on the treatment provided for a broad range of
patient problems.
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Preparation
for this phase usually requires at least five years just
to complete the treatment and follow-up on the different
types of conditions required by the Board. Each detailed
case report must be completely documented with x-ray
films, photographs, and plaster casts made before and
after treatment.
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Those
records are studied by directors of the American Board
of Orthodontics who then complete the examination
process with a penetrating oral examination based on
those reports and other aspects of patient care.
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The
significance of board certification goes far beyond
achieving the approval of that panel of experts. The
greatest benefits come from the in-depth self-evaluation
that goes into the years of preparation for board
certification.
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This
voluntary effort in continuing education is unique in
the way that it applies earlier classroom work and
conventional continuing education to the real world of
patients care, culminating in presentation of the
results for critical review by a panel of nationally
respected peers.
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