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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 195. Board of Dentistry |
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Chapter 10. Examinations and Licensing of Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Specialists |
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Subchapter 11. Specialty Examinations |
SECTION 195:10-11-10. The examination
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- An applicant for licensure in a Specialty shall satisfactorily pass such examination as the Board may require. The examination will be both theoretical and practical.(1) Theoretical examination. The theoretical examination shall be in writing and will include all the subjects that are pertinent to the Specialty in which the applicant desires to be licensed. Written examinations may be supplemented by oral examinations. The Board shall accept any and all test results from the respective American Board(s) regarding written examinations for all specialties. Written specialty examinations recognized by a regional testing agency may also be accepted as approved by the Board.(2) Practical examination. The practical examination will be designed to test the applicant's knowledge and skill of all phases of diagnosis and treatment in the specialty in which the applicant desires to be licensed. This may consist of case reports, clinical procedures on patients, and laboratory work. The following practical examinations will be required in the respective specialties:(A) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.(i) Surgical anatomy of the Head and Neck with both written and oral examination on subjects relating to Oral Surgery.(ii) Applicant will furnish a list of fifteen (15) (within three (3) years) hospital cases (including case histories), certified by the Hospital Administrator, demonstrating diversities of experience in Oral Surgery.(B) Orthodontics.(i) Applicants for examination must submit the following pretreatment and post-treatment record materials for two cases treated exclusively by the applicants: Cephalometric radiographs, Cephalometric analysis, study models, extraoral photographs (profile and front view) and general radiographs or panoramic radiographs. One case must be treated by extraction of first or second premolars. Mutilated cases and surgical cases are not eligible. Applicants enrolled in a residency whose term is more than 24 months (or whose term is more than 30 days past the examination date in June) will be allowed to bring records of one case in progress in lieu of a completed case with case records as described for finished cases, provided that these cases have been treated solely by the applicant and have been in treatment at least 18 months.(ii) Applicant must be prepared to demonstrate his ability to construct appliances on models or typodont submitted by applicant.(iii) Applicant will be expected to diagnose and treatment plan cases provided by the Examining Committee.(C) Pediatric Dentistry.(i) Evaluation of the oral and perioral soft and hard tissues of a child.(ii) Evaluation of the growth and development of a child and interceptive procedures as indicated.(iii) Oral disease prevention and control for a child. Operative procedures for a child including amalgam, composite, and stainless steel crowns.(D) Periodontics.(i) Each applicant must submit two case reports that must be original, composed by the applicant, and of periodontal cases treated by the applicant. Both cases must have been treated within the last five (5) years. Both cases must document generalized moderate periodontitis (AAP Case Type III or greater) in both arches; there should be at least moderate pocket depth and moderate bone loss. Cases must be of sufficient complexity to test the diagnostic and therapeutic competence of an expert in periodontics.(ii) The applicant will successfully complete an oral examination on periodontics and the cases presented.(iii) The applicant will successfully complete a written examination on periodontics.(E) Prosthodontics.(i) All applicants must submit a patient history and treatment record of a patient for whom the required fabrication of at least two partial dentures involving both the maxilla and the mandible has been completed. One of the partial dentures must be fixed, replacing one or more teeth; and one must be removable, incorporating a unilateral or bilateral distal extension base.(ii) The applicant will successfully complete an oral examination on prosthodontics and the case presentation.(iii) The applicant will successfully complete a written examination onprosthodontics.(F) Endodontics.(i) The presentation of ten cases, which were treated by the applicant, and which have follow-up radiographs.(ii) An oral and written examination.(G) Oral Pathology.(i) An oral examination with a qualified pathologist as specified, required, and selected by the Board.(ii) A written microscopic and clinical examination.