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CIP PROGRAM: 51.0503
Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.

Summary: A program that focuses on the scientific study of the growth, development, diseases, healing properties, and neurological components of the oral cavity, related tissues and organs, and associated craniofacial areas. Includes instruction in oral microbiology microanatomy, craniofacial pain, humoral aspects of disease, etiology and histology of caries, plaque ecology, wound healing, oral disease epidemiology, oral manifestations of systemic disease, lesions, normal and pathologic physiology, and related molecular and physical studies.

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51 HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
51.05 Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences.
51.0501 Dental Clinical Sciences, General.
51.0502 Advanced General Dentistry.
51.0503 Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
51.0504 Dental Public Health and Education.
51.0505 Dental Materials.
51.0506 Endodontics/Endodontology.
51.0507 Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery.
51.0508 Orthodontics/Orthodontology.
51.0509 Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics.
51.0510 Periodontics/Periodontology.
51.0511 Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology.
51.0512 Digital Dentistry.
51.0513 Geriatric Dentistry.
51.0514 Implantology/Implant Dentistry.
51.0599 Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other.

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