1. Training periods required for the specialties recognized by the Order:
(1) oral and maxillofacial surgery: successful completion of at least 4 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order;
(2) pediatric dentistry: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order;
(3) endodontics: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order;
(4) oral medicine: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order;
(5) orthodontics: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order;
(6) periodontics: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order;
(7) prosthodontics: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order;
(8) community dentistry: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study, or the equivalent, in a university program approved and recognized by the Order.
(9) oral and maxillofacial pathology: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order;
(10) oral and maxillofacial radiology: successful completion of at least 2 consecutive academic years of full-time study in a university program approved and recognized by the Order.
Any specialist’s certificate in oral medicine issued by the Order before 24 July 2008 shall become:
(1) a certificate in oral medicine, for the holder of a certificate in oral medicine comprising the option of diagnostic oral medicine and dental therapeutics;
(2) a certificate in oral and maxillofacial pathology, for the holder of a certificate in oral medicine comprising the option of oral pathology;
(3) a certificate in oral and maxillofacial radiology, for the holder of a certificate in oral medicine comprising the option of oral radiology.