Regarding the announcement of the practice of a specialty, all members of the Virginia Dental Association are advised to refer to the ADA’s Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct https://www.ada.org/en/about-theada/principles-of-ethics-code-of-professional-conduct Section 5.H. Announcement of Specialization and Limitation of Practice which reads in part:
A dentist may ethically announce as a specialist to the public in any of the dental specialties recognized by the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards including dental public health, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics, and in any other areas of dentistry for which specialty recognition has been granted under the standards required or recognized in the practitioner’s jurisdiction, provided the dentist meets the educational requirements required for recognition as a specialist adopted by the American Dental Association or accepted in the jurisdiction in which they practice.