Oral Microbiology involves the diagnosis and assessment of facial infection, typically bacterial and fungal disease. This is a clinical specialty undertaken by laboratory-based personnel who provide reports and advice based on interpretation of microbiological samples. In the following article, Deborah Lockhart, Specialist Registrar in Microbiology, discusses how you can establish a career in this field.

Oral Medicine is concerned with the oral health care of patients with chronic, recurrent and medically related disorders of the oral and maxillofacial region, and with their diagnosis and non-surgical management. In the following article, Professor John Gibson, Consultant in Oral Medicine, discusses how you can establish a career in this field.

Alison Brownlie is a young enthusiastic graduate of Glasgow Dental School and in the following article she gives an insight into what to expect from a year in Dental Core Training (CT1) (formerly known as DF2).

Dental Public Health is a non-clinical specialty involving the science and art of preventing oral diseases, promoting oral health to the population rather than the individual. It involves the assessment of dental health needs and ensuring dental services meet those needs. In the following article, Dr David Conway, Consultant in Public Health discusses how you can establish a career in this field.

Special Care Dentistry involves the improvement of the oral health of individuals and groups in society who have a physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, medical, emotional or social impairment or disability or, more often, a combination of these factors. It pertains to adolescents and adults. In the following article, Nicholas Beacher discusses how you can establish a career in Special Care Dentistry.

Orthodontics involves the development, prevention, and correction of irregularities of the teeth, bite and jaw. In the following article, Orthodontic Consultant, Iain Buchanan discusses how you can establish a career in this field.