Setting the boundaries and scope of practice for the two sister specialities of dentistry: operative dentistry-endodontics and prosthodontics Authors Farhan Raza Khan Department of Dentistry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5650-6268 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.9692 Keywords: Scope-of-practice regulation, Appointment, Credentialing, Group practice Abstract Dental academia in Pakistan has recently achieved an important milestone. The name of Operative Dentistry speciality has been changed to Operative Dentistry & Endodontics (ODE). It was a much-needed change that was first felt about two decades ago. However, with the correction of name, there are certain challenges that this speciality has to manage now. These include improving the curriculum, setting up standards, and lastly, setting up its boundaries and scope of practice as some of its scope overlaps with a sister speciality called Prosthodontics. This overlapping of the boundaries of dental disciplines is a problem that is unique to Pakistan, India, and some East Asian countries where Operative Dentistry or Conservative Dentistry is combined with Endodontics. This paper aims to discuss the objective delineation of dental procedures and suggest a model of peaceful co-existence of sister dental specialities. Keywords: Scope-of-practice regulation, Appointment, Credentialing, Group practice. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2023-12-24 How to Cite Farhan Raza Khan. (2023). Setting the boundaries and scope of practice for the two sister specialities of dentistry: operative dentistry-endodontics and prosthodontics. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(1), 105–107. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.9692 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 1 (2024): JANUARY Section SPECIAL COMMUNICATION License Copyright (c) 2023 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.