I strongly oppose this measure and am dumbfounded more by the motivations that prompted such a suggestion than by the suggestion of changing the law itself. The board needs to be transparent in how such a regulation would lead to a better outcome for the dental health of the general public.

By removing any specialty designation, the public, which is already very confused when it comes to who delivers their dental care, will have even less available truthful information on their practitioners skill level in delivering a given procedure.

As I know not one board member who understands dentistry would send their child to a general dentist to do their orthodontics or to a general dentist to do a grafting procedure, it does not seem ethically responsible that you would allow the general public to proceed with these decisions with clear misguidance through advertising.