The National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards is inviting public comment on an application for specialty recognition requesting that dental anesthesiology be recognized as a dental specialty.
    
Written comments on the application, submitted by the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, are due Jan. 14, 2019.
    
The national commission is inviting public comment for a 60-day period, according to its Application Process for Recognition of a Dental Specialty protocol based on the applicant's compliance with the ADA Requirements for Recognition of Dental Specialties. 
    
Submit comments to Catherine Baumann, director, National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards, 211 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 or baumannca@ada.org.
    
To review the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists application, visit ADA.org/en/ncrdscb.