These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current orthodontist job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Orthodontist
  • DDS
  • DMD
  • Specialist in Orthodontics
  • Orthodontic Specialist
  • Consultant Orthodontist
  • Associate Orthodontist
  • Staff Orthodontist
  • Orthodontic Surgeon

Credentials

  • DDS
  • DMD
  • DABO
  • ABO
  • Board Eligible
  • ABO board certification
  • MOrth RCS
  • CCT Orthodontics
  • GDC specialist list
  • CODA
  • orthodontic residency
  • Invisalign provider
  • Invisalign Diamond
  • Invisalign Preferred
  • SureSmile
  • iTero
  • DEA
  • state dental licence

Bracket systems

  • self-ligating brackets
  • Damon System
  • Damon Q
  • conventional brackets
  • 3M Clarity
  • MBT prescription
  • Roth prescription
  • edgewise
  • 0.022 slot
  • 0.018 slot
  • lingual orthodontics
  • WIN lingual
  • Incognito
  • iBraces

Aligner systems

  • Invisalign
  • ClinCheck
  • clear aligner therapy
  • SureSmile aligner
  • Clarity aligner
  • 3M aligner
  • Angelalign
  • iTero scanner
  • 3Shape Trios
  • intraoral scanner
  • digital orthodontics

Appliances and mechanics

  • TAD
  • temporary anchorage device
  • mini-screw
  • MARPE
  • MSE
  • maxillary expansion
  • palate expander
  • RPE
  • Herbst appliance
  • Twin Block
  • Forsus
  • functional appliance
  • MARA
  • headgear
  • Class II treatment
  • Class III treatment
  • protraction facemask

Procedures

  • orthognathic surgery co-treatment
  • virtual surgical planning
  • VSP
  • pre-surgical orthodontics
  • surgical decompensation
  • impacted canine
  • closed eruption
  • alveolar bone graft
  • cleft lip palate
  • Bolton analysis
  • cephalometric analysis
  • Steiner analysis
  • Ricketts analysis

Imaging and records

  • cephalometric radiograph
  • OPG
  • CBCT
  • lateral ceph
  • panoramic radiograph
  • intraoral scan
  • digital models
  • 3Shape
  • Dolphin Imaging
  • Dolphin 3D

Long-tail phrases

  • orthodontist resume
  • DDS orthodontics resume
  • orthodontist cv
  • orthodontist resume examples
  • orthodontist resume 2026
  • ABO board certified orthodontist resume
  • how to write an orthodontist resume
  • Invisalign orthodontist resume

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Orthodontist resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.