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Job Description
Examine, diagnose, and treat diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums. May treat diseases of nerve, pulp, and other dental tissues affecting oral hygiene and retention of teeth. May fit dental appliances or provide preventive care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1021.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 173,860.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 83.00
- Currently, there are 105,620 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Dentists, General”.
Also Known As…
- Dentists, General
- Pediatric Dentist
- General Dentist/Owner
- General Dentist
- Family Dentist
- Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS)
- Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD)
- Dentist/Owner
- Dentist
- Dental Surgery Doctor (DDS)
- Associate Dentist
- Treatment Coordinator
- Public Health Dentist
- Periodontist
- Doctor
- Dental Officer
- Dental Intern
Tasks for “Endodontist”
- Manage business aspects such as employing or supervising staff or handling paperwork or insurance claims.
- Perform oral or periodontal surgery on the jaw or mouth.
- Analyze or evaluate dental needs to determine changes or trends in patterns of dental disease.
- Apply fluoride or sealants to teeth.
- Advise or instruct patients regarding preventive dental care, the causes and treatment of dental problems, or oral health care services.
- Remove diseased tissue, using surgical instruments.
- Design, make, or fit prosthodontic appliances, such as space maintainers, bridges, or dentures, or write fabrication instructions or prescriptions for denturists or dental technicians.
- Formulate plan of treatment for patient's teeth and mouth tissue.
- Examine teeth, gums, and related tissues, using dental instruments, x-rays, or other diagnostic equipment, to evaluate dental health, diagnose diseases or abnormalities, and plan appropriate treatments.
- Treat exposure of pulp by pulp capping, removal of pulp from pulp chamber, or root canal, using dental instruments.
- Fill pulp chamber and canal with endodontic materials.
- Write prescriptions for antibiotics or other medications.
- Use masks, gloves, and safety glasses to protect patients and self from infectious diseases.
- Plan, organize, or maintain dental health programs.
- Eliminate irritating margins of fillings and correct occlusions, using dental instruments.
- Administer anesthetics to limit the amount of pain experienced by patients during procedures.
- Bleach, clean, or polish teeth to restore natural color.
- Produce or evaluate dental health educational materials.
- Use dental air turbines, hand instruments, dental appliances, or surgical implements.
- Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries, or malformations of teeth, gums, or related oral structures and provide preventive or corrective services.
Related Technology & Tools
- Intraoral camera systems
- Awls
- Plaster knives
- Anterior scalers
- Straight mosquito forceps
- Curved mosquito forceps
- Straight attachments
- Root elevators
- Automatic film processing systems
- Amalgam retainers
- Dental fiberoptic retractors
- Tongue retractors
- Panoramic x ray equipment
- Double-end periodontal probes
- Curved hemostats
- Gates-Glidden drills
- Cricothyrotomy devices
- Air/water syringes
- Crown scissors
- Turvey maxillary expander
- Angled pliers
- Cross-bar elevators
- Surgical elevators
- Periodontal pocket markers
- Broaches
- Chin-length plastic face shields
- Matrix retainers
- Prophy contra angle head assemblies
- Wiring pliers
- Dental chairs
- Ligature instruments
- Fiberoptic periosteal elevators
- Composite placing instruments
- Dental scissors
- Pulse oximeters
- Daylight loader film processing systems
- Protective gowns
- High-speed dental handpieces
- Prophylaxis cups
- Crane picks
- Photo-activated disinfection systems
- Digital radiographic equipment
- Dental chisels
- Eyewash stations
- Dental cord packing instruments
- Spoons
- Manual film processing systems
- Dental carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Cement spatulas
- Occlusal force analysis systems
- Prophylaxis brushes
- Surgical handles
- Periodontal elevators
- Disimpaction forceps
- Headsets
- Dental mouth props
- Gutta percha dispensers
- Intraoral printers
- Autoclaves
- Periotomes
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Straight scissors
- Amalgam bands
- Bulb irrigators
- Personal computers
- Intraoral microscope systems
- Root canal spreaders
- Endodontic obturating cones
- Ultrasonic scaler tips
- Dental condensers
- Periodontal curettes
- Prophylaxis angles
- Dental impression trays
- Articulating paper forceps
- Interproximal carvers
- Straight dental handpieces
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG dental lasers
- Angle dental handpieces
- Rubber dam punches
- Dental aspiration syringes
- Needle holders
- Dental syringes
- Plastic filling instruments
- Blood pressure monitors
- Cement placing instruments
- Dental mallets
- Bone files
- Foot controls
- Desktop computers
- Root canal files
- Tooth color shade guides
- Dental electrosurgery devices
- Contra angle sheaths
- Masks
- Dental amalgam carvers
- Apex locators
- Amalgam condensers
- Dental margin trimmers
- Scalpels
- Periodontal probing devices
- Pretracheal stethoscopes
- Ball bearing contra angle assemblies
- Crown removing pliers
- Wire and arch bar scissors
- Oral evacuation equipment
- Periodontal knives
- Pulp testers
- Amalgam wells
- Furcation probes
- Gauze packers
- Pointing devices
- Endodontic micro-torches
- Tissue forceps
- Metric calipers
- Thyroid shields
- Straight elevators
- Dental handpieces
- Bayonet forceps
- Towel clamps
- Mouth mirrors
- Biscuspid forceps
- Endo excavators
- Periosteal elevators
- Tissue retractors
- Pluggers
- Model trimmers
- Instrument sharpeners
- Explorers
- Molar forceps
- Extraoral x ray equipment
- Posterior scalers
- Slow-speed dental handpieces
- Dental excavating burs
- Root canal reamers
- Dental lasers
- Dycal instruments
- Dental wax spatuals
- Single-end explorers
- Sharpening stones
- Safety glasses
- High heat sterilizers
- Pedodontic forceps
- Saliva ejectors
- Tongue forceps
- Root canal enlargers
- Fiberoptic dental mirrors
- Double-end explorers
- Crown removers
- Air/water syringe tips
- Surgical masks
- Surgical gloves
- Dental x ray protective aprons
- Sickles
- Crown splitting forceps
- Enamel hatchets
- High-speed evacuators
- Copalite retainers
- Plaster vibrators
- Surgical burs
- Amalgam carriers
- Dental matrix bands
- Dental air abrasion systems
- Rubber dam clamps
- Dental burnishers
- Intraoral x ray equipment
- Porcelain crown pliers
- Root canal pluggers
- Root canal barbed broaches
- Root tip picks
- Metal spatulas
- Cotton pliers
- Thyroid collars
- Copalite bands
- Electrically powered dental amalgamators
- Bone clamps
- Endodontic pluggers
- Scanners
- Digital medical thermometers
- Dental wire cutters
- Rubber dam frames
- Dental operating lights
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Spoon excavators
- Bite blocks
- Dental laboratory lathes
- Fiberoptic aspirators
- Bridge removers
- Surgical scissors
- Chemical vapor sterilizers
- Capnographs
- Straight hemostats
- Air compressors
- Dental drills
- Single-ended periodontal probes
- Tooth-whitening argon lasers
- Suture scissors
- Fiberoptic diagnostic probes
- Band setters
- Visible light curing units
- Rongeur forceps
- Notebook computers
- Anterior forceps
- Laryngeal mask airways LMA
- Dental excavators
- Dental laboratory plaster traps
- Nitrous oxide administration equipment
- Root canal rasps
- Rubber dam clamp forceps
- Dental digital radiology software
- Dental intra-oral imaging software
- Microsoft Office
- Kodak Dental Systems Kodak SOFTDENT Practice management software PMS
- Windent SQL
- ABELSoft ABELDent
- DentiMax
- OCS Office-Partner
- Kodak Dental Systems Kodak PRACTICEWORKS Practice management software PMS
- Teleo Practice Services The Complete Practitioner
- Henry Schein EndoVision
- Dental charting software
- ToothPics
- Windent OMS
- Web browser software
- PEB XLDent
- AltaPoint Data Systems AltaPoint Dental
- Microsoft Excel
- Practice management software PMS
- Open Dental
- DSN Software Dental-Exec
- Henry Schein Dentrix
- EZ 2000
- Dental imaging software
- Henry Schein PerioVision
- Henry Schein DentalVision Professional
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- Word processing software
- MDC Services DentalMate
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- MOGO Dental Software MOGO
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- Voice-activated perio charting software
- DSN Software Oral Surgery-Exec
- DSN Software Perio-Exec
- Dental clinical records software
- Spreadsheet software
- Henry Schein Easy Dental
- AlphaDent
- Accounting software