Will “Endodontist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
0 % Chance of Automation
“Endodontist” will never be replaced by robots.
This job is ranked #19 out of #702. A higher ranking (i.e., a lower number) means the job is less likely to be replaced.
Care to share? Click for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or XING. 👍
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”
- Produce or evaluate dental health educational materials.
- 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.
- Remove diseased tissue, using surgical instruments.
- Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries, or malformations of teeth, gums, or related oral structures and provide preventive or corrective services.
- Manage business aspects such as employing or supervising staff or handling paperwork or insurance claims.
- Eliminate irritating margins of fillings and correct occlusions, using dental instruments.
- Write prescriptions for antibiotics or other medications.
- Apply fluoride or sealants to teeth.
- Formulate plan of treatment for patient's teeth and mouth tissue.
- Bleach, clean, or polish teeth to restore natural color.
- Fill pulp chamber and canal with endodontic materials.
- Design, make, or fit prosthodontic appliances, such as space maintainers, bridges, or dentures, or write fabrication instructions or prescriptions for denturists or dental technicians.
- 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.
- Plan, organize, or maintain dental health programs.
- Advise or instruct patients regarding preventive dental care, the causes and treatment of dental problems, or oral health care services.
- Treat exposure of pulp by pulp capping, removal of pulp from pulp chamber, or root canal, using dental instruments.
- Use masks, gloves, and safety glasses to protect patients and self from infectious diseases.
- Administer anesthetics to limit the amount of pain experienced by patients during procedures.
- Use dental air turbines, hand instruments, dental appliances, or surgical implements.
Related Technology & Tools
- Porcelain crown pliers
- Tooth-whitening argon lasers
- Scalpels
- Automatic film processing systems
- Explorers
- Autoclaves
- Masks
- Dental matrix bands
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG dental lasers
- Air/water syringes
- Bayonet forceps
- Periodontal pocket markers
- Root canal files
- Spoon excavators
- Model trimmers
- Contra angle sheaths
- Surgical elevators
- Plastic filling instruments
- Headsets
- Plaster vibrators
- Amalgam bands
- Periotomes
- Rubber dam frames
- Surgical gloves
- Enamel hatchets
- Pluggers
- Intraoral camera systems
- Dental cord packing instruments
- Digital medical thermometers
- Articulating paper forceps
- Crown splitting forceps
- Dental air abrasion systems
- Metal spatulas
- Surgical masks
- Chemical vapor sterilizers
- Tooth color shade guides
- Air/water syringe tips
- Cotton pliers
- Rubber dam clamps
- Root canal enlargers
- Disimpaction forceps
- Periosteal elevators
- Dental chisels
- Turvey maxillary expander
- Spoons
- Digital radiographic equipment
- Angle dental handpieces
- Suture scissors
- Dental condensers
- Dental chairs
- Periodontal elevators
- Foot controls
- Dental laboratory lathes
- Apex locators
- Nitrous oxide administration equipment
- Plaster knives
- Dental operating lights
- Straight scissors
- Dental mallets
- Surgical handles
- Dental excavating burs
- Single-end explorers
- Amalgam retainers
- Fiberoptic aspirators
- Notebook computers
- Manual film processing systems
- Towel clamps
- Pointing devices
- High-speed dental handpieces
- Endo excavators
- Surgical burs
- Pulse oximeters
- Dental lasers
- Dental laboratory plaster traps
- Amalgam carriers
- Dental carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Root canal rasps
- Periodontal probing devices
- Photo-activated disinfection systems
- Metric calipers
- Root canal reamers
- Oral evacuation equipment
- Composite placing instruments
- Root tip picks
- Straight elevators
- Tongue retractors
- Endodontic pluggers
- Dycal instruments
- Tissue retractors
- Dental margin trimmers
- Root canal barbed broaches
- Bridge removers
- Amalgam condensers
- Dental handpieces
- Copalite bands
- Blood pressure monitors
- Straight dental handpieces
- Saliva ejectors
- Panoramic x ray equipment
- Personal computers
- High heat sterilizers
- Dental x ray protective aprons
- Fiberoptic dental mirrors
- Bite blocks
- Prophy contra angle head assemblies
- Matrix retainers
- Thyroid collars
- Sickles
- Straight hemostats
- Safety glasses
- Sharpening stones
- Fiberoptic periosteal elevators
- Biscuspid forceps
- Dental excavators
- Cement spatulas
- Wire and arch bar scissors
- Instrument sharpeners
- Gauze packers
- Prophylaxis angles
- Pretracheal stethoscopes
- Rubber dam punches
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Cross-bar elevators
- Dental fiberoptic retractors
- Prophylaxis cups
- Anterior forceps
- Ultrasonic scaler tips
- Posterior scalers
- Dental burnishers
- Dental mouth props
- Extraoral x ray equipment
- Intraoral microscope systems
- Gates-Glidden drills
- Curved mosquito forceps
- Dental scissors
- Dental wire cutters
- High-speed evacuators
- Single-ended periodontal probes
- Root canal pluggers
- Periodontal curettes
- Crown removers
- Ball bearing contra angle assemblies
- Crane picks
- Furcation probes
- Chin-length plastic face shields
- Copalite retainers
- Straight attachments
- Eyewash stations
- Angled pliers
- Thyroid shields
- Straight mosquito forceps
- Dental syringes
- Broaches
- Dental impression trays
- Surgical scissors
- Dental aspiration syringes
- Rubber dam clamp forceps
- Daylight loader film processing systems
- Mouth mirrors
- Rongeur forceps
- Band setters
- Wiring pliers
- Fiberoptic diagnostic probes
- Cement placing instruments
- Pedodontic forceps
- Ligature instruments
- Periodontal knives
- Root elevators
- Occlusal force analysis systems
- Crown scissors
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Amalgam wells
- Dental electrosurgery devices
- Root canal spreaders
- Needle holders
- Curved hemostats
- Tissue forceps
- Awls
- Bone files
- Intraoral x ray equipment
- Prophylaxis brushes
- Cricothyrotomy devices
- Double-end periodontal probes
- Scanners
- Slow-speed dental handpieces
- Bone clamps
- Air compressors
- Visible light curing units
- Intraoral printers
- Gutta percha dispensers
- Dental drills
- Bulb irrigators
- Capnographs
- Anterior scalers
- Interproximal carvers
- Desktop computers
- Tongue forceps
- Protective gowns
- Electrically powered dental amalgamators
- Dental amalgam carvers
- Crown removing pliers
- Double-end explorers
- Laryngeal mask airways LMA
- Pulp testers
- Endodontic micro-torches
- Dental wax spatuals
- Endodontic obturating cones
- Molar forceps
- DSN Software Perio-Exec
- Data Team DDS
- Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft
- DSN Software Dental-Exec
- ACE Dental
- Windent OMS
- Dental imaging software
- Windent SQL
- Microsoft Office
- Henry Schein PerioVision
- EZ 2000
- AlphaDent
- OCS Office-Partner
- Kodak Dental Systems Kodak SOFTDENT Practice management software PMS
- Henry Schein Dentrix
- Genesis Dental
- Microsoft Excel
- Henry Schein Easy Dental
- Henry Schein EndoVision
- Henry Schein DentalVision Professional
- Teleo Practice Services The Complete Practitioner
- DentiMax
- MDC Services DentalMate
- Dental charting software
- Open Dental
- Practice management software PMS
- Web browser software
- Kodak Dental Systems Kodak PRACTICEWORKS Practice management software PMS
- Dental clinical records software
- PEB XLDent
- Voice-activated perio charting software
- ToothPics
- Dental intra-oral imaging software
- ABELSoft ABELDent
- Accounting software
- Word processing software
- AltaPoint Data Systems AltaPoint Dental
- MOGO Dental Software MOGO
- Spreadsheet software
- DSN Software Oral Surgery-Exec
- Dental digital radiology software