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