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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”
- Analyze or evaluate dental needs to determine changes or trends in patterns of dental disease.
- Use masks, gloves, and safety glasses to protect patients and self from infectious diseases.
- Bleach, clean, or polish teeth to restore natural color.
- Eliminate irritating margins of fillings and correct occlusions, using dental instruments.
- Administer anesthetics to limit the amount of pain experienced by patients during procedures.
- Manage business aspects such as employing or supervising staff or handling paperwork or insurance claims.
- Use dental air turbines, hand instruments, dental appliances, or surgical implements.
- Write prescriptions for antibiotics or other medications.
- Perform oral or periodontal surgery on the jaw or mouth.
- 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.
- Formulate plan of treatment for patient's teeth and mouth tissue.
- Design, make, or fit prosthodontic appliances, such as space maintainers, bridges, or dentures, or write fabrication instructions or prescriptions for denturists or dental technicians.
- Remove diseased tissue, using surgical instruments.
- Plan, organize, or maintain dental health programs.
- 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.
- Produce or evaluate dental health educational materials.
- Fill pulp chamber and canal with endodontic 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Periosteal elevators
- Surgical scissors
- Intraoral x ray equipment
- Surgical gloves
- Desktop computers
- Foot controls
- Plaster vibrators
- Straight hemostats
- Oral evacuation equipment
- Ultrasonic scaler tips
- Gutta percha dispensers
- Dental mouth props
- Nitrous oxide administration equipment
- Double-end periodontal probes
- Manual film processing systems
- Instrument sharpeners
- Curved hemostats
- Dental wire cutters
- Dental handpieces
- Root elevators
- Single-ended periodontal probes
- Bite blocks
- Explorers
- High-speed evacuators
- Surgical burs
- Saliva ejectors
- Metric calipers
- Eyewash stations
- Chin-length plastic face shields
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG dental lasers
- Dental air abrasion systems
- Cement spatulas
- Model trimmers
- Rubber dam clamp forceps
- Ligature instruments
- Root canal pluggers
- Tooth color shade guides
- Scanners
- Protective gowns
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Safety glasses
- Amalgam condensers
- Anterior scalers
- Root canal rasps
- Cotton pliers
- Pedodontic forceps
- Wire and arch bar scissors
- Posterior scalers
- Dental laboratory lathes
- Matrix retainers
- Articulating paper forceps
- Porcelain crown pliers
- Slow-speed dental handpieces
- Dental wax spatuals
- Composite placing instruments
- Scalpels
- Apex locators
- Thyroid shields
- Periodontal probing devices
- Root canal spreaders
- Contra angle sheaths
- Double-end explorers
- Sharpening stones
- Angled pliers
- Dental impression trays
- Single-end explorers
- Endodontic pluggers
- Amalgam carriers
- Band setters
- Furcation probes
- Towel clamps
- Photo-activated disinfection systems
- Turvey maxillary expander
- Dental lasers
- Capnographs
- Pulp testers
- Visible light curing units
- Dental x ray protective aprons
- Dental mallets
- Masks
- Metal spatulas
- Dental excavating burs
- Air compressors
- Bridge removers
- Gates-Glidden drills
- Electrically powered dental amalgamators
- Periotomes
- Dental condensers
- Root canal enlargers
- Tissue forceps
- Digital radiographic equipment
- Molar forceps
- Awls
- Dental aspiration syringes
- Biscuspid forceps
- Dycal instruments
- Tongue retractors
- Bulb irrigators
- Sickles
- Straight dental handpieces
- Dental carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Amalgam wells
- Amalgam bands
- Rongeur forceps
- Dental excavators
- Notebook computers
- Prophylaxis angles
- Suture scissors
- Straight mosquito forceps
- Crane picks
- Root canal files
- Tissue retractors
- Dental scissors
- Dental margin trimmers
- Daylight loader film processing systems
- Intraoral printers
- Angle dental handpieces
- Fiberoptic aspirators
- Periodontal elevators
- Dental matrix bands
- Blood pressure monitors
- Interproximal carvers
- Spoon excavators
- Tooth-whitening argon lasers
- Periodontal pocket markers
- Tongue forceps
- Bone files
- Straight elevators
- Surgical masks
- Pluggers
- Prophylaxis cups
- Spoons
- Dental fiberoptic retractors
- Endodontic micro-torches
- Dental drills
- Dental laboratory plaster traps
- High-speed dental handpieces
- Automatic film processing systems
- Fiberoptic dental mirrors
- Pointing devices
- Prophylaxis brushes
- Intraoral camera systems
- Plastic filling instruments
- Plaster knives
- Dental chairs
- Curved mosquito forceps
- Fiberoptic periosteal elevators
- Fiberoptic diagnostic probes
- Periodontal knives
- Rubber dam clamps
- Chemical vapor sterilizers
- Headsets
- Dental cord packing instruments
- Wiring pliers
- Dental syringes
- Needle holders
- High heat sterilizers
- Dental burnishers
- Cricothyrotomy devices
- Disimpaction forceps
- Dental electrosurgery devices
- Cross-bar elevators
- Root canal barbed broaches
- Air/water syringe tips
- Thyroid collars
- Crown splitting forceps
- Bayonet forceps
- Pretracheal stethoscopes
- Rubber dam frames
- Root canal reamers
- Endodontic obturating cones
- Cement placing instruments
- Straight scissors
- Intraoral microscope systems
- Prophy contra angle head assemblies
- Laryngeal mask airways LMA
- Broaches
- Panoramic x ray equipment
- Personal computers
- Dental amalgam carvers
- Air/water syringes
- Copalite retainers
- Copalite bands
- Digital medical thermometers
- Mouth mirrors
- Periodontal curettes
- Enamel hatchets
- Dental operating lights
- Crown removing pliers
- Gauze packers
- Ultrasonic cleaners
- Crown scissors
- Autoclaves
- Bone clamps
- Anterior forceps
- Surgical handles
- Crown removers
- Amalgam retainers
- Surgical elevators
- Extraoral x ray equipment
- Root tip picks
- Pulse oximeters
- Endo excavators
- Dental chisels
- Occlusal force analysis systems
- Rubber dam punches
- Straight attachments
- Ball bearing contra angle assemblies
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- Spreadsheet software
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