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