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