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