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