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