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