Occupation Atlasdental chairside assistant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bdc74965-1d1a-4f8e-a490-9cf71f494e02
dental chairside assistant
Dental chairside assistants support dental practitioners in clinical treatments, as preparation and helping in practical execution and follow-up, and administrative tasks under supervision and following the orders of the dental practitioner.
Compare with another occupationCompare with dental hygienist
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
CRSConventional · Realistic · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.43
- R Realistic4.48
- S Social4.37
- I Investigative3.55
- E Enterprising1.34
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Dental Assistants (31-9091.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (36)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- accept own accountability
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- assist the dentist during the dental treatment procedure
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- deal with patients' anxiety
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on oral healthcare and disease prevention
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- fabricate mouth models
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow dentists' instructions
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain dental station and operatory
- manage infection control in the facility
- observe patient throughout dental treatment
- pass dental instruments
- perform dental charting
- perform dental radiographs
- prepare dental instruments for sterilization
- prepare materials for dental procedures
- prepare patients for dental treatment
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote inclusion
- provide dental administrative post-treatment patient services
- provide health education
- respond to changing situations in health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
O*NET equivalents
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