Occupation Atlasdental practitioner
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e52b5707-7097-4dbc-ac61-054e917da241
dental practitioner
Dental practitioners prevent, diagnose and treat anomalies and diseases affecting the teeth, mouth, jaws and adjoining tissues.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
IRSInvestigative · Realistic · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.48
- R Realistic5.23
- S Social4.41
- C Conventional3.71
- E Enterprising2.00
- A Artistic1.17
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 Dentists, General (29-1021.00): 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 (67)
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
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- anaesthetics
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- carry out local anesthesia in dental procedures
- clinical disciplines in dentistry
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- correct temporomandibular joint abnormalities
- cosmetic dental procedures
- counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health
- deal with emergency care situations
- deal with patients' anxiety
- dentistry science
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures
- differentiate between maxillofacial tissues
- discuss dental treatment options with patient
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- fit dental appliances
- follow clinical guidelines
- interact with healthcare users
- interpret findings from medical examinations
- keep records for dental prostheses
- lead the dental team
- listen actively
- manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia
- manage dental emergencies
- manage edentulous patients
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage infection control in the facility
- manage occlusion
- medico-biological and medical sciences related to dentistry
- minimise occupational hazards in dentistry practice
- mouth anatomy
- perform dental clinical examination
- perform multiple tasks at the same time
- perform oral health diagnosis
- perform reconstructive oral surgery
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide instruction in orthodontic procedures
- provide periodontal treatment
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- refer healthcare users
- rehabilitate worn dentition
- respond to changing situations in health care
- restore teeths' natural colour
- select materials for orthodontic appliances
- supervise dental staff
- surgery
- treat cases of malocclusion
- treat exposure of dental pulp
- treat snoring problems
- treat tooth decay
- undertake clinical audit
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use orthodontic tools
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- write prescriptions for medication in dentistry
Optional (16)
- build community relations
- conduct continuing professional development workshops
- conduct health related research
- contribute to practice innovation in health care
- correct dentofacial deformities
- employment law
- handle payments in dentistry
- impact of social contexts on health
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- manage healthcare staff
- organise public oral health programmes
- pedagogy
- record healthcare users' billing information
- train employees
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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