Dental Practitioners
What they do most days?
Prepares and delivers lectures, undertakes research, and conducts and participates in clinical trials.
Maintains patients’ dental health records.
Refers patient to specialist, where necessary.
Educates patients on oral health care.
Supervises patient’s progress and advises on preventative action.
Constructs and fits braces, inlays, dentures and other appliances.
Carries out clinical treatments, restores teeth affected by decay etc., treats gum disease and other disorders.
Administers local anaesthetics.
Assesses and recommends treatment options to patients.
Examines patient’s teeth, gums and jaw, using dental and x-ray equipment, diagnoses dental conditions.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.