specialist dentist
ISCO: 2261. Skills: 36. Essential: 9.
Essential skills
- carry out local anesthesia in dental procedures
- correct dentofacial deformities
- diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures
- examine dental models and impressions
- manage dental emergencies
- perform dental clinical examination
- perform oral health diagnosis
- perform reconstructive oral surgery
- treat tooth decay
Supporting skills
- analyse X-ray imagery
- conduct continuing professional development workshops
- conduct health related research
- contribute to practice innovation in health care
- discuss dental treatment options with patient
- employment law
- evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions
- handle payments in dentistry
- impact of social contexts on health
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- maintain dental station and operatory
- manage healthcare staff
- observe patient throughout dental treatment
- oral surgery
- organise public oral health programmes
- orthodontics
- pedagogy
- perform dental charting
- perform dental hygiene interventions
- prepare patients for dental treatment
- provide instruction in orthodontic procedures
- record healthcare users' billing information
- supervise dental technician staff
- teach dentistry
- train employees
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care