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Dental Practitioners

Dental practitioners diagnose dental and oral diseases, injuries and disorders, prescribe and administer treatment, recommend preventative action and, where necessary, refer the patient to a specialist.

Average Salary

£44,434

New workers start around £18,399. Normal pay is £44,434 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £105,494.

Jobs

18,955

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Prepares and delivers lectures, undertakes research, and conducts and participates in clinical trials.

  • Maintains patients.

  • Refers patient to specialist, where necessary.

  • Educates patients on oral health care.

  • Supervises patient.

  • 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.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Dentistry

  • Surgery

  • Orthodontics

  • Endodontics

  • Dental Surgery

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Communications

  • Marketing

  • Enthusiasm

  • Innovation

  • Management

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.