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Perform some or all of the following duties:
Examine patients' teeth, gums and surrounding tissue to diagnose disease, injury and decay and plan appropriate treatment
Restore, extract and replace diseased and decayed teeth
Perform oral surgery, periodontal surgery and other treatments
Clean teeth and instruct patients on oral hygiene
Design bridgework, fit dentures and provide appliances to correct abnormal positioning of the teeth and jaws, or write fabrication instructions or prescriptions for use by denturists and dental technicians
Supervise dental hygienists, dental assistants and other staff.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- National Dental Examining Board of Canada Certification
- Licensure by provincial or territorial authorities
Additional Skills
- Supervise personnel
Specific Skills
- Act as consultants to other dentists
- Restore, extract and replace diseased and decayed teeth
- Perform oral surgery, periodontal surgery and other treatments
- Examine patients' teeth, gums and surrounding tissue
- Diagnose disease, injury and decay and plan appropriate treatment
- Design bridgework, fit dentures and provide appliances
- Clean teeth and instruct patients on oral hygiene
Work Setting
- Private practice
- Community dental clinic
Area Of Specialization
- Prosthodontics
- Periodontics
- Pediatric dentistry
- Oral radiology
- Oral surgery
- Endodontics
- Orthodontics