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name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| dental-practitioner | Occupational skill for the role 'dental practitioner' (also: community dentist, dentist, principal dentist, conservative dentist, geriatric dentist, associate dental practitioner). Use when the user asks for typical dental practitioner work such as: Administer general and local anesthetics.; Remove impacted, damaged, and non-restorable teeth.; Evaluate the position of the wisdom teeth to determine whether problems exist currently or might occur in the future. |
Dental Practitioner
Dental practitioners prevent, diagnose and treat anomalies and diseases affecting the teeth, mouth, jaws and adjoining tissues.
Core workflow
- Administer general and local anesthetics.
- Remove impacted, damaged, and non-restorable teeth.
- Evaluate the position of the wisdom teeth to determine whether problems exist currently or might occur in the future.
- Collaborate with other professionals, such as restorative dentists and orthodontists, to plan treatment.
- Perform surgery to prepare the mouth for dental implants and to aid in the regeneration of deficient bone and gum tissues.
- Remove tumors and other abnormal growths of the oral and facial regions, using surgical instruments.
- Treat infections of the oral cavity, salivary glands, jaws, and neck.
- Treat problems affecting the oral mucosa, such as mouth ulcers and infections.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- 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
Hot technologies
Top tools from 47 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-11):
- Denticon — 11 %
- digital x-ray — 9 %
- DentaPro software — 6 %
- fiber-optic handpieces — 6 %
- Panorex units — 6 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e52b5707-7097-4dbc-ac61-054e917da241), ONET 30.3 (29-1022.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*