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(Archived) General Dentist - Permanent
Job Description
Use masks, gloves, and safety glasses to protect patients and self from infectious diseases.
- Protect patients or staff members using safety equipment.
Examine teeth, gums, and related tissues, using dental instruments, x-rays, or other diagnostic equipment, to evaluate dental health, diagnose diseases or abnormalities, and plan appropriate treatments.
- Examine mouth, teeth, gums, or related facial structures.
- Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
- Operate diagnostic imaging equipment.
Administer anesthetics to limit the amount of pain experienced by patients during procedures.
- Administer anesthetics or sedatives to control pain.
Use dental air turbines, hand instruments, dental appliances, or surgical implements.
- Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
Formulate plan of treatment for patient's teeth and mouth tissue.
- Develop medical treatment plans.
Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries, or malformations of teeth, gums, or related oral structures and provide preventive or corrective services.
- Diagnose dental conditions.
- Treat dental problems or diseases.
Write prescriptions for antibiotics or other medications.
- Prescribe medications.
Advise or instruct patients regarding preventive dental care, the causes and treatment of dental problems, or oral health care services.
- Advise patients on preventive care techniques.
Design, make, or fit prosthodontic appliances, such as space maintainers, bridges, or dentures, or write fabrication instructions or prescriptions for denturists or dental technicians.
- Design medical devices or appliances.
- Fabricate medical devices.
- Adjust prostheses or other assistive devices.
Fill pulp chamber and canal with endodontic materials.
- Treat dental problems or diseases.
Treat exposure of pulp by pulp capping, removal of pulp from pulp chamber, or root canal, using dental instruments.
- Treat dental problems or diseases.
Remove diseased tissue, using surgical instruments.
- Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
- Operate on patients to treat conditions.
Manage business aspects such as employing or supervising staff or handling paperwork or insurance claims.
- Supervise patient care personnel.
Analyze or evaluate dental needs to determine changes or trends in patterns of dental disease.
- Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
Apply fluoride or sealants to teeth.
- Treat dental problems or diseases.
Eliminate irritating margins of fillings and correct occlusions, using dental instruments.
- Treat dental problems or diseases.
Perform oral or periodontal surgery on the jaw or mouth.
- Operate on patients to treat conditions.
Plan, organize, or maintain dental health programs.
- Design public or employee health programs.
- Direct healthcare delivery programs.
Bleach, clean, or polish teeth to restore natural color.
- Treat dental problems or diseases.
Produce or evaluate dental health educational materials.
- Prepare healthcare training materials.