dental practitioner
Code 2261.1
The dentist (dentista) diagnoses and treats oral health: general clinic or specialties by training. Use this Job Dictionary profile to build the clinical dentistry profile for practices and clinics.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- Criterios de diagnóstico
- mouth anatomy
- anaesthetics
- medico-biological and medical sciences related to dentistry
- surgery
- clinical disciplines in dentistry
- dentistry science
- cosmetic dental procedures
Skills and competences
- carry out local anesthesia in dental procedures
- discuss dental treatment options with patient
- apply context specific clinical competences
- accept own accountability
- deal with patients' anxiety
- fit dental appliances
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- correct temporomandibular joint abnormalities
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures
- differentiate between maxillofacial tissues
- empathise with the healthcare user
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage edentulous patients
- perform oral health diagnosis
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- keep records for dental prostheses
- manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia
- listen actively
- write prescriptions for medication in dentistry
- promote inclusion
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- provide periodontal treatment
- undertake clinical audit
- restore teeths' natural colour
- minimise occupational hazards in dentistry practice
- interact with healthcare users
- rehabilitate worn dentition
- follow clinical guidelines
- select materials for orthodontic appliances
- treat cases of malocclusion
- treat exposure of dental pulp
- manage occlusion
- treat snoring problems
- use orthodontic tools
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
Transversal competences
- deal with emergency care situations
- respond to changing situations in health care
- apply organisational techniques
- counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health
- provide instruction in orthodontic procedures
- refer healthcare users
- lead the dental team
- educate on the prevention of illness
- garantizar la administración adecuada de las citas
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- manage infection control in the facility
- manage dental emergencies
- interpret findings from medical examinations
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- perform dental clinical examination
- perform multiple tasks at the same time
- supervise dental staff
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- treat tooth decay
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What to assess for this role
Assess clinical skill, patient manner and biosafety compliance.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a dentist do?
- Examines, diagnoses, treats caries and oral disease and educates on hygiene per the treatment plan.
- Are dentist and odontólogo the same?
- Yes in everyday Chilean use; odontólogo is the formal professional title.
- What to measure when hiring?
- Clinical quality, schedule management and experience in the care type (general, paediatric, etc.).
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Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences