Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a dental practitioner can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a dental practitioner already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Dental practitioners prevent, diagnose and treat anomalies and diseases affecting the teeth, mouth, jaws and adjoining tissues.

Also known as community dentist, dentist, principal dentist, conservative dentist, geriatric dentist, associate dental practitioner, principal dental practitioner, paediatric dentist, associate dentist, community dental practitioner.

Professionals 83 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: specialist dentist, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
specialist dentist 74% covered dental hygienist 72% covered dental chairside assistant 64% covered dental technician 63% covered healthcare assistant 62% covered dental practitioner You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from dental practitioner, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a dental practitioner already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A dental practitioner needs 67 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • correct temporomandibular joint abnormalities assisting and caring
  • differentiate between maxillofacial tissues information skills
  • fit dental appliances working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • lead the dental team management skills
  • manage edentulous patients assisting and caring
  • manage occlusion assisting and caring
  • minimise occupational hazards in dentistry practice assisting and caring
  • provide periodontal treatment assisting and caring
  • rehabilitate worn dentition assisting and caring
  • restore teeths' natural colour assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a dental practitioner does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Dental practitioner is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a dental practitioner’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.