Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a specialist dentist can go next

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

Specialist dentists prevent, diagnose and treat anomalies and diseases affecting the teeth, mouth, jaws and adjoining tissues specialised in oral surgery or orthodontics.

Also known as prosthetic dentist, periodontologist, gerodontic specialist, periodontician, prosthodontic specialist, dental specialist, oral health care specialist, postgraduate dentist, restorative dentist, endodontic specialist, paedodontist, oral and maxillofacial pathology specialist.

Professionals 36 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: dental practitioner, 20%

Fig. 2 · Career map 1 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
dental practitioner 20% covered specialist dentist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 1 nearest destinations from specialist dentist, 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 specialist dentist already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only one move is listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A specialist dentist needs 9 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • carry out local anesthesia in dental procedures assisting and caring
  • diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures information skills
  • examine dental models and impressions information skills
  • manage dental emergencies assisting and caring
  • perform dental clinical examination information skills
  • perform oral health diagnosis information skills
  • treat tooth decay assisting and caring
  • correct dentofacial deformities assisting and caring
  • perform reconstructive oral surgery assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Specialist dentist 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 specialist dentist’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.