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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.

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

Fig. 2 — the 1 nearest destinations from specialist dentist. 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.

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

dental practitioner 20% covered · difficulty 87.9

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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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a specialist dentist already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.