dance therapisttodental hygienist
A dance therapist already meets 27% of what the dental hygienist role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 78.4 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the dental hygienist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dance therapist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dental hygienist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a dance therapist background worth leading with.
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills
- already held contribute to continuity of health care assisting and caring
- already held provide health education communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held empathise with the healthcare user assisting and caring
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users assisting and caring
All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the dental hygienist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held accept own accountability required
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- required, not held counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health required
- required, not held educate on oral healthcare and disease prevention required
- required, not held follow dentists' instructions required
- required, not held promote health and safety policies in health services required
- required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- required, not held communicate in healthcare required
- required, not held interact with healthcare users required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- required, not held apply antibacterial substance to teeth required
- required, not held perform dental hygiene interventions required
- required, not held remove calculus, plaque and stains required
- required, not held deal with patients' anxiety required
- required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- required, not held manage infection control in the facility required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- required, not held evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions required
- required, not held perform dental charting required
- optional, not held keep records for dental prostheses optional
- required, not held perform dental radiographs required
- optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
- required, not held polish dental restorations required
- required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a dental hygienist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply antibacterial substance to teeth skill · occupation specific
- 02 evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions skill · occupation specific
- 03 perform dental hygiene interventions skill · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held keep records for dental prostheses optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
28 held skills the dental hygienist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply risk management in sports skill
- not needed by the target role assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
- not needed by the target role autism knowledge
- not needed by the target role be a role model in community arts skill
- not needed by the target role dance therapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop codified movements skill
- not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
- not needed by the target role develop methods for choreographic integration skill
- not needed by the target role diagnose mental disorders skill
- not needed by the target role eating disorders knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle patient trauma skill
- not needed by the target role harmonise body movements skill
- not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
- not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspire enthusiasm for dance skill
- not needed by the target role link between dance and music style knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role observe healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role perform dances skill
- not needed by the target role perform musical improvisations in therapy skill
- not needed by the target role plan choreographic improvisation skill
- not needed by the target role psychological theories knowledge
- not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role psychotherapy principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role work with healthcare users' social network skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.