dental practitionertodental hygienist
A dental practitioner already meets 72% of what the dental hygienist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
72%
41.1/ 100
1 Share of the dental hygienist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the dental practitioner 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.
Why this move works
A dental hygienist role treats 23 of its required skills as things a dental practitioner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- contribute to continuity of health care
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 26 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 dental practitioner background worth leading with.
- already held counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held keep records for dental prostheses information skills
- already held deal with patients' anxiety assisting and caring
- already held promote health and safety policies in health services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage infection control in the facility assisting and caring
- already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges communication, collaboration and creativity
All 26 carried skills, including the 23 the dental hygienist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 5 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 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 educate on oral healthcare and disease prevention required
- required, not held follow dentists' instructions required
- required, not held evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions required
- required, not held perform dental charting required
- required, not held perform dental radiographs required
- optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
- required, not held polish dental restorations 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 26 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held deal with patients' anxiety 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 follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held manage infection control in the facility skill
- already held promote health and safety policies in health services skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- already held keep records for dental prostheses skill
- already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
57 held skills the dental hygienist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role build community relations skill
- not needed by the target role carry out local anesthesia in dental procedures skill
- not needed by the target role clinical disciplines in dentistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- not needed by the target role conduct continuing professional development workshops skill
- not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to practice innovation in health care skill
- not needed by the target role correct dentofacial deformities skill
- not needed by the target role correct temporomandibular joint abnormalities skill
- not needed by the target role cosmetic dental procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role dentistry science knowledge
- not needed by the target role diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures skill
- not needed by the target role differentiate between maxillofacial tissues skill
- not needed by the target role discuss dental treatment options with patient skill
- not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role fit dental appliances skill
- not needed by the target role handle payments in dentistry skill
- not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret findings from medical examinations skill
- not needed by the target role lead the dental team skill
- not needed by the target role manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia skill
- not needed by the target role manage dental emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role manage edentulous patients skill
- not needed by the target role manage healthcare staff knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
- not needed by the target role manage occlusion skill
- not needed by the target role medico-biological and medical sciences related to dentistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role minimise occupational hazards in dentistry practice skill
- not needed by the target role mouth anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise public oral health programmes skill
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform dental clinical examination skill
- not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- not needed by the target role perform oral health diagnosis skill
- not needed by the target role perform reconstructive oral surgery skill
- not needed by the target role provide instruction in orthodontic procedures skill
- not needed by the target role provide periodontal treatment skill
17 further entries not listed here
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.