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- For the seventh consecutive year, the U.S. News & World Report “100 Best Jobs” listed professions in dentistry among its top jobs.
- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts employment growth of 7.6 percent, equating to 10,400 new dentist jobs through the year 2028.
- Evaluates the overall health of their patients while advising them about oral health and disease prevention.
- Performs clinical procedures, such as exams, fillings, crowns, implants, extractions and corrective surgeries.
- Identifies, diagnoses and treats oral conditions.
- Performs general dentistry or practices in one of nine dental specialties.
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Careers in the Health Professions
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"There are as many reasons to be a dentist as there are dentists. It is a career that provides plenty of rewards and challenges as well as an opportunity to help people and make communities healthier places.
With population growth, changes in health care law and the upcoming retirement of a large group of dentists educated during the 1960s and 1970s, the need for new dentists is rapidly increasing. Practicing dentist-to-population ratios vary widely, but range from roughly 42 to 108 dentists per 100,000 people, according to the American Dental Association."
-American Dental Education Association
About Dentistry
The dental profession is the branch of health care devoted to maintaining the health of the teeth, gums and other tissues in and around the mouth.
What is a Dentist?
A dentist is a doctor, scientist and clinician dedicated to the highest standards of health through prevention, diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases and conditions.
Dentists play a key role in the early detection of oral cancer and other systemic conditions of the body that manifest themselves in the mouth. They often identify other health conditions, illnesses, and other problems that sometimes show up in the oral cavity before they are identified in other parts of the body.
What does a Dentist do?
Advances in dental research, including genetic engineering, the discovery of links between oral and systemic diseases, the development of salivary diagnostics and the continued development of new materials and techniques, make dentistry an exciting, challenging and rewarding profession.
-American Dental Education Association
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Recommended Articles & Resources
Villa, Alessandro, et al. “Employment Type and Career Satisfaction Among Oral Medicine Specialists.” Journal of Dental Education, vol. 82, no. 6, June 2018, pp. 630–365. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.21815/JDE.018.072.