Description
Perform advanced chairside and intraoral duties under a dentist’s supervision. Responsibilities include preparing patients and the operatory, placing and finishing restorations, sealants, liners, and temporaries, taking impressions and radiographs, coronal polishing, maintaining infection control, assisting during procedures and emergencies, and delivering patient education and postoperative instructions. May also manage scheduling, records, billing, insurance, and supplies.
Skills
Content
- • Reading Comprehension
- • Active Listening
- • Writing
- • Speaking
Process
- • Critical Thinking
- • Active Learning
- • Monitoring
Social Skills
- • Social Perceptiveness
- • Instructing
- • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
- • Complex Problem Solving
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
- • Oral Comprehension
- • Written Comprehension
- • Oral Expression
- • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
- • Problem Sensitivity
- • Deductive Reasoning
- • Inductive Reasoning
- • Information Ordering
- • Category Flexibility
Attentiveness
- • Selective Attention
- • Time Sharing
Fine Manipulative Abilities
- • Arm-Hand Steadiness
- • Manual Dexterity
- • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
- • Control Precision
Visual Abilities
- • Near Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
- • Speech Recognition
- • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Business and Management
- • Administration and Management
- • Administrative
- • Sales and Marketing
- • Customer and Personal Service
Manufacturing and Production
- • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
- • Computers and Electronics
Health Services
- • Medicine and Dentistry
Arts and Humanities
- • English Language
Related specializations
Interview options
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Related Pathways
Healthcare & Human Services
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
