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Career Guidance Skills assisting and caring S3.2 - providing health care or medical treatments S3.2.1 - providing medical, dental and nursing care Apply antibacterial substance to teeth
Description
Apply preventive and prophylactic substances, such as sealants and fluoride, to the teeth according to the dentist`s directions and under the dentist` supervision.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 1 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Dental hygienistDental hygienists work in cleaning and polishing teeth, supra- and sub-gingival scaling of the teeth, application of prophylactic materials to the teeth, collecting data, administe…
Related skills
- Educate on oral healthcare and disease prevention
- Develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- Use e-health and mobile health technologies
- Perform dental hygiene interventions
- Apply context specific clinical competences
- Remove calculus, plaque and stains
- Comply with legislation related to health care
- Work in multidisciplinary health teams
- Empathise with the healthcare user
- Listen actively
- Perform dental radiographs
- Polish dental restorations
Last updated on February 18, 2026
