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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 Assist the dentist during the dental treatment procedure
Description
Actively participate in the treatment procedure to retract tissue, tongue and cheek. Keep area clear and prevent saliva build-up and debris in the patient`s mouth by using a suction tip and oral evacuator, stabilising tissue and clipping sutures in oral surgery and applying force to chisel guided by dentist in the removal of impacted teeth.
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 3 (Technicians and associate professionals)
Essential for
- Dental chairside assistantDental chairside assistants support dental practitioners in clinical treatments, as preparation and helping in practical execution and follow-up, and administrative tasks under sup…
Related skills
- Educate on oral healthcare and disease prevention
- Pass dental instruments
- Promote health and safety policies in health services
- Administer appointments
- Comply with legislation related to health care
- Prepare patients for dental treatment
- Use e-health and mobile health technologies
- Handle payments in dentistry
- Listen actively
- Apply context specific clinical competences
- Empathise with the healthcare user
- Work in a multicultural environment in health care
Last updated on February 19, 2026
