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Career Guidance Skills handling and moving S6.5 - assembling and fabricating products S6.5.2 - fabricating medical and prosthetic devices Polish dental restorations
Description
Maintain metal, gold and amalgam dental restorations by polishing in order to mitigate the effects of surface corrosion and maintain the esthetic appearance of the restoration according to the dentist`s directions and under the dentist`s 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
- Perform dental radiographs
- Apply antibacterial substance to teeth
- Work in a multicultural environment in health care
- Accept own accountability
- Deal with emergency care situations
- Promote inclusion
- Evaluate clinical outcomes of dental hygiene interventions
- Provide health education
- Interact with healthcare users
- Inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- Deal with patients’ anxiety
- Follow dentists’ instructions
Last updated on February 18, 2026
