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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 Treat tooth decay
Description
Treat tooth decay by assessing the risk, extent and activity of tooth decay, and recommend and provide appropriate therapy, whether surgical or non-surgical.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 0 occupations
- Total: 2 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Specialist dentistSpecialist dentists prevent, diagnose and treat anomalies and diseases affecting the teeth, mouth, jaws and adjoining tissues specialised in oral surgery or orthodontics. In dentis…
- Dental practitionerA dental practitioner, commonly known as a dentist, is a highly trained healthcare professional who specializes in oral health and provides a wide range of dental services to patie…
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- Handle payments in dentistry
- Conduct continuing professional development workshops
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Last updated on February 18, 2026
