Staff role
Orthodontist
Examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Board Certified Orthodontist; Orthodontic Dentist; Orthodontic Specialist; Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Specialist; Orthodontics Doctor; Orthodontist
Tasks
- Diagnose teeth and jaw or other dental-facial abnormalities.
- Examine patients to assess abnormalities of jaw development, tooth position, and other dental-facial structures.
- Study diagnostic records, such as medical or dental histories, plaster models of the teeth, photos of a patient's face and teeth, and X-rays, to develop patient treatment plans.
- Fit dental appliances in patients' mouths to alter the position and relationship of teeth and jaws or to realign teeth.
- Adjust dental appliances to produce and maintain normal function.
- Provide patients with proposed treatment plans and cost estimates.
- Advise patients to comply with treatment plans.
- Prepare diagnostic and treatment records.
- Instruct dental officers and technical assistants in orthodontic procedures and techniques.
- Coordinate orthodontic services with other dental and medical services.
- Design and fabricate appliances, such as space maintainers, retainers, and labial and lingual arch wires.
Knowledge
- Medicine and Dentistry
- Customer and Personal Service
- Biology
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Administration and Management
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Education and Training
- Engineering and Technology
Skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
- Writing
- Science
- Learning Strategies
Abilities
- Problem Sensitivity
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Finger Dexterity
- Near Vision
- Information Ordering
- Manual Dexterity
- Speech Recognition
- Speech Clarity
- Fluency of Ideas
- Category Flexibility
- Selective Attention
- Control Precision
- Visualization
- Originality
- Time Sharing
- Far Vision
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