Dentist
Diagnoses and treats oral diseases, restores dental structures, and maintains overall oral health and function.
Career Overview
Growth Outlook: HighDentists perform clinical examinations, diagnose dental conditions, manage caries, periodontal disease, and oral infections, and deliver preventive and restorative procedures. They carry out fillings, extractions, crowns, bridges, root canal treatments, and provide patient counselling on hygiene and disease prevention. Their work requires manual precision, strong diagnostic reasoning, infection control expertise, and patient communication. They operate in clinics, hospitals, community programs, and multispecialty dental practices, ensuring long-term oral health maintenance.
Top Skills
- Clinical diagnosis
- Manual dexterity
- Infection control
- Patient communication
- Restorative procedures
Education Pathway
- 12th Science
- Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
- Internship
- Clinical Practice
Suggested UG Degrees
- BDS
PG / Advancement Options
- MDS specializations
- implantology
- esthetic dentistry certifications
Also Known As
- General Dentist
- Oral Health Clinician