Dental Surgeon - Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesiologist - Salary and Career
Dental Surgeons

Dental Surgeon - Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesiologist - Career description, activities, functions and salary

Dental surgeons attend and guide patients and perform dental procedures, apply health promotion and prevention measures, collective health actions, establishing diagnosis and prognosis, interacting with professionals from other areas. They can develop research in the dental field. They develop professional activities with children, adults and the elderly, with or without special needs, at different levels of complexity. They can work in private offices, public or private institutions, NGOs. They carry out teaching and research activities.

How much does an Dental Surgeon - Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesiologist earn

A Dental Surgeon - Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesiologist earns between $0 and $0 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.988 and a median salary of $3.133 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 3 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Dental Surgeon - Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesiologist

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.988 35.862 747 21
1º Quartile 0 0 0 0
Median Salary 3.133 37.593 783 22
3º Quartile 0 0 0 0
Higher Salary 0 0 0 0


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • professionals of biological sciences, health
      • medical professionals, health
        • dental surgeons

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Main workplaces

Dental Surgeons they work in the areas of forensic dentistry and public health, dentistry, maxillofacial prosthesis and prosthesis, pediatric dentistry and orthodontics, radiology, pathology, stomatology, periodontics, oral and maxillofacial traumatology and implantology. They work on their own or as employees in private clinics, cooperatives and dental care companies and in the public administration. They carry out their activities individually and as a team. They may remain in uncomfortable positions for long periods, be exposed to radiation, toxic materials, intense noise, contamination and the risk of repetitive strain injuries and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (ler-dort).


What does it take to work in the field of Dental Surgeons

Occupations require, for their exercise, training in dentistry and registration in the cro and constant updating.


Functions and activities of Dental Surgeon - Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesiologist

Dental Surgeons must:

  • promote family health;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • practicing public health actions;
  • manage workplace and conditions;
  • prepare patients;
  • develop dental research;
  • patient preparation;
  • developing research in the dental area;
  • develop research in the dental area;
  • practicing collective health actions;
  • applying health prevention and promotion measures;
  • practice collective health actions;
  • promoting family health;
  • interact with professionals from other areas;
  • establish diagnosis and prognosis;
  • perform a dental procedure;
  • applying prevention and health promotion measures;
  • interact with professionals from other areas;
  • communicate;
  • perform dental procedure;
  • preparing patients;
  • plan patient treatment;
  • practice public health actions;

  • Activities

    • develop occupational dentistry programs;
    • show patience;
    • participate in a multidisciplinary team to assess environmental risks;
    • participate in continuing education activities;
    • anesthetize patients;
    • perform anamnesis;
    • evaluate risk factors for dental caries activity;
    • perform home procedures;
    • monitor activities related to oral health with other health professionals;
    • use integrative and complementary therapies;
    • demonstrate visual perception;
    • demonstrate innovative capacity;
    • adopting measures to prevent chronic pain;
    • carry out disease prevention and curative actions;
    • keep equipment in working condition;
    • register procedures performed in the dental chart;
    • patient and dental staff;
    • conditioning special patients to treatment;
    • perform oral and maxillofacial surgeries;
    • request additional exams;
    • demonstrate ability to overcome adverse situations;
    • participate in planning activities;
    • perform oral palliative treatment;
    • treat temporomandibular disorders;
    • detect patient expectations;
    • compose internal committees on health and safety practices;
    • estimate treatment costs;
    • demonstrate creativity;
    • demonstrate innovation capacity;
    • demonstrate hand skills;
    • evaluate the patient's profile (psychological, clinical, socioeconomic);
    • participate in ergonomic work analysis programs (paet);
    • perform containment (chemical, physical or psychological) of special patients;
    • set priorities and treatment options;
    • control stock of consumables, medicines, instruments and equipment;
    • clarify the patient about co-responsibility for successful treatment;
    • participate in the management of supplies;
    • issue technical reports and certificates;
    • record the patient's current dental situation;
    • document information about treatment options;
    • provide access for special patients;
    • capture sources of research funding;
    • define actions according to local priorities;
    • notify diseases, injuries and situations of local importance;
    • maintain equipment in working condition;
    • to be responsible for all services provided to the enrolled population;
    • demonstrate receptiveness;
    • refer patients for medical treatment, other specialties and related areas;
    • hire specialized technical consultants;
    • registering activities in information systems;
    • demonstrate ability to work in a team;
    • treat changes in oral cavity tissues;
    • register patient personal data;
    • guidance on eating habits and cariogenic diet;
    • analyze documentation;
    • integrate multidisciplinary teams;
    • work in occupational oral health procedures;
    • monitor actions of public and private agencies in the area of oral health;
    • give technical support to dental actions;
    • guidance on oral hygiene techniques;
    • developing occupational dentistry programs;
    • develop activities related to oral health;
    • relate clinical signs and symptoms with occupational functions;
    • inform the patient about risks/limits inherent to the treatment;
    • schedule periodic return visits;
    • enter a contract between the parties;
    • record the patient's current dental status;
    • indicate pre- and post-operative recommendations;
    • perform radiographs;
    • perform aesthetic and cosmetic treatments;
    • guiding caregivers of special patients;
    • supervise work team;
    • request additional tests;
    • identify partners and resources available in the community;
    • guidance on occupational accidents and oral professional diseases;
    • demonstrate innovativeness;
    • capturing sources of research funding;
    • provide information about the patient's dental condition;
    • perform conservative procedures;
    • register patient's personal data;
    • perform oral rehabilitation treatments;
    • inform patient about diagnosis and prognosis;
    • assist emergencies;
    • register procedures performed in the dental record;
    • treat patient with chronic/complex orofacial pain;
    • inspect dental services and treatments;
    • perform clinical examination;
    • develop internal regulations for offices and clinics;
    • coordinating the care of users;
    • prescribe drugs (medicines);
    • demonstrate security;
    • demonstrate ability to listen;
    • identify groups, families and individuals exposed to risks;
    • define territory of action;
    • coordinating dental actions;
    • developing operative techniques;
    • demonstrate organization;
    • define levels of complexity of care and patient;
    • propose treatment plan;
    • identify users' needs;
    • demonstrate sensitivity;
    • demonstrate ability to provide humanized care;
    • participate in team evaluations;
    • adopt ergonomic measures;
    • estimate treatment costs;
    • define payment methods;
    • clarify the patient about co-responsibility in the success of treatment;
    • mapping area of operation;
    • perform occlusal adjustment;
    • encouraging community participation;
    • demonstrate hand skill;
    • prescribe drugs (drugs);
    • provide external and internal consultancy;
    • updating registration information;
    • patient and dental staff dressing;
    • treat periodontal diseases (gum treatment);
    • collect data;
    • planning dental actions;
    • treat periodontal diseases (gingival treatment);
    • patient patient and dental team;
    • capturing research funding sources;
    • define payment methods;
    • adopt work routines;
    • publish scientific articles;
    • demonstrate fine motor skills;
    • promote comprehensive care;
    • participate in community actions;
    • collect epidemiological data;
    • research materials, medicines and dental equipment;
    • fill out health insurance plans forms;
    • monitor actions of public and private agencies in the oral health area;
    • perform complementary exams;
    • audit dental services and treatments;
    • indicating pre and postoperative recommendations;
    • demonstrate aesthetic sense;
    • perform orthopedic and orthodontic treatment (preventive, interceptive and corrective appliances);
    • demonstrate empathy;
    • legalize documentation for office and clinic operation;
    • perform oral and maxillofacial surgeries;
    • participate in community actions;
    • evaluate patient profile (psychological, clinical, socioeconomic);
    • serving users in ubss, in homes or community spaces;
    • qualify work team;
    • archive patient documentation;
    • receive patient;
    • tracing an epidemiological profile;
    • estimate duration of treatment;
    • indicating pre- and post-operative recommendations;
    • perform autogenous or exogenous implants;
    • perform endodontic treatment (root canal treatment);
    • organizing health promotion groups;
    • guidance on harmful habits to oral health;
    • restore dental element (form, function and aesthetics);
    • perform an active search for local situations;
    • exercise legal dentistry;
    • fill in health insurance plans forms;
    • interpret exams;
    • perform tooth extraction (tooth extraction);
    • practice biosecurity measures;
    • coordinate dental actions;
    • elaborate research projects;
    • developing research projects;
    • exchange information about clinical status, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment with other professionals ;
    • scheduling periodic return visits;
    • treat tissue alterations in the oral cavity;
    • participate in health program teams;


    Sectors that hire Dental Surgeon - Oral and Maxillofacial Prosthesiologist the most in the job market

    • general public administration
    • dental activity with resources for performing surgical procedures




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