Dental surgeon - pediatric dentist - Salary and Career
Dental Surgeons

Dental surgeon - pediatric dentist - 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 - pediatric dentist earn

A Dental surgeon - pediatric dentist earns between $1.866 and $6.616 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.184 and a median salary of $3.091 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 15 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Dental surgeon - pediatric dentist

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 3.184 38.209 796 25
1º Quartile 1.866 22.391 466 15
Median Salary 3.091 37.087 773 24
3º Quartile 5.045 60.543 1.261 40
Higher Salary 6.616 79.386 1.654 52


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 - pediatric dentist

Dental Surgeons must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire Dental surgeon - pediatric dentist the most in the job market

    • dental activity with resources for performing surgical procedures
    • service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
    • welfare services without accommodation
    • health management support activities
    • elementary school
    • hospital care activities
    • social assistance activities provided in collective and private residences
    • psychosocial assistance to people with psychic disorders, mental disability and chemical dependency
    • child education - day care




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