Dental surgeon - radiologist - Salary and Career
Dental Surgeons

Dental surgeon - radiologist - 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 - radiologist earn

A Dental surgeon - radiologist earns between $1.253 and $5.879 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.883 and a median salary of $3.138 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 12 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Dental surgeon - radiologist

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.883 34.590 721 18
1º Quartile 1.253 15.031 313 8
Median Salary 3.138 37.651 784 20
3º Quartile 4.484 53.807 1.121 28
Higher Salary 5.879 70.554 1.470 37


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 - radiologist

Dental Surgeons must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire Dental surgeon - radiologist the most in the job market

    • diagnostic imaging services using ionizing radiation
    • dental activity with resources for performing surgical procedures
    • higher education - undergraduate and postgraduate




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