Exceptional dentist - Salary and Career
Dental Surgeons

Exceptional 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 Exceptional dentist earn

A Exceptional dentist earns between $1.986 and $7.611 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.635 and a median salary of $3.200 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 237 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Exceptional dentist

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 3.635 43.621 909 21
1º Quartile 1.986 23.828 496 12
Median Salary 3.200 38.400 800 19
3º Quartile 5.805 69.654 1.451 34
Higher Salary 7.611 91.333 1.903 45


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 Exceptional dentist

Dental Surgeons must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire Exceptional dentist the most in the job market

    • dental activity with resources for performing surgical procedures
    • hospital care activities
    • health management support activities
    • cleaning activities
    • activities of associations for the defense of social rights
    • service activities in emergency room and hospital units for emergency care
    • outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
    • regulation of health, education, cultural services and other social services activities
    • outpatient medical activity with resources for performing complementary exams
    • other human health care activities




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