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SOC 29-1021 · O*NET 29-1021.00
Dentists, General (O*NET-SOC 29-1021.00) are licensed physicians responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of oral disease: they assess teeth, gums and related oral structures through consultation, history taking and intraoral and imaging examination, form a diagnosis and develop a treatment plan, perform anesthesia, fillings and restorations, root canal treatment, extractions and periodontal treatment and similar procedures under protection and isolation, prescribe medication and commission the laboratory to fabricate restorations when necessary, and also carry out oral health education, recalls and follow-up and practice management; the outputs are diagnostic conclusions, treatment plans and informed consent, procedure and medication records, medical records and follow-up arrangements, and restoration prescriptions sent to the laboratory for execution. U.S. basis: in this occupation's May 2025 wage data the median annual wage is 170,950 USD (median hourly wage 82.19 USD) and the annual percentiles are 86,250／125,710／170,950／224,040／319,630 USD; the BLS Occupational Outlook publishes about 161,400 positions for the Dentists broad group in 2025 (of which the general dentist subcategory is about 141,900), a projected increase of 6% in 2025—2035 and about 4,800 openings per year on average including replacement needs; a licence in the relevant state is required. Mainland China basis: this is based on the physician qualification examination and practice registration system established by the Physicians Law, and the licensed physician examination may be taken through a relevant medical bachelor's degree plus one year of practice, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus the assistant licensed physician practice certificate and two years of practice; the dental category and historical transitions require verification of the registration rules, and the practical skills and comprehensive medical examinations must be passed and registration completed; an individual establishing a dental practice must have five years of practice after registration and file under the Interim Measures for the Administration of Clinic Filing; the National Bureau of Statistics 2025 wage release in this round did not provide a figure listed separately for this occupation, and this page retains the gap as it stands.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+25+0)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
The work is mainly in a dental surgery, mostly in a controlled indoor environment, with long periods of sitting combined with standing to operate, facing patients' mouths at close range and contact with body fluids such as blood and saliva, aerosols, disinfectants and dental radiation; it requires steady fine hand work and chairside rhythm; units differ clearly (individual practices, chain organizations, dental departments of general hospitals, public dental specialty hospitals, teaching hospitals) in professional division of labor, scheduling, billing model and quality management system, and the income structure also differs between independent and employed practice.Needs caution: if it is hard to hold the same posture and steady hands for long periods, if one is sensitive to the smell of blood, saliva and disinfectants, if one is unwilling to verify and write records repeatedly, if one prefers quick results and does not accept rechecks and follow-up, or if one is unwilling to ask a supervising physician for help when beyond one's own ability and registration scope, the actual work will not match expectations.
Similar adjacent job titles do not mean the same authority: distinguish the dental assistant's chairside assistance and instrument handling, the dental hygienist's licensed examination and scaling, specialty dentists such as orthodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and prosthodontists, the dental laboratory technician's prescription-based fabrication of restorations, and optometry occupations such as opticians; whether one can diagnose independently, prescribe, perform surgery or sign informed consent depends on the jurisdictional licence, registration scope and unit authorization.
Dentists, General (O*NET-SOC 29-1021.00) are licensed physicians responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of oral disease: they assess teeth, gums and related structures through consultation, intraoral examination and imaging, develop treatment plans and obtain informed consent, perform anesthesia, fillings and restorations, root canal treatment, extractions and periodontal treatment and similar procedures under protection and isolation, prescribe medication and commission the laboratory to fabricate restorations when necessary, and also carry out preventive education, recalls and follow-up and practice management; in the United States a state licence is required, and in mainland China the dental category physician qualification examination must be passed and practice registration completed.
Career direction comparison
The table below compares general practice, specialty deepening, management and teaching and adjacent positions in terms of objects, outputs and selection conditions. Tasks may partially overlap, but the full licence authority, educational path or statistics of adjacent occupations cannot be applied directly to general dentists.
| Career direction | Core work and outputs | Key differences | Which choice is a better fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direction one within the occupation: comprehensive general practice (examination, fillings and restorations, root canal, extractions, prevention and education) | Form a diagnosis through consultation and intraoral and imaging examination, perform anesthesia, fillings and restorations, root canal treatment, simple extractions and preventive procedures, educate patients and arrange recalls. | Compared with the specialty direction, it covers a broader range of conditions but with less depth in any single condition, and requires independently completing diagnosis and treatment of common conditions and being accountable for the outcome; compared with adjacent occupations, this direction includes the authority to diagnose, prescribe and perform invasive procedures. |
AI's impact on the occupation
2025 U.S. recruitment contained 4 terms, with Dentrix4% and Office, eClinicalWorks EHR and Excel each below 1%; recruitment wording is not actual adoption or GenAI efficiency gains, and not listing scanning or CAD does not prove they are not used. The OOH descriptions of imaging, lasers and digital scanning do not provide generative AI effects. AI Impact Score 25% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+25+0)/3+0.5)=25; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Mainland China salary reference
Mainland China salary basis
Official and institutional materials for mainland China
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese dental physician occupational wage or quote distribution was obtained in this round. The NBS2025 health and social work non-private 146266 and private 75631 average annual pre-tax figures match only the industry background of actual medical legal-entity units and cover multiple occupations; urban legal entities with 5 or more persons, excluding self-employed and freelance workers, and non-private not state-owned only, so they do not substitute for this occupation's wage or an individual quote.
Insufficient evidence: Chinese dental physician occupational wages were not obtained; health and social work non-private 146266 and private 75631 are only industry backgroundInsufficient evidence: no Chinese dental physician occupational wage or quote distribution was obtained in this round. The NBS2025 health and social work non-private 146266 and private 75631 average annual pre-tax figures match only the industry background of actual medical legal-entity units and cover multiple occupations; urban legal entities with 5 or more persons, excluding self-employed and freelance workers, and non-private not state-owned only, so they do not substitute for this occupation's wage or an individual quote.
U.S. salary reference
2025 own annual quintiles 86250/125710/170950/224040/319630 USD, hourly 41.47/60.44/82.19/107.71/153.67; direct official annual values, not self-annualized. The combined median 176110 is a separate scope; OEWS covers all part-time and full-time employees on straight-time gross pay, excluding the self-employed, including piece rates, commissions and production bonuses and excluding overtime premium and shift differentials, and is not an individual's full-year take-home pay or experience level. Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation.
| Wage position | Annual wage reference | Boundaries between annual values and individual receipts | How to understand this position |
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| Lower wage position | 86250 USD per year; 41.47 USD per hour (2025 10th percentile, not starting pay) | Cannot be annualized at fixed hours |
Occupational fit guide
Editorially observe the experience of repeated hand work, close-range communication and protection, and do not judge clinical ability from personality or body type. 57 context items: 100% a great deal of decision freedom, 99% continuous contact, 98% daily face-to-face and accuracy extremely important and routine PPE daily, 88% daily infection contact and close physical contact, 89% continuous hand movement, 91% daily indoors in a controlled environment that is not temperature controlled; 82% teamwork extremely important and 72% consequences of errors very serious, which are not actual accident rates. A typical week is 62% less than 40 hours and 38% exactly 40; 85% regular and 15% irregular, which does not mean there are no evenings or weekends. Sitting 50% continuously, 25% more than half the time and 20% half the time; bending or twisting 54% continuously and 31% more than half the time; repetitive motions 60% continuously and 31% more than half the time; standing 56% less than half the time, 23% half the time and 14% never. Daily radiation 54, contamination 61, noise 53 and time pressure 31, with dedicated PPE20% daily and 71% never; frequencies are not dose, illness or injury rates, or the distribution in China.Low-cost verification: complete the check for the two blank fields and the identity and three status conflicts in the entry case D-02, correct it against the reference delivery and record patience and errors; the exercise only observes documentation verification preferences and does not prove diagnostic or procedural ability or clinical fit.
Worth exploring further： Editorially observe the experience of repeated hand work, close-range communication and protection, and do not judge clinical ability from personality or body type. 57 context items: 100% a great deal of decision freedom, 99% continuous contact, 98% daily face-to-face and accuracy extremely important and routine PPE daily, 88% daily infection contact and close physical contact, 89% continuous hand movement, 91% daily indoors in a controlled environment that is not temperature controlled; 82% teamwork extremely important and 72% consequences of errors very serious, which are not actual accident rates. A typical week is 62% less than 40 hours and 38% exactly 40; 85% regular and 15% irregular, which does not mean there are no evenings or weekends. Sitting 50% continuously, 25% more than half the time and 20% half the time; bending or twisting 54% continuously and 31% more than half the time; repetitive motions 60% continuously and 31% more than half the time; standing 56% less than half the time, 23% half the time and 14% never. Daily radiation 54, contamination 61, noise 53 and time pressure 31, with dedicated PPE20% daily and 71% never; frequencies are not dose, illness or injury rates, or the distribution in China.
Work pressure, risks and occupational boundaries
Editorially verify practice scope, the infection control and radiation protection of actual tasks, actual pay and cost arrangements, and medical document and patient information protection; whether these four are fixed main causes or risk rates for all positions was not verified. Independent and employed positions are verified against the specific business, scheduling, cases and policies, and it is not claimed broadly which type is more affected.
The editorial risk scenarios are not measured incidence rates; O*NET supports context frequencies, and the Physicians Law, the official clinic measures, radiation provisions and WS842/PIPL support their respective Chinese scopes, and employment projections or the voluntary NIST framework are not used as mandatory medical provisions.
Typical scenarios：Editorial scenario: when patient record models and images flow between institutions or tools, the lawful basis and necessity and protection must be verified for each purpose, and it should not be written uniformly that anything without consent is unlawful. Identifiable medical and health data are sensitive information, requiring specific purpose, adequacy and necessity, strict protection, applicable notice and prior impact assessment; the consent basis follows separate consent conditions, and because article 13 has other lawful bases consent is not always the only basis. De-identification is not anonymization, and a unit account does not authorize transmitting patient data to external AI.
Entry, certification and career development
How to move from training to real clinical practice: first complete dental medicine education, systematically learning basic medicine, oral anatomy and tissues, materials and infection control, then encounter real cases through clinical observation and placement; in mainland China the dental category physician qualification examination must be passed and practice registration completed, and in the United States an accredited dental programme must be completed and the corresponding examination passed to obtain a state licence.
Career outlook and transfer to related occupations
Market signal note: this page separates verified official statistics, employer recruitment signals and editorial summaries. Employment and wages use official bases; employer technology keywords and recruitment conditions serve only as market signals and do not represent national demand or a hiring standard.O*NET education 62% doctoral and 38% post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or a list of licences in every state; a group level above Zone5/SVP8 does not prove that all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The BLS own typical classification of doctoral or professional degree, related experience and on-the-job training None is a category, not an exemption from professional training. OOH notes most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and a state examination, with pathways differing by state; general dentists do not need additional specialty training after dental school, and specialties usually take 2—4 years, with oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, which is not applied to everyone. Complete conditions were not verified state by state in this round, and licensure is not a guarantee of employer hiring.
Assess teeth, gums and related structures through consultation and history taking and intraoral and imaging examination, form a diagnosis and develop a treatment plan; perform anesthesia, fillings and restorations, root canal treatment, extractions and periodontal treatment and similar procedures under protection and isolation, prescribe medication and commission the laboratory to fabricate restorations when necessary, and also carry out preventive education, recalls and follow-up and practice management.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
Decision center: whether, with the patient's chief complaint and general condition, imaging and examination findings, treatment plans and alternatives, four-handed operation and infection control, and appointment and billing processes all applying at the same time, one can turn consultation and examination, diagnosis and planning, procedures and records, and follow-up and referral into a genuine, traceable and compliant care loop; the focus is not on “getting the tooth filled” but on making every procedure evidence-based, reviewable and accountable to the patient.Inputs that must be verified: chief complaint and history (including systemic disease, medication and allergy history), intraoral and imaging findings, treatment plans and alternatives, informed consent, infection control and radiation protection requirements, instrument and material information, and medical and follow-up records. What must not be done: do not provide care without practice qualification or beyond registration scope, do not operate on experience when diagnostic evidence is insufficient, do not omit informed consent and medical records, and do not omit instrument sterilization and personal protection procedures.
Worth trying first: willing to maintain fine hand work and concentration for long periods, able to accept repeated verification and infection control procedures, willing to follow standards and guidelines rather than skipping steps based on experience, interested in image interpretation, anatomy and materials, able to communicate with anxious or pained patients, and able to record complications and follow-up results faithfully.Fit judgments should combine clinical mentoring observation, case review and patient follow-up feedback, and are not replaced by an interest type or a single test; manual dexterity, spatial and image interpretation ability, and the willingness to bear the pressure of treatment risk and complications must be confirmed in real training and feedback.
Low-risk verification: do a fictitious record check for the entry case D-02, list two blank fields, and check identity and three status conflicts, review against the reference answers and compile the four portfolio pieces; no real patient information is used, and no diagnosis or procedure is performed.All paper exercises on this page use fictitious materials; real patient examination and procedures, anesthesia and prescribing, radiological examination and surgery, and medical record and privacy handling are carried out by licensed and registered physicians under the applicable jurisdictional regulations (such as mainland China's Physicians Law and the practice requirements for the dental category, and U.S. state licence requirements) and unit policies.
O*NET own 21 tasks: 19 core, 1 supplementary, 1 New: protection, anesthesia, examination, diagnosis and treatment planning, instrument operation, and designing, fabricating, fitting restorations or prescribing them to the laboratory, patient education, administrative and insurance management and demand trends, surgery, medication, fluoride application, root canal treatment and health programmes are core; educational materials are supplementary, and implant placement and restoration are New with importance NA, not 0. The task list does not represent every person or a uniform licence in China.
Diagnostic conclusions, problem list and treatment plan
Completed procedures, prescriptions and procedure records
The work objects of general dentists are the patients who come for care together with their chief complaints, medical history and intraoral and imaging findings; the outputs are diagnostic conclusions, treatment plans and informed consent, procedure records and medical records, follow-up and referral arrangements, and the prescriptions and specifications sent to the laboratory for restoration fabrication; the basis for treatment is dental medicine guidelines and standards, infection control and radiation protection requirements, drug and material instructions, and the unit's clinical policies, not the occupational title. This table compares general dentists with adjacent occupations item by item across seven dimensions: core purpose, main objects and basis, core process, main outputs, responsible party, collaboration and supervision, and conclusion boundaries: these positions are all on the oral and related medical work chain, but the objects (diagnosis and treatment of oral disease, licensed examination and scaling, chairside assistance, correction of malocclusion, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and prescription-based restoration fabrication) and the final clinical responsibility do not shift just because the positions are adjacent. The U.S. occupational code on this page is 29-1021.00 (Dentists, General), which together with orthodontists (29-1023.00), oral and maxillofacial surgeons (29-1022.00) and prosthodontists (29-1024.00) belongs to the official Dentists broad group; when comparing, verify the actual scope of care, workplace and signing or release responsibility item by item.
| Dimension | Main directions | Directions compared |
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| Core purpose | Examine, diagnose and treat diseases and malformations of the teeth, gums and related oral structures, develop and implement treatment plans, and take responsibility for clinical outcomes and patient safety. | Core purposes of adjacent positions: dental hygienists perform oral examination, scaling and preventive procedures under their licence; dental assistants provide chairside assistance and instrument handling under a dentist's direction; orthodontists diagnose and correct malocclusion; oral and maxillofacial surgeons perform surgery of the oral and maxillofacial region; dental laboratory technicians fabricate restorations in the laboratory according to prescriptions; optometrists handle visual examination and prescribing. |
| Main objects and basis | The objects are the patient's symptoms and history, intraoral and imaging findings, and the endodontic and periodontal problems requiring treatment; the basis is dental medicine guidelines and standards, infection control and radiation protection requirements, drug and material instructions, and the unit's clinical policies. | Objects and basis of adjacent positions: dental hygienists focus on periodontal and gingival conditions (oral prevention and periodontal care standards and state licensure); dental assistants focus on the patient's mouth and the treatment process (clinical standards and infection control requirements); orthodontists focus on dentofacial malocclusion and growth (orthodontic standards); oral and maxillofacial surgeons focus on maxillofacial disease and trauma (surgical standards and surgical authorization); dental laboratory technicians focus on work orders and impression or scan data (prosthetics process requirements and quality standards); optometrists focus on visual function and refractive status (optometry standards and state licensure). |
| Core process | Consultation and examination → imaging and pulpal and periodontal assessment → diagnosis and treatment plan → informed consent → performing procedures under anesthesia and isolation → records and prescriptions → recall, education and referral. |
Form a diagnosis from the chief complaint, history and examination findings, identify contraindications and risks, and add examinations or refer when necessary, without drawing conclusions from impressions.
Explain the treatment plan and alternatives, risks and prognosis to the patient and obtain informed consent, and record the medical history and the basis for procedures completely.
Perform anesthesia, fillings, root canal treatment, extractions and periodontal treatment and similar procedures under protection and isolation, prescribing medication and commissioning restoration fabrication when necessary.
Carry out instrument sterilization, single-use item management and radiation protection according to standards, and segregate and dispose of medical waste as required.
Implement recalls and follow-up, manage complications, refer or consult according to the process when beyond one's registration scope or ability, and report errors and adverse events truthfully.
Collaborate with dental hygienists, dental assistants, the laboratory and specialty dentists according to responsibilities, and communicate treatment plans, timelines and risks truthfully.
The first three items explain diagnostic evidence, history completeness and the boundaries of practice ability; the following items distinguish the mainland China qualification and registration system from U.S. occupational statistics, and the general dentist subcategory from the broad dentists wage and employment bases, and explain the work environment and the management responsibility of independent practice. Formal entry conditions are described in the training and qualification notes below.
Check two: whether examination and imaging support the diagnosis — whether clinical examination, pulpal and periodontal examination and imaging findings are consistent with each other; when evidence is insufficient, add examinations or recommend referral, and do not begin irreversible procedures on insufficient evidence.
Check one: whether the chief complaint and history are complete — whether systemic disease, medication history, allergy history and previous oral treatment are all asked about; missing items must be pursued or handled through the unit's specified process, without drawing conclusions from impressions.
| If you want to see patients independently as early as possible and are willing to take on the diagnostic judgment and communication for common conditions, you can start in the comprehensive general practice direction. |
| Direction two within the occupation: specialized care (endodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics, implants, paediatric dentistry and so on) | After completing the corresponding specialty training, concentrate on complex root canal treatment, periodontal surgery, fixed and removable prosthodontics, implant placement and restoration, or paediatric behaviour management and similar areas to handle difficult cases. | Compared with the general practice direction, the training period is longer and case complexity higher, usually requiring a referral network and cooperation; compared with independent specialties such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, the occupational code on this page is still a general dentist subcategory, and specialty scope and authorization follow the jurisdiction and certification. | If you are willing to invest in longer training and prefer handling difficult cases, you can set the specialized direction as a medium- to long-term goal. |
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| Direction three within the occupation: practice management, teaching and quality management | Practice management and teaching: arranging staff, procurement and record processes and managing institutional quality records; carrying out teaching, continuing study or research. Specific management posts, teaching qualifications and responsibilities are verified against the unit. | Compared with the other directions, the output shifts from individual cases to replicable processes, teams and quality records, with responsibility covering institutional compliance, personnel management and continuous quality improvement, requiring documentation and management skills. | If you are good at turning clinical experience into written procedures, mentoring others and getting them to follow through, you can move toward practice management, teaching or quality management. |
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| Adjacent occupations: dental hygienists (29-1292.00) and dental assistants (31-9091.00) | In the United States, dental hygienists examine and scale, provide preventive education and keep records according to state authority; dental assistants prepare patients, instruments and materials and assist with procedures, sterilization and documentation under a dentist's direction. Their respective authority is not equivalent to being an independent dentist. | Dental hygienists perform oral examination, scaling and preventive procedures under a state licence; dental assistants prepare and sterilize instruments, prepare patients, and assist and record during treatment under a dentist's direction; both work directly with patients' mouths but do not make diagnoses independently, whereas this occupation carries responsibility for diagnosis, treatment plans and invasive procedures, and the transferable common points are infection control, chairside collaboration and medical record standards. | If you would rather interact with patients directly without taking on diagnostic responsibility for now, compare these two directions; if independent diagnosis and treatment is the goal, you need to follow the dental professional education and practice registration path. |
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| Adjacent occupations: orthodontists (29-1023.00) and oral and maxillofacial surgeons (29-1022.00) | Orthodontists diagnose malocclusion and design, implement and adjust treatment; oral and maxillofacial surgeons assess and surgically manage oral and maxillofacial disease, trauma and so on, retaining surgical and follow-up records. The two are separate U.S. specialty codes. | Orthodontists specialise in the diagnosis and correction of malocclusion, and oral and maxillofacial surgeons specialise in the surgical treatment of maxillofacial disease and trauma; both have independent codes in O*NET-SOC and longer specialty training; this occupation usually handles the diagnosis and treatment of common oral disease and refers to them when needed, and the common points are the foundations of oral anatomy, image interpretation and infection control. | If you clearly want to do malocclusion correction or maxillofacial surgery, plan the education and training path for that specialty directly rather than waiting on the general dentist path. |
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| Adjacent occupations: dental laboratory technicians (51-9081.00) and optometrists (29-1041.00) | Dental laboratory technicians fabricate, repair and inspect restorations to prescription and keep quality records; U.S. optometrists (29-1041.00) examine the visual system, manage vision and eye care problems and prescribe corrective lenses, with drug authority depending on state law. | Dental laboratory technicians fabricate, repair and inspect restorations to prescription and specification, and cannot provide independent care on the basis of a technician qualification; U.S. optometrists (29-1041.00) examine the visual system, diagnose and treat vision and eye care problems and prescribe corrective lenses, with specific drug authority following state law. Their service recipients and qualifications differ from those of dentists. | If you prefer independent processing and inspection and do not want clinical responsibility, you can compare the laboratory direction; if you are more interested in optometry, you can look into the optometrist path. |
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Direction choice should depend on the tasks and responsibilities you are willing to take on long term, not on advertised “good prospects” or a single wage figure; the preparation levels and qualification requirements of specialties and adjacent occupations cannot be applied directly.
Moving into this occupation from an adjacent one requires first completing dental professional education and passing the dental category physician qualification examination and practice registration (mainland China) or obtaining a state licence (United States); clinical authority is not obtained through short-term job rotation.
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Editorial inference: in an approved environment, software can assist with organizing medical records and images, flagging the location of suspicious lesions, comparing treatment records or generating recall reminders; this is a description of technical capability, not adoption-rate or effect evidence for this occupation.
It can assist in generating imaging prompts, record summaries or draft patient education materials, but these must be checked item by item against the clinical examination, the original images and the standards before being used for care or disclosure.
Insufficient evidence: no equipment adoption rate, AI effect or replacement rate for this occupation was obtained. The BLS references to digital scanners, lasers and imaging equipment and the O*NET recruitment software keywords have been verified, and these indicators cannot be derived from them.
| Work direction | Tasks | Current changes | Human control points |
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| Consultation, examination and diagnosis | Take the chief complaint and history, perform intraoral and imaging examination, carry out pulpal and periodontal assessment and form a diagnosis and problem list. | Imaging and records can be assisted | Verify clinical findings against the original images and identify contraindications and differential diagnoses; the diagnostic conclusion is made by a qualified physician. |
| Treatment plan and informed consent | Develop a treatment plan and alternatives, explain risks, prognosis and costs to the patient and obtain informed consent. | Mainly communication and judgment | Treatment choice and disclosure of risk are decided by the physician together with the patient's wishes and general condition, and recorded in the medical record. |
| Anesthesia, isolation and invasive procedures | Administer local anesthesia, apply rubber dam isolation and use handpieces and hand instruments to complete fillings, root canal treatment, extractions and periodontal treatment and similar procedures. | Mainly technique and hand feel | Anesthetic dose, sequence of procedures and emergency management are controlled by the physician, who stops and manages or refers when abnormalities occur. |
| Imaging and digital restoration design | In O*NET, designing, fabricating and fitting restorations or giving fabrication instructions to the laboratory is core; OOH mentions the use of digital scanners, but the proportion of tasks in which chairside milling or additive fabrication is performed by all general dentists was not verified. | Editorial judgment: assisting with draft records may be considered, subject to item-by-item review | Verify patient and tooth position identifiers, seating and occlusal relations, and materials and parameters, and only proceed to the next step after confirmation. |
| Medication and prescribing | Prescribe antibacterial drugs or other medication according to indications and assess interactions and contraindications. | Mainly medical judgment | Prescribing authority, indications and medication safety are the responsibility of a qualified physician, and software suggestions do not replace judgment. |
| Infection control and radiation protection | Carry out instrument sterilization, single-use item management, personal protection and imaging protection according to standards, and dispose of medical waste as required. | Subject to standards | Sterilization parameters, protection practice and waste disposal are verified and documented by trained personnel according to policy. |
| Medical records, follow-up and practice management | Write and maintain medical records, arrange recalls and follow-up, handle billing and insurance claims, and take part in personnel and quality management. | Information organization can be assisted | Verify medical and procedure records, patient identity and billing items, confirm that records match the actual care and protect patient privacy. |
The five evidence cards below explain respectively: verifiable technical capability, the measurement method and limits of task-level exposure, occupational tasks and work context, the official explanation of employment change, and governance requirements when introducing automation.
Technical capability, actual adoption, job outcomes and replacement probability are four different questions; this page does not pass one off as another.
What AI mainly changesDigital imaging and electronic records have changed how records are kept and interpreted, but the core steps of consultation, physical examination, diagnosis and invasive procedures still rely mainly on physician judgment and technique.
Still the responsibility of peopleDiagnostic conclusions, treatment plans, informed consent and complication management are the responsibility of the licensed physician.
What AI mainly changesEditorial discussion: organizing specialty preoperative materials or presenting plans could explore digital assistance; this page did not obtain adoption ratios for three-dimensional reconstruction, navigation and digital design, so it cannot be claimed that specialties use them more.
Still the responsibility of peopleIndications, plans and risks of surgery and complex treatment are judged and signed by trained specialty physicians.
What AI mainly changesEditorial candidate for the management direction: appointments, medical records and quality records can be organized digitally, and no measurement showing improved process manageability was obtained; data responsibility is verified separately.
Still the responsibility of peoplePolicy development, anomaly handling, quality improvement and compliance decisions are the responsibility of the institution's head and quality staff.
High-risk failures include treating imaging software marks as a diagnostic conclusion, missing negative findings or lesions outside the field, confusing patients and tooth positions, using unchecked material or medication information, and writing a software suggestion as an approved clinical decision.
Verify patient identity and chief complaint, history and allergy history, clinical examination and original images, and confirm that the materials underlying the diagnosis are complete.
Confirm the applicable scope of the software and equipment, patient data permissions, parameters and versions, and whether the unit permits the use of the relevant tools at that step.
Return software or equipment output to the clinical examination, original images and clinical standards for item-by-item review, and do not replace diagnosis with interface prompts.
Record the diagnostic basis, treatment and medication, imaging and scan data, review conclusions and follow-up results to keep the care traceable.
Decide whether to proceed or refer according to practice scope and unit policy; pause and escalate when there is conflicting evidence, suspect data or a situation beyond one's ability.
Adopting a software mark directly may cause missed or erroneous diagnosis, especially outside the imaging field or with atypical presentations, affecting treatment timing and patient safety.
Control method:Treat prompts as clues rather than conclusions, go back to the clinical examination and original images for item-by-item review, and add examinations or consult a supervising physician or specialist when necessary.
Medical records, images and photographs involve patient information, and unauthorized access, disclosure or use for unauthorized purposes may violate privacy and legal requirements.
Control method:Identifiable medical and health data are sensitive information, requiring specific purpose, adequacy and necessity, strict protection, applicable notice and prior impact assessment; the consent basis follows separate consent conditions, and because article 13 has other lawful bases consent is not always the only basis. De-identification is not anonymization, and a unit account does not authorize transmitting patient data to external AI.
The editorial risk assumption is omitting information by not reviewing the clinical findings and original images; the causal claim that long-term automation weakens hand feel or sensitivity in this occupation was not verified in this round.
Control method:Retain the manual physical examination and image review steps, record deviations and track them at recall, and do not waive clinical judgment because equipment self-checks have passed.
When the diagnostic basis, medication and procedure process are not recorded, complications or disputes are hard to reproduce and trace, and responsibility is hard to define.
Control method:Write medical records and informed consent according to standards, record medication and procedures, imaging and follow-up, and keep traceable records corresponding to the patient.
Treating software suggestions or automatic prompts as a basis for diagnosis or prescribing may exceed practice scope and affect patient safety and professional responsibility.
Control method:Diagnostic and treatment decisions are always made by a qualified licensed physician; software output serves only as an assistance clue and not as a clinical conclusion.
First master the basics of oral anatomy and tissues, image interpretation, infection control and fine hand work, then learn clinical examination and the approach to diagnosing and treating common conditions; practise medical record writing and diagnostic reasoning with fictitious materials.
Bring imaging and software output into the existing diagnostic process, clarify which conclusions must be reviewed personally, and build the habit of data permissions, logs and medical record traceability.
Clarify the scope of use, permissions, logs and validation methods of assistance tools, define escalation paths for anomalies and clinical responsibility, and implement patient privacy and data security policies.
Include real task situations of image interpretation, diagnostic reasoning and complication management in courses, explain that task exposure does not equal job replacement, and avoid teaching software operation only.
Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation. Tasks and clinical responsibility cannot prove that replacement is absolutely impossible or give a replacement date; task adoption and net effects were not verified in this round.
Source:O*NET current complete profile of general dentists 29-1021.00Original materials ↗
The ILO abstract read in this round did not verify the precise mapping or score between this occupation and its ISCO subcategory, so it is not claimed that the full text has no score for this occupation or that all scales are absent.
Source:O*NET general dentist 2025 recruitment technical termsOriginal materials ↗
Distinguish by function: digital capture, design or automated processing does not by itself prove the use of generative AI; the specific equipment and software must be examined. This page has verified the BLS references to digital scanning and imaging tools, and does not judge AI adoption rates or medical effects from names.
Source:O*NET current complete profile of general dentists 29-1021.00Original materials ↗
If the unit has no explicit data permission, logging, validation, training and anomaly escalation processes, personal trials should not be treated as formal adoption.
Source:O*NET current complete profile of general dentists 29-1021.00Original materials ↗
Editorial suggestion: organizing existing record information, archiving, recall reminders and draft education texts can be explored, but permissions, outputs and versions must be verified; this page has no effect data for these assistance scenarios. Diagnosis, anesthesia, prescribing, invasive procedures, informed consent and referral cannot be decided directly by general automatically generated content.
Source:BLS OOH dentists combined scope and general dentist detailOriginal materials ↗
Editorially, first verify the functions the unit permits, the lawful basis for data, the validated version and staff responsibilities; NIST is a voluntary framework, and specific legal obligations follow the actual jurisdiction. Identifiable medical and health data are sensitive information, requiring specific purpose, adequacy and necessity, strict protection, applicable notice and prior impact assessment; the consent basis follows separate consent conditions, and because article 13 has other lawful bases consent is not always the only basis. De-identification is not anonymization, and a unit account does not authorize transmitting patient data to external AI.
Source:NIST AI RMF official framework descriptionOriginal materials ↗
O*NET education 62% doctoral and 38% post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or a list of licences in every state; a group level above Zone5/SVP8 does not prove that all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The BLS own typical classification of doctoral or professional degree, related experience and on-the-job training None is a category, not an exemption from professional training. OOH notes most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and a state examination, with pathways differing by state; general dentists do not need additional specialty training after dental school, and specialties usually take 2—4 years, with oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, which is not applied to everyone. Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives.
Source:BLS OOH dentists combined scope and general dentist detailOriginal materials ↗
The impact of technology change on jobs requires task-level evidence; industry discussion, equipment demonstrations or software marketing cannot directly imply changes in employment counts.
Insufficient evidence: no Chinese dental physician occupational wage or quote distribution was obtained in this round. The NBS2025 health and social work non-private 146266 and private 75631 average annual pre-tax figures match only the industry background of actual medical legal-entity units and cover multiple occupations; urban legal entities with 5 or more persons, excluding self-employed and freelance workers, and non-private not state-owned only, so they do not substitute for this occupation's wage or an individual quote.
Statistical basis status
| Position or scope | Pay and disclosure situation | Scope of application and gaps |
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| Typical education level (practice qualification pathway) | Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. The 2014 original text lists historical branches for five-year dental bachelor's degrees and postgraduate or junior college pathways, and qualifications in medical technology or nursing are not a basis for applying. The original Fujian display page is marked as no longer effective, yet the existing NMEC FAQ/2026 Huainan announcement still cites that version, so a single page cannot be used to declare nationwide repeal or to claim that all sections are currently effective; individuals verify the specialty, practice certification and first registration records against the target test centre for the year. The 2026 Huainan notice specifies an interval of 24 months from assistant registration to the comprehensive medical examination for the junior college pathway and 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway; these are local requirements for that year, not all national conditions. | Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. |
| Physician qualification examination (dental category) | Consists of the practical skills examination and the comprehensive medical examination; after obtaining qualification, practice registration must be applied for before practising. | The 2014 original text lists historical branches for five-year dental bachelor's degrees and postgraduate or junior college pathways, and qualifications in medical technology or nursing are not a basis for applying. The original Fujian display page is marked as no longer effective, yet the existing NMEC FAQ/2026 Huainan announcement still cites that version, so a single page cannot be used to declare nationwide repeal or to claim that all sections are currently effective; individuals verify the specialty, practice certification and first registration records against the target test centre for the year. The 2026 Huainan notice specifies an interval of 24 months from assistant registration to the comprehensive medical examination for the junior college pathway and 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway; these are local requirements for that year, not all national conditions. |
| Institutional establishment (individual dental practice) | The official 2022 clinic measures were actually read: an individual establishing a practice must have 5 years of practice at a medical institution after registration, county-level filing and a certificate and public disclosure of filed subjects and personnel; the five years is a condition for individuals establishing a practice, not an entry requirement for all employed physicians, and institutional filing is not individual registration or radiation licensing, with time limits counted in working days and not treated as the whole processing schedule. | The official 2022 clinic measures were actually read: an individual establishing a practice must have 5 years of practice at a medical institution after registration, county-level filing and a certificate and public disclosure of filed subjects and personnel; the five years is a condition for individuals establishing a practice, not an entry requirement for all employed physicians, and institutional filing is not individual registration or radiation licensing, with time limits counted in working days and not treated as the whole processing schedule. Radiation institutional licensing and subjects, professional personnel, radiation worker training, health checks and work permits, and dose records are verified separately, and a work permit is not sufficient authorization for independent operation; exposure needs a clear purpose and must follow justification and optimization, and is not repeated automatically for archiving materials. |
| National occupation-level wage distribution | This round did not obtain a verifiable occupation-level wage statistic; an industry average or recruitment quote is not used as a substitute. | The NBS2025 health and social work non-private 146266 and private 75631 average annual pre-tax figures match only the industry background of actual medical legal-entity units and cover multiple occupations; urban legal entities with 5 or more persons, excluding self-employed and freelance workers, and non-private not state-owned only, so they do not substitute for this occupation's wage or an individual quote. Occupational wages remain a gap, and no Chinese median is estimated or exchanged with the U.S. figure. |
Note: not obtaining an occupation-specific figure does not mean the official source has never published one; this page records only the actual scope and results of what was consulted, and does not fill in with U.S. data, industry averages or non-transparent quote samples.
Editorial verification recommendation: confirm fixed salary, performance pay, commission and settlement rules with the target dental practice, hospital or chain organization; verify self-employed business income and employed wages separately. Without contracts and position samples, do not judge which pay method is more common.
Editorially compare the actual scope of the position, hours, pay and sharing of material and equipment costs; this round did not verify the size of the income effect of these factors or the recruitment frequency, so it is not claimed that they all affect income significantly.
Editorial verification questions: how does the target unit arrange appointments, recalls, and evening and weekend clinics? Actual hours, pay and cost sharing must be checked against that position's contract and records; this page has no sample of seasonal patient flow or income stability across institutions.
Insufficient evidence: no data were obtained on how the wages of licensed dental physicians in mainland China change with AI use. Tools may change some records and division of labor, but the National Bureau of Statistics 2025 industry wage release cannot demonstrate that effect, and this page does not estimate an AI income effect.
| National median wage | 170950 USD per year; 82.19 USD per hour (2025 median) | Does not equal fixed monthly income | The median represents the midpoint of the distribution: half of the practitioners under that basis are below it and half above it; it is not an average starting wage, nor does it mean that entrants reach it. |
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| Higher wage position | 319630 USD per year; 153.67 USD per hour (2025 90th percentile, not a skill grade) | Does not mean sustained high income throughout the year | Insufficient evidence: no data were obtained on this occupation's individual hours, taxes and pay structure, so take-home income cannot be estimated (United States, May 2025). OEWS pre-tax wages include piece rates, commissions and production bonuses, and exclude overtime premium, non-production bonuses and employer benefit costs; self-employed income is outside the survey coverage. |
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Salary · 10th percentile：86250 USD per year; 41.47 USD per hour (2025 10th percentile, not starting pay)；The low end of the distribution in this subcategory's May 2025 wage data, a statistical position and not entry starting pay.
Salary · 25th percentile：125,710 USD per year；The lower quartile of this subcategory's May 2025 wage data.
Salary · median：170950 USD per year; 82.19 USD per hour (2025 median)；The midpoint of this subcategory's May 2025 wage data: half of practitioners below and half above this value.
Salary · 75th percentile：224,040 USD per year；The upper quartile of this subcategory's May 2025 wage data.
Salary · 90th percentile：319630 USD per year; 153.67 USD per hour (2025 90th percentile, not a skill grade)；The 90th percentile is a statistical position in employed wages； it does not prove a correspondence with independent practice, specialty or seniority.
Insufficient evidence: no wage median broken down by state or region for this occupation was obtained (United States, May 2025 wage data period). Regional figures must be queried on the O*NET local wage page by area and period and cannot be treated as a personal quote. Wage statistics and occupational profiles serve different purposes: OEWS is used for wages, O*NET for tasks, work context and preparation levels, and the period of the employment projection follows what the source states.
O*NET own health and social work 85%, with the remaining 15 an editorial difference and not the self-employed share. OOH broad dentists: dental offices 78, self-employed 12, government excluding state and local education and hospitals 2, outpatient care 2 and physicians' offices 2%, with the remaining 4 an editorial difference rather than an official other category; the combined employment distribution is not the own figure. Combined industry medians are government 219750, outpatient care 195330, dental offices 173760 and physicians' offices 172980 USD, which are not general dentists' own industry wages.
Wage percentiles are positions in the employed wage distribution, not skill, seniority or specialty grade. The sources did not study the causal correspondence between high and low percentiles and experience, employer or region; OEWS does not cover the self-employed, so independent business profit cannot be used to explain a high percentile.
Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation.
| Work environment | Employment share (Dentists broad group basis) | How to understand |
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| Offices of dentists｜about 78% | Offices of dentists｜about 78% (2025 broad group, not own) | About 78% of BLS Dentists broad group employment in 2025 was in dental offices; this is a share of the broad group count, no such share is given separately for the general dentist subcategory, and it is not a wage figure. |
| Self-employed workers｜about 12% | Self-employed｜about 12% (2025 broad group, not own) | Self-employed workers: about 12% in 2025, reflecting that a considerable share of dentists practise independently or in partnership; the income of the self-employed must have business costs deducted and is on a different basis from the fixed wages of employees. |
| Government (excluding state and local education and hospitals)｜about 2% | Government excluding state and local education and hospitals｜about 2% (2025 broad group, not own) | Government (excluding state and local education and hospitals) and outpatient care centres: about 2% each, and physicians' offices about 2%; the scheduling, patient population and compensation structure of public and outpatient positions may differ from individual practices. |
| Other work settings (outpatient care centres and physicians' offices, per the original basis) | Outpatient care and physicians' offices each 2% of broad-group employment; it cannot be written that all statistics exclude the self-employed | O*NET own health and social work 85%, with the remaining 15 an editorial difference and not the self-employed share. OOH broad dentists: dental offices 78, self-employed 12, government excluding state and local education and hospitals 2, outpatient care 2 and physicians' offices 2%, with the remaining 4 an editorial difference rather than an official other category; the combined employment distribution is not the own figure. Combined industry medians are government 219750, outpatient care 195330, dental offices 173760 and physicians' offices 172980 USD, which are not general dentists' own industry wages. |
OEWS employed wages include base pay, piece rates, commissions and production bonuses, and exclude overtime premium, non-production bonuses and benefit costs; the self-employed are not covered. Individual taxes, hours and business income and expenses are verified separately, and take-home income cannot be derived from national percentiles.
Differences in scope of responsibility, specialty and hours do not directly explain an individual's wage percentile; the OOH broad group lists wage differences by location, hours, specialty and years, and the causal magnitude for each direction of this occupation was not verified.
Editorially compare actual hours and contract composition in the same region; the combined industry medians are not general dentists' own values for each industry, and whether the chain or public-sector label causes income differences was not verified.
The scale of the general dentist subcategory within the 2025 Dentists broad group employment distribution； the covered population is not exactly the same as in the wage statistics.
Own ten-year change of 5.7% and a net 8100； the combined 5.6% and the OOH rounded 6% are listed separately
Own 4200 per year on average, including growth and replacement, not a net addition or an individual hiring probability
First check real-world conditions： Editorially observe the experience of repeated hand work, close-range communication and protection, and do not judge clinical ability from personality or body type. 57 context items: 100% a great deal of decision freedom, 99% continuous contact, 98% daily face-to-face and accuracy extremely important and routine PPE daily, 88% daily infection contact and close physical contact, 89% continuous hand movement, 91% daily indoors in a controlled environment that is not temperature controlled; 82% teamwork extremely important and 72% consequences of errors very serious, which are not actual accident rates. A typical week is 62% less than 40 hours and 38% exactly 40; 85% regular and 15% irregular, which does not mean there are no evenings or weekends. Sitting 50% continuously, 25% more than half the time and 20% half the time; bending or twisting 54% continuously and 31% more than half the time; repetitive motions 60% continuously and 31% more than half the time; standing 56% less than half the time, 23% half the time and 14% never. Daily radiation 54, contamination 61, noise 53 and time pressure 31, with dedicated PPE20% daily and 71% never; frequencies are not dose, illness or injury rates, or the distribution in China.
First try a small experience： Low-cost verification: complete the check for the two blank fields and the identity and three status conflicts in the entry case D-02, correct it against the reference delivery and record patience and errors; the exercise only observes documentation verification preferences and does not prove diagnostic or procedural ability or clinical fit.
How much does my interest type overlap with IRS?
21 styles on Impact: attention to detail 100, dependability 88, carefulness 80, integrity 76, self-control 75, empathy 69, achievement 68, stress tolerance 68, cooperation 66 and intellectual curiosity 66 and so on are not population percentages or personality validity. Interests I75R71S57C45E17A3/IRS are not ability or a hiring threshold. O*NET education 62% doctoral and 38% post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or a list of licences in every state; a group level above Zone5/SVP8 does not prove that all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The BLS own typical classification of doctoral or professional degree, related experience and on-the-job training None is a category, not an exemption from professional training. OOH notes most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and a state examination, with pathways differing by state; general dentists do not need additional specialty training after dental school, and specialties usually take 2—4 years, with oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, which is not applied to everyone.
Do not use it this way:Do not skip ability, education and licence verification just because the interest code matches.
What do conscientiousness and emotional stability mean for this occupation?
Insufficient evidence: this page did not obtain research on the correspondence between Big Five traits and performance or hiring in this occupation. The models can be used to describe one's own traits and to observe standard verification, recording and stress responses, but the observation suggestions should not be treated as measured correlations.
Do not use it this way:Do not treat personality test results as a basis for job matching or hiring; trait distributions only suggest work style preferences and do not predict job performance.
Understand my Big Five traitsDo you prefer making decisions independently or collaborating in a team?
100% a great deal of decision freedom does not equal legal independent licensure or the absence of a team; 99% continuous contact and 82% teamwork extremely important. The hiring validity of MBTI for this occupation was not verified, and jurisdictional task conditions are explained separately.
Do not use it this way:Do not judge from this that you are “unsuited to dealing with people”.
Understand my personality preferencesHow strong is your attitude toward standards and responsibility?
The Enneagram is a self-observation tool, not an occupational assessment. This occupation requires long-term compliance with clinical standards, infection control and informed consent requirements, and tolerance for rules and responsibility boundaries is one of the key aspects of the actual experience.
Do not use it this way:Do not use type labels to draw conclusions about yourself or others, and do not treat type as a basis for job matching or hiring.
Understand my motivation cuesHow important are spatial imagination and problem sensitivity?
The key abilities O*NET lists include finger dexterity, near vision, problem sensitivity and control precision; these abilities are used frequently in image interpretation, three-dimensional shape understanding, fine hand work and identifying abnormalities.
Do not use it this way:Cognitive tests cannot replace qualification review or clinical ability assessment. The dentist profile involves abilities such as manual dexterity and near vision, but a single score cannot be used to judge training potential or grant clinical authority.
Understand my cognitive performanceWhy are patience and communication also important?
OOH describes patience in communication as a quality, and O*NET98% daily face-to-face and 82% teamwork extremely important; editorially observe risk communication and anomaly escalation, and whether being more talkative better predicts hiring or performance was not verified.
Do not use it this way:Emotional and interpersonal requirements differ by unit and position; this page does not use them to judge whether an individual is suitable, nor as a diagnostic basis.
Understand my communication cuesBetter match:Interest in diagnosing and treating common oral disease and in long-term patient relationships; whether one can independently take responsibility for diagnosis and invasive procedures
Note:Equating the craft of “filling and extracting teeth” with the whole of clinical responsibility, while ignoring diagnosis, informed consent and follow-up
Better match:Interest in difficult cases and a particular professional field; whether one accepts longer specialty training and higher case complexity
Note:Handling cases beyond one's ability on one's own before completing the corresponding specialty training and certification
Better match:Interest in oral examination, scaling and preventive procedures; whether one can complete the state licensure path (United States)
Note:Confusing licensed examination and scaling with a dentist's diagnostic and prescribing authority
View related occupations:Dental hygienistsBetter match:Preference for chairside assistance and process support; whether one accepts working under a dentist's direction
Note:Confusing chairside assistance duties with independent clinical duties
View related occupations:Dental assistantsBetter match:Interest in models, processes and precision verification; whether one prefers independent fabrication rather than direct care
Note:Confusing restoration fabrication processes with clinical diagnosis and seating decisions
View related occupations:Dental laboratory techniciansBetter match:Interest in dentofacial malocclusion and growth; whether one can complete the corresponding specialty education and certification path
Note:Mistaking the scope of orthodontic treatment for routine work a general dentist can handle directly
View related occupations:OrthodontistsEditorial observation: when learning tooth positions, instruments, materials and clinical knowledge, can you verify against the medical record and checklist at the same time? This page does not compare the importance of memory and verification, and checklists cannot replace professional education.
Editorial observation: when facing feedback about a recall, rework or complication, are you willing to verify the records, accept mentoring and improve? This page has no research on how often this occurs or on personality and performance.
Being questioned does not directly prove unsuitability; first verify the specific records, communication and procedures through the unit's process and accept professional review, and do not infer what type of cause usually leads to complaints.
Low-cost verification: complete the check for the two blank fields and the identity and three status conflicts in the entry case D-02, correct it against the reference delivery and record patience and errors; the exercise only observes documentation verification preferences and does not prove diagnostic or procedural ability or clinical fit.
Dentists communicate face to face with patients and explain plans every day, but this does not mean one must be extroverted; what matters is whether one can explain risks and uncertainty clearly and proactively consult or refer when needed.
O*NET lists abilities such as fine manipulation and color vision. If there are related limitations, seek assessment according to the specific training programme, regulatory requirements and position tasks; the color vision thresholds of alternative directions were not verified, and suitability is not recommended to be inferred from the occupational title.
A typical week is 62% less than 40 hours and 38% exactly 40; 85% regular and 15% irregular, which does not mean there are no evenings or weekends. Sitting 50% continuously, 25% more than half the time and 20% half the time; bending or twisting 54% continuously and 31% more than half the time; repetitive motions 60% continuously and 31% more than half the time; standing 56% less than half the time, 23% half the time and 14% never. Daily radiation 54, contamination 61, noise 53 and time pressure 31, with dedicated PPE20% daily and 71% never; frequencies are not dose, illness or injury rates, or the distribution in China. OOH notes some evening and weekend work, and there is no Chinese hours sample in this round, so the target contract is verified separately.
Low-cost verification: complete the check for the two blank fields and the identity and three status conflicts in the entry case D-02, correct it against the reference delivery and record patience and errors; the exercise only observes documentation verification preferences and does not prove diagnostic or procedural ability or clinical fit.
No. O*NET interest codes and personality models describe preference distributions only, do not predict job performance and are not used for hiring; look at them together with real task experience, ability verification and licence requirements.
Low-cost verification: complete the check for the two blank fields and the identity and three status conflicts in the entry case D-02, correct it against the reference delivery and record patience and errors; the exercise only observes documentation verification preferences and does not prove diagnostic or procedural ability or clinical fit.
Main positions：Positions responsible for consultation, examination, image capture, medical record writing and practice management.
Possible consequences：May violate privacy and informed consent requirements, harming patient rights and institutional reputation and possibly triggering complaints or regulatory attention.
Reducing risk：Identifiable medical and health data are sensitive information, requiring specific purpose, adequacy and necessity, strict protection, applicable notice and prior impact assessment; the consent basis follows separate consent conditions, and because article 13 has other lawful bases consent is not always the only basis. De-identification is not anonymization, and a unit account does not authorize transmitting patient data to external AI.
Basis：Personal Information Protection Law: boundaries for patient and health data
Typical scenarios：Close-range procedures generate aerosols and splatter, fine hand work is maintained in the same posture for long periods, and protective equipment may be worn incorrectly, ventilation may be insufficient or radiation protection may not be implemented properly.
Main positions：Positions that consult, examine and perform invasive procedures at the chairside over the long term.
Possible consequences：The occupational health risks are an editorial note; a typical week is 62% less than 40 hours and 38% exactly 40; 85% regular and 15% irregular, which does not mean there are no evenings or weekends. Sitting 50% continuously, 25% more than half the time and 20% half the time; bending or twisting 54% continuously and 31% more than half the time; repetitive motions 60% continuously and 31% more than half the time; standing 56% less than half the time, 23% half the time and 14% never. Daily radiation 54, contamination 61, noise 53 and time pressure 31, with dedicated PPE20% daily and 71% never; frequencies are not dose, illness or injury rates, or the distribution in China. The disease incidence or long-term dose for this occupation was not verified, and frequencies cannot be used to diagnose an individual.
Reducing risk：Radiation institutional licensing and subjects, professional personnel, radiation worker training, health checks and work permits, and dose records are verified separately, and a work permit is not sufficient authorization for independent operation; exposure needs a clear purpose and must follow justification and optimization, and is not repeated automatically for archiving materials. WS/T842 takes effect from 2025-01-01, covering standard precautions and PPE according to the actual task, hand hygiene and gloves per patient, handling of single-use items and instruments including packaging, contamination and expiry, water lines, handover of impressions and restorations, and infection control for imaging equipment; it cites WS506 rather than replacing it, and the original page 412 of 506 was not read in this round.
Basis：O*NET current complete profile of general dentists 29-1021.00 · WS/T842 — 2024 original attachment of the infection management standard for dental clinics · Provisions on the Administration of Radiological Diagnosis and Treatment: institutional licensing and exposure boundaries · Official full text of the Measures for the Administration of Occupational Health of Radiation Workers
Typical scenarios：Patient volume, project mix and patient sources fluctuate, while premises, staff, materials and equipment costs are borne, or commission rules change with institutional policy.
Main positions：Independent or partnership practitioners, and employed physicians paid by project commission.
Possible consequences：Actual take-home income may differ considerably from an expected fixed salary, and business pressure and compliance costs also affect stability.
Reducing risk：Before seeking employment or starting independent practice, ask directly about the pay method, commission rules, cost sharing and off-season and peak-season conditions; verify scheduling, overtime and equipment investment, and assess income using actual patient volume and cost structure rather than a single quote.
Basis：BLS OOH dentists combined scope and general dentist detail
Typical scenarios：Providing care without practice qualification or completed registration, performing surgery or prescribing beyond registration scope, or establishing a practice without meeting conditions such as the required years of practice.
Main positions：Positions involving diagnosis, prescribing, anesthesia, surgery and establishing a practice.
Possible consequences：May violate practice and medical institution administration requirements, making the care unlawful and giving rise to corresponding liability.
Reducing risk：Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. The official 2022 clinic measures were actually read: an individual establishing a practice must have 5 years of practice at a medical institution after registration, county-level filing and a certificate and public disclosure of filed subjects and personnel; the five years is a condition for individuals establishing a practice, not an entry requirement for all employed physicians, and institutional filing is not individual registration or radiation licensing, with time limits counted in working days and not treated as the whole processing schedule. Radiation institutional licensing and subjects, professional personnel, radiation worker training, health checks and work permits, and dose records are verified separately, and a work permit is not sufficient authorization for independent operation; exposure needs a clear purpose and must follow justification and optimization, and is not repeated automatically for archiving materials.
Basis：Physicians Law 2021: current registration and the boundaries of assistant practice · Interim Measures for the Administration of Clinic Filing 2022 official full text · Provisions on the Administration of Radiological Diagnosis and Treatment: institutional licensing and exposure boundaries
Typical scenarios：When the diagnostic basis, plan and applicable informed consent, medication or complication management are not recorded according to standards, review, traceability and dispute handling may become harder; other valid evidence must still be checked. Physicians Law article 24 requires personal examination and timely completion of medical documents, and prohibits concealing, forging, altering or destroying them without authorization.
Main positions：Positions responsible for diagnosis, treatment, medication and follow-up.
Possible consequences：Follow-up and quality improvement lack a basis, doctor-patient disputes are harder to handle, and systemic risks are harder to identify.
Reducing risk：Physicians Law article 24 requires medical documents after personal examination and complete clinical records, and prohibits concealing, forging, altering or destroying them without authorization; article 25 separates informing the patient of the condition and measures from the explicit consent for special examinations, treatments or surgery and their risks and alternatives, and general-purpose tools must not be used to fabricate that a diagnosis was made or treatment performed.
Basis：Physicians Law 2021: current registration and the boundaries of assistant practice · Personal Information Protection Law: boundaries for patient and health data
Typical scenarios：Complications such as pain, infection or restoration discomfort appear after treatment, and the patient raises questions or complaints and requests management.
Main positions：Positions responsible for performing treatment, postoperative follow-up and patient communication.
Possible consequences：Rework, additional visits and loss of trust may occur, and problems in diagnosis, indications or the technical steps may also be exposed.
Reducing risk：First verify the medical and procedure records and determine whether the problem is in the indication, the technical details or postoperative care; explain truthfully to the patient and manage it according to standards or refer, record the process and follow-up outcome, and include it in case discussion and quality improvement when necessary.
Basis：Physicians Law 2021: current registration and the boundaries of assistant practice · O*NET current complete profile of general dentists 29-1021.00
O*NET education 62% doctoral and 38% post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or a list of licences in every state; the Zone5/SVP8 grouping, with SVP at that level or higher, does not prove that all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The BLS own typical classification of doctoral or professional degree, related experience and on-the-job training None is a category, not an exemption from professional training. OOH notes most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and a state examination, with pathways differing by state; general dentists do not need additional specialty training after dental school, and specialties usually take 2—4 years, with oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, which is not applied to everyone. Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. The 2014 original text lists historical branches for five-year dental bachelor's degrees and postgraduate or junior college pathways, and qualifications in medical technology or nursing are not a basis for applying. The original Fujian display page is marked as no longer effective, yet the existing NMEC FAQ/2026 Huainan announcement still cites that version, so a single page cannot be used to declare nationwide repeal or to claim that all sections are currently effective; individuals verify the specialty, practice certification and first registration records against the target test centre for the year. The 2026 Huainan notice specifies an interval of 24 months from assistant registration to the comprehensive medical examination for the junior college pathway and 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway; these are local requirements for that year, not all national conditions.Ability verification: the standard is whether one can independently complete a standard consultation and examination, form an evidence-based diagnosis and treatment plan, operate according to standards and truthfully write records and follow-up; before moving to the next stage there should be reviewable case records and feedback from a mentor or supervising physician.Boundary note: the stages and directions below are an editorially summarized capability development structure, not an industry-wide uniform grade table or a schedule guaranteeing promotion; qualification, registration scope and authorization requirements are verified against the target jurisdiction and unit.
Qualification boundaries: education, physician qualification and practice registration, specialty training and institutional filing are different categories and cannot substitute for each other; whether a specific position requires a given condition follows the recruitment announcement and unit rules.
| Entry directions | What you mainly do initially | Employer requirements and observation basis | How to prove it without experience | Differences from other directions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dental medicine clinical placement and observation | Under a supervising physician, take histories, write medical records, observe and assist with chairside procedures, and practise image interpretation and instrument passing. | Editorial observation suggestion: verify the specialty, qualification, authorization and mentoring conditions of the training programme or position announcement, and then look at standard records and collaboration; this page has no recruitment sample for that unit. | You can first submit the missing items, version conflicts and handover note for D-02, marked as editorial fiction; it cannot serve as proof of clinical procedures, diagnosis or mentoring experience. | Mainly learning and observation without making clinical decisions independently, which is the starting point for entering clinical practice. |
| Standardised residency or junior physician in a hospital dental department | Under a supervising physician, see common cases, take part in procedures and on-call duty, and gradually complete basic procedures independently. |
O*NET education 62% doctoral and 38% post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or a list of licences in every state; the Zone5/SVP8 grouping, with SVP at that level or higher, does not prove that all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The BLS own typical classification of doctoral or professional degree, related experience and on-the-job training None is a category, not an exemption from professional training. OOH notes most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and a state examination, with pathways differing by state; general dentists do not need additional specialty training after dental school, and specialties usually take 2—4 years, with oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, which is not applied to everyone. Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. There is no real employer recruitment sample in this round.
O*NET tasks include diagnosis and treatment and business records; article 24 of China's Physicians Law requires personal examination and timely completion of medical documents, and prohibits concealing, forging, altering or destroying them without authorization. The tasks and documentation duties are not a real employer recruitment sample for this round.
Transcribe the blank allergy history and medication history fields in D-02 and write “to be verified by the physician”; they must not be filled in as no allergies or no medication.
Place P-01 and P-02 side by side with the original text for the three groups of diagnosis, treatment and consent, and give the four conflicts.
Write that v2 is pending verification, retain v1 and v2, and ask a physician with authority to confirm; list the explicit queries, and do not sign or alter clinical facts on your own.
Use the Physicians Law to distinguish education, examination, registration, personal examination and institutional filing, and record verification errors and corrections; do not pass it off as a clinical case or mentoring certificate.
| Scenario | What to verify | How to observe | What cannot be inferred from it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consultation and examination during the trial period | Whether the chief complaint, history and examination findings are collected according to standards and contraindications identified. | Observe the completeness of the consultation, the approach to image interpretation and whether examinations are added proactively. | One case completed smoothly does not mean other conditions have been mastered, and long-term performance cannot be judged from it. |
| Medical records and informed consent during the trial period | Whether the medical record, treatment plan and informed consent are complete and traceable. | Observe whether the records match the procedures and whether risk disclosure is specific. | Documentation standards do not equal diagnostic accuracy, nor do they mean complex cases can be handled independently. |
| Chairside procedures during the trial period |
| Qualification/preparation item | Mainly suitable for whom | Realistic role in job seeking | Whether it is a general entry threshold | Registration/handling conditions | Investment considerations | Important limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applicable education for the dental category (mainland China) | Those reviewed by specialty, graduation date and application pathway | Education and professional foundation for the qualification examination | Must meet the applicable pathway, not a bachelor's degree in all cases | Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. The 2014 original text lists historical branches for five-year dental bachelor's degrees and postgraduate or junior college pathways, and qualifications in medical technology or nursing are not a basis for applying. The original Fujian display page is marked as no longer effective, yet the existing NMEC FAQ/2026 Huainan announcement still cites that version, so a single page cannot be used to declare nationwide repeal or to claim that all sections are currently effective; individuals verify the specialty, practice certification and first registration records against the target test centre for the year. The 2026 Huainan notice specifies an interval of 24 months from assistant registration to the comprehensive medical examination for the junior college pathway and 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway; these are local requirements for that year, not all national conditions. |
Registration form: patient P-01, tooth position FDI16, chief complaint “discomfort in the right posterior tooth”; both allergy history and medication history are blank. The fictitious physician review v1 states “the information is not yet complete, no final diagnosis has been formed, no treatment has been performed, and the plan and informed consent have not been confirmed”.
The unsigned draft v2 has patient number P-02, tooth position still 16, yet states “caries confirmed, filling completed, consent obtained”. These are editorial fictitious inputs, with no imaging or examination results.
Using the given text, list the two blanks, one identity conflict and three status conflicts, and produce a comparison table of v1 and v2; do not diagnose caries or choose treatment.
Record the version, original text, conflict and the person to query; retain both versions, mark v2 as a draft pending verification, and hand it to a physician with authority for confirmation.
The blanks are allergy history and medication history; identity P-02 and registration P-01 are inconsistent. The three statuses are: v1 no final diagnosis formed / v2 caries confirmed; v1 no treatment / v2 filling completed; v1 plan and consent unconfirmed / v2 consent obtained.
Do not fill in missing items, do not treat v2 as fact, and do not delete the original text; the next step is for a physician with authority to verify the identity, information and three statuses, and after confirmation to correct it through institutional processes with documentation.
Read the occupational definition, transcribe the D-02 registration and both versions of the text, and make clear that this is fictitious document verification.
List the two blank fields, allergy history and medication history, and write two questions pending verification, without filling in inferred values.
Compare the patient number and the three statuses of diagnosis, treatment and consent, and produce a table of the four conflicts.
Check the two blanks and four conflicts against the reference delivery, keep the erroneous and corrected versions, and do not diagnose from the text.
Write a handover note stating that v2 is pending verification, the versions are retained, and a physician with authority is asked to confirm, without letting general-purpose AI fill in clinical facts.
Read articles 9, 13, 24 and 25 of the Physicians Law and the clinic filing requirements, and distinguish the examination pathway, registration, records and institutional conditions.
Typical duties：Under mentoring, take histories, write medical records, and observe and assist with chairside procedures.
Promotion evidence：Can submit standard consultation and examination records with an explanation of diagnostic reasoning.
Qualification boundaries：Complete courses and placement according to the training plan; practice qualification not yet obtained.
Next step：Pass the practice qualification examination and complete registration, and enter an employed position.
Typical duties：Under a supervising physician, see common cases and independently complete basic procedures.
Promotion evidence：Can independently complete examination, diagnosis and fillings and other basic procedures and record them properly.
Qualification boundaries：Has obtained practice qualification and completed registration, with practice scope bound to the institution.
Next step：Build case volume and complication management experience and improve medical records and communication skills.
Typical duties：Independently diagnose and treat common oral disease and arrange recalls and referrals.
Promotion evidence：Can submit complete case records, follow-up outcomes and complication management records.
Qualification boundaries：Complete registration and continuing education according to jurisdictional requirements.
Next step：Choose a specialty deepening, teaching or practice management direction.
Typical duties：Take on complex cases, mentor newcomers and take part in quality and process improvement.
Promotion evidence：Can drive one reproducible quality improvement and retain the evidence.
Qualification boundaries：Management or teaching-related training may be needed.
Next step：Move toward practice management, teaching and research, or a specialty direction.
Typical duties：Focus on a particular category of disease within general practice and systematically study the relevant guidelines and image interpretation.
Promotion evidence：Can compile case materials and literature highlights for that direction.
Qualification boundaries：Take part in relevant continuing education or academic activities.
Next step：Apply for standardised residency training or specialty training.
Typical duties：Complete case and procedure training at a specialty base according to the training requirements.
Promotion evidence：Can submit case and procedure records from the training period and pass the assessment.
Qualification boundaries：Complete the courses and assessments required by the training base.
Next step：Enter a specialty position or specialty clinic.
Typical duties：Take on diagnosis and treatment in that specialty direction and handle difficult and referred cases.
Promotion evidence：Can independently complete complex cases in that direction and retain the follow-up outcomes.
Typical duties：Become familiar with appointments, billing, medical record management and infection control policies.
Promotion evidence：Can explain this institution's care processes and quality requirements.
Qualification boundaries：Receive training according to unit policy.
Next step：Take part in process improvement or mentoring work.
Typical duties：Coordinate dental hygienists, dental assistants and the laboratory, and implement quality and safety policies.
Promotion evidence：Can implement policies and handle anomalies in day-to-day operations.
Qualification boundaries：Needs to understand the unit's quality and compliance documentation requirements.
Next step：Learn statistics and quality improvement methods.
Typical duties：Responsible for scheduling, staffing, materials and compliance matters, or establishing a practice after meeting conditions such as the required years of practice.
Complete dental medicine education and clinical observation and placement, master anatomy, materials, infection control and basic procedures, pass the practice qualification examination and complete registration, and be able to complete a standard consultation, examination and records under mentoring.
Can independently complete a standard consultation and examination, form an evidence-based diagnosis and treatment plan, obtain informed consent and perform common procedures, and write medical and follow-up records truthfully.
Can steadily handle common cases and complications, carry out infection control and radiation protection according to standards, control clinical risk and keep medical and follow-up records complete and traceable.
Can take on complex cases, a specialty direction, or practice management, mentoring and quality improvement work, with the scope of responsibility following training experience, licence and position authorization.
United States · The general dentist subcategory 29-1021; dentists combined 29-1020 is described separately
Growth 5.7% and about 8100 people (own 2025—2035, about 150000 in 2035)
Overall employment change
Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation.
Cannot indicate：Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation.
United States · Dentists broad group (including general dentists 29-1021.00)
OOH combined demand explanation: older people retaining more teeth, restoration of oral disease complications and cosmetic dentistry demand
Demand driver note
Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation. The OOH broad-group demand explanation cites more retained teeth among older people, restoration of disease complications and cosmetic demand; it is not measured AI causation or Chinese recruitment data.
Cannot indicate：Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation.
United States · Dentists, General (O*NET-SOC 29-1021.00)
Must complete dental professional education and pass the examination to obtain a state licence (United States)
Entry preparation path
O*NET education 62% doctoral and 38% post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or a list of licences in every state; a group level above Zone5/SVP8 does not prove that all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The BLS own typical classification of doctoral or professional degree, related experience and on-the-job training None is a category, not an exemption from professional training. OOH notes most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and a state examination, with pathways differing by state; general dentists do not need additional specialty training after dental school, and specialties usually take 2—4 years, with oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, which is not applied to everyone. Complete conditions were not verified state by state in this round, and licensure is not a guarantee of employer hiring.
Cannot indicate：Insufficient evidence: no employer recruitment sample or condition frequency for this occupation in mainland China was obtained. The O*NET U.S. software keywords represent only its 2025 recruitment data and cannot be extrapolated to Chinese demand or uniform hiring requirements.
These are capability adjacency relationships and do not mean automatic promotion or that no further study is needed.
Transferable：Editorial capability comparison: oral knowledge, patient communication and records
To be supplemented：Requires verification of the target state's health care course or licence and supervision; a dentist qualification does not automatically convert into a hygienist licence, and care planning is not comprehensive treatment planning
View career detailsTransferable：Editorial capability comparison: patient preparation, infection control, instruments and records
To be supplemented：Moving to assistant work still requires verifying the assistant position's course and jurisdictional tasks, and is not written as an upgrade to independent practice
View career detailsTransferable：Editorial capability comparison: restoration occlusion and work order concepts
To be supplemented：Requires model, material, processing and inspection and quality record training; dental education does not prove laboratory fabrication skill
View career detailsTransferable：Editorial capability comparison: oral diagnosis and imaging foundations
To be supplemented：Orthodontic specialty training, target licensure and the ability to treat specific appliances are verified separately; it is not claimed broadly that general practice can handle no orthodontic treatment at all
View career detailsTransferable：Editorial capability comparison: oral hard and soft tissues and clinical foundations
To be supplemented：Requires oral and maxillofacial surgery specialty training and actual surgical authority; having some oral surgery in the general dentist profile does not equal that specialty's full scope
View career detailsTransferable：Editorial capability comparison: dental medicine and clinical records
To be supplemented：First choose the actual specialty; residual categories do not represent a single uniform training and certification pathway
View career detailsTransferable：Editorial capability comparison: regulated clinical communication and records
To be supplemented：Requires eye and vision professional education and training and target licensure, not the 29-2081 eyewear dispensing tasks
View career detailsTransferable：Editorial capability comparison: administrative records and patient communication
To be supplemented：Requires general clinic administrative and limited clinical assistance processes under a physician's direction, not diagnostic or prescribing authority
View career detailsDental hygienists, assistants and technicians each have their own duties and authority; dentists may have tasks overlapping with preventive care and appliance fabrication, but they carry responsibility for their own diagnosis, treatment and prescribing. The full licence scope or wage statistics of adjacent occupations cannot be inherited directly; specific boundaries are verified by jurisdiction.
This page gives no replacement conclusion. The official projection is 6% employment growth for the Dentists broad group in 2025—2035, a directional judgment at the level of the occupation total; yet the diagnostic judgment, invasive procedures, anesthesia and complication management, informed consent and doctor-patient communication in this occupation still have to be borne by qualified physicians. Whether replacement occurs and to what degree requires task-level evidence.
BLS states that dentists use digital scanners, lasers and imaging equipment; the O*NET hot technologies page gives recruitment keywords such as Dentrix. The sources do not prove the actual adoption rate of generative AI or the effects of CAD/CAM or lesion recognition, and the related assistance scenarios must be validated separately.
What should be verified in particular: patient identity and tooth position checks, clinical examination and review of original images, the diagnostic basis and differential considerations, the treatment plan and informed consent, anesthesia and medication safety, and the completeness of medical and follow-up records; these steps still require judgment and signature by a qualified physician.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 wage release in this round did not provide a figure listed separately for this occupation in mainland China, and an industry average is not used as a substitute. The median annual wage for U.S. general dentists (29-1021.00) in the May 2025 wage data is 170,950 USD (median hourly wage 82.19 USD), with annual percentiles of 86,250／125,710／170,950／224,040／319,630 USD; the median annual wage published by the BLS Occupational Outlook for the Dentists broad group in 2025 is 176,110 USD, which is on the broad-group basis.
In the United States O*NET is Job Zone 5; the survey shows about 62% of respondents chose a doctoral degree and 38% chose post-doctoral training, which is an education survey for the position rather than a licence requirement for everyone. In the United States an accredited dental programme must be completed and a state licence obtained. Article 9 of mainland China's Physicians Law sets out two basic pathways for the licensed physician examination: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above with at least one year of medical professional practice at a medical and health institution under the guidance of a licensed physician; or a relevant medical junior college degree with at least two years of practice after obtaining an assistant licensed physician practice certificate. The dental category also requires verification of the specialty, graduation date and detailed registration eligibility rules; the historical secondary-school transition is verified separately under article 64 and its supporting provisions.
Article 9 of mainland China's Physicians Law sets out two basic pathways for the licensed physician examination: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above with at least one year of medical professional practice at a medical and health institution under the guidance of a licensed physician; or a relevant medical junior college degree with at least two years of practice after obtaining an assistant licensed physician practice certificate. The dental category also requires verification of the specialty, graduation date and detailed registration eligibility rules; the historical secondary-school transition is verified separately under article 64 and its supporting provisions. Medical technology qualifications are not a basis for the physician examination; after obtaining qualification, registration according to law is still required. In the United States a state licence must be obtained, with requirements verified separately for each state.
First complete the fictitious document verification for D-02: list the blank allergy and medication history fields, the identity conflict between P-01 and P-02 and the three status conflicts of diagnosis, treatment and consent, then compare with the reference delivery and write the handover pending verification. This only explores verification preferences, without diagnosis or procedures; then verify the target training programme and qualification pathway.
Look at three things at the same time: the direction of change in the occupation total (the Dentists broad group is projected to grow 6% in 2025—2035, with about 4,800 openings per year on average mostly from replacement needs), differences in position structure (comprehensive general practice, specialty directions and institutional management have different requirements), and the qualification and registration requirements of the target jurisdiction; do not replace these verifications with a single wage figure or industry slogan.
The content of this page was written and self-reviewed by the production side based on the listed sources; it does not constitute independent acceptance, nor medical, compliance or legal advice.
The nine modules in this round were retrieved 2026-10-09; U.S. wages 2025, projection 2025—2035, and recruitment for the full year 2025; regulation effective dates and web page display dates are kept separate.
Sources are cited separately for occupational identity, tasks and work context, wages and employment, technology change, and mainland China practice qualification and clinic filing requirements; recruitment and technology keywords serve only as market signals.
Usage limitations：Supports the duties of the adjacent occupation dental hygienists (29-1292.00) in performing oral examination, scaling and preventive procedures under a state licence; used for U.S. duty comparison, where some tasks may overlap; specific authority follows state law, does not apply to mainland China qualifications, and does not prove individual fit.
Usage limitations：The original link is the draft for public comment on the 2022 clinic measures, not another specialty definition or the official 2022 measures, and the current sources are listed separately.
Usage limitations：The original related-occupation page is not the orthodontist's own definition or licence, and the current 29-1023 definition is listed separately.
Usage limitations：The original 29-1022 surgery entry cannot support the current medical assistant transfer, and the 31-9092 definition is listed separately.
Usage limitations：The original 29-2081 dispensing optician entry cannot support the current maxillofacial surgery transfer, and the 29-1022 definition itself is listed separately.
Usage limitations：The original 29-1029 other specialists entry cannot support the current optometrist transfer, and the 29-1041 definition is listed separately.
Usage limitations：Supports the duties of the adjacent occupation dental assistants (31-9091.00) in performing limited clinical and non-clinical support work under a dentist's direction; used for U.S. duty comparison, where some tasks may overlap; specific authority follows state law, does not apply to mainland China qualifications, and does not prove individual fit.
Usage limitations：Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation.
Usage limitations：Supports the duties of the adjacent occupation dental laboratory technicians (51-9081.00) in fabricating and repairing restorations in the laboratory to prescription and specification; used for U.S. duty comparison, where some tasks may overlap; specific authority follows state law, does not apply to mainland China qualifications, and does not prove individual fit.
Usage limitations：The interest questionnaire describes experience preferences only; it does not replace ability requirements such as manual dexterity and spatial and image interpretation ability, or training, qualification or hiring decisions, and does not predict job performance.
Usage limitations：The NBS2025 health and social work non-private 146266 and private 75631 average annual pre-tax figures match only the industry background of actual medical legal-entity units and cover multiple occupations; urban legal entities with 5 or more persons, excluding self-employed and freelance workers, and non-private not state-owned only, so they do not substitute for this occupation's wage or an individual quote.
Usage limitations：Provides terminology and process requirements for AI system risk governance (roles, responsibilities, records and human oversight); it does not set specific requirements for clinical standards, infection control or practice qualifications, and cannot replace the applicable regulations and unit policies of mainland China and the United States.
Usage limitations：2025 own annual quintiles 86250/125710/170950/224040/319630 USD, hourly 41.47/60.44/82.19/107.71/153.67; direct official annual values, not self-annualized. The combined median 176110 is a separate scope; OEWS covers all part-time and full-time employees on straight-time gross pay, excluding the self-employed, including piece rates, commissions and production bonuses and excluding overtime premium and shift differentials, and is not an individual's full-year take-home pay or experience level.
Usage limitations：O*NET own 21 tasks: 19 core, 1 supplementary, 1 New: protection, anesthesia, examination, diagnosis and treatment planning, instrument operation, and designing, fabricating, fitting restorations or prescribing them to the laboratory, patient education, administrative and insurance management and demand trends, surgery, medication, fluoride application, root canal treatment and health programmes are core; educational materials are supplementary, and implant placement and restoration are New with importance NA, not 0. The task list does not represent every person or a uniform licence in China.
Usage limitations：2025 U.S. recruitment contained 4 terms, with Dentrix4% and Office, eClinicalWorks EHR and Excel each below 1%; recruitment wording is not actual adoption or GenAI efficiency gains, and not listing scanning or CAD does not prove they are not used. The OOH descriptions of imaging, lasers and digital scanning do not provide generative AI effects.
Usage limitations：The NBS2025 health and social work non-private 146266 and private 75631 average annual pre-tax figures match only the industry background of actual medical legal-entity units and cover multiple occupations; urban legal entities with 5 or more persons, excluding self-employed and freelance workers, and non-private not state-owned only, so they do not substitute for this occupation's wage or an individual quote.
Usage limitations：Pre-tax employed wages do not equal an individual's take-home income or business profit.
Usage limitations：2025 own annual quintiles 86250/125710/170950/224040/319630 USD, hourly 41.47/60.44/82.19/107.71/153.67; direct official annual values, not self-annualized. The combined median 176110 is a separate scope; OEWS covers all part-time and full-time employees on straight-time gross pay, excluding the self-employed, including piece rates, commissions and production bonuses and excluding overtime premium and shift differentials, and is not an individual's full-year take-home pay or experience level.
Usage limitations：The certification entry is not a complete state-by-state list of licence examination fees; OOH gives only the usual programme and state licence conditions.
Usage limitations：Publishes the ISCO-08 occupational exposure index; this page did not verify the precise mapping and score corresponding to 29-1021.00, which cannot be interpreted as a replacement rate.
Usage limitations：Supports the duties of the adjacent occupation orthodontists (29-1023.00) in diagnosing and correcting malocclusion; used for U.S. duty comparison, where some tasks may overlap; specific authority follows state law, does not apply to mainland China qualifications, and does not prove individual fit.
Usage limitations：The official measures support institutional conditions and do not provide wage or recruitment distributions.
Usage limitations：Not dispensing opticians 29-2081.00; does not apply directly to mainland China entry.
Usage limitations：Assistance positions do not inherit a dentist's diagnostic, prescribing or independent practice authority.
Usage limitations：21 tasks: 19 core, 1 supplementary, 1 New, with implant placement and restoration New and importance NA, not 0; business management and health programmes are core and educational materials supplementary. The 57 context items were actually read, and education 62 doctoral and 38 post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or all licence conditions; a group level above Zone5/SVP8 does not mean all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The 21 styles on Impact are not population proportions, and IRS interests are not abilities. 2025 own 141900, 4200 per year on average and health and social work 85% are not the Dentists combined group data.
Usage limitations：Own annual 86250/125710/170950/224040/319630 USD; hourly 41.47/60.44/82.19/107.71/153.67, directly published annual values not self-annualized, and percentiles are not experience, licence or starting take-home pay.
Usage limitations：4 terms, with Dentrix4% and Office, eClinicalWorks EHR and Excel below 1%; the recruitment text denominator is not actual use, GenAI adoption or medical effects. The absence of CAD or scanning terms does not prove the occupation does not use them.
Usage limitations：This round's online Table 1.2 own 29-1021: 141.9 → 150.0 thousand, +8.1 thousand/+5.7%, 4.2 thousand openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed, with the typical requirement of a doctoral or professional degree, no related experience and on-the-job training None. Combined 29-1020: 161.4 → 170.4 thousand, +9.0 thousand/+5.6%, 4.8 thousand per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. None is a typical category, not an exemption from education and learning; the OOH rounds to integers at different precision; general dentists' own figures and specialties are not interchangeable.
The relevant sections of the full text were actually read: combined 161400 employment, 176110 median wage, +6% and 4800 per year on average, and own 141900 → 150000/+8100 with a 170950 wage. Combined employment: dental offices 78, self-employed 12, government excluding state, local, education and hospitals 2, outpatient care 2 and physicians' offices 2; combined industry medians 219750/195330/173760/172980 are not own industry wages. Many work less than 40 hours and some work evenings or weekends, and the occupation is not described as mostly full time. State licence requirements differ, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and examination, with specialty training usually 2—4 years of residency and oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, and general dentists do not need that specialty training after dental school; most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, not a bachelor's degree in all cases. The demand explanation includes more retained teeth among older people, restoration of oral disease complications and cosmetic demand, and is not a GenAI measurement.
Usage limitations：All part-time and full-time employees on straight-time gross pay, excluding the self-employed; includes piece rates, commissions, production bonuses and some allowances, excludes overtime premium and shift differentials, and does not uniformly exclude performance pay. Individual annual hours and take-home pay are verified separately.
Usage limitations：Actually read the industry table for health and social work: non-private 146266 and private 75631 average annual pre-tax. Urban legal entities with 5 or more persons, excluding self-employed and freelance workers, and non-private not state-owned only; it matches only the industry background of actual medical units and covers multiple occupations, and is not the wage or median for general dentists or Chinese dental physicians.
Usage limitations：The full text was actually read: general, dental and cosmetic clinics are filed at the county level, may practice upon obtaining the certificate and according to the filed subjects, with disclosure of personnel registration information and infection control, personal information and quality management; the time limits are counted in working days. All dental clinics cannot be treated as uniformly under one practice licensing system; institutional filing does not replace individual qualification registration or radiation licensing. The original NHC regulations page 412 was not read, so no claim is made that the complete regulations were verified.
Usage limitations：Actually read Articles 4/6—7/16/22—26: institutional licensing and registration, X-ray professional imaging physicians, dose monitoring and training; it specifies purpose together with the principles of justification and optimization, so unnecessary repeat exposures are not arranged for archiving or referral. A work permit does not replace institutional licensing, professional personnel or actual position authority. The original NHC page 412 was not readable, while the government full text succeeded in this round.
Usage limitations：Actually read Articles 2/5—8/11/18—19 and others: it applies to personnel exposed to ionizing radiation in radiological occupational activities, who are at least 18 years old, pass health and training checks, and are covered by occupational health and dose management and a work permit; medical institutions apply through their unit to the authority that issued the diagnosis and treatment license. Pre-job training is no fewer than 4 days, and the latter two sessions are no more than 2 years apart and each no fewer than 2 days; this is not a general certificate for all dental assistants or sufficient authorization for medical procedures. The original NHC page 412 was not readable, while the government full text was successfully read, so no claim is made that the original page is readable.
Usage limitations：Full extraction of the original PDF11 page at HTTP200, with visual inspection of key rendered pages. Applies to oral medical institutions at all levels and of all types; it cites WS506 without replacing it. 4.1 training and assessment, and institutional protective supplies; 4.3 standard precautions; 4.4 no reuse of single-use items; 5.3 selecting PPE according to the procedure, gloves per patient and hand hygiene, and checking names, valid packaging and contamination during preparation; 5.4 water lines and 5.5 cleaning and disinfection at handover of impressions and restorations; 5.6 infection control for radiological equipment. WS/T is a recommended standard, not an individual practice certificate; the full text of WS506 was not read in this round because of page 412, so no false claim is made that all of its monitoring and release provisions were verified.
Usage limitations：Articles 6/13/21/28—30/51/55/73: identifiable medical and health data are sensitive, requiring specific purpose, adequacy and necessity, strict protection, and applicable notice and prior impact assessment; consent is based on separate consent, but Article 13 provides other lawful bases. Ordinary contact details are not inherently all sensitive and must be verified in the specific medical context. De-identification is not anonymization, and an account does not automatically authorize uploads to external AI; the cross-border package was not fully verified.
Usage limitations：Voluntary AI governance recommendations are not medical regulations, sterilization standards or practice authorization, nor a measured adoption or efficiency gain.
Usage limitations：This batch actually read the 2025 abstract; the precise mapping and score between 29-1021.00 and its ISCO subcategory were not verified, so it is not claimed that the full text has no score; exposure is not adoption, net unemployment or wage causation.
Usage limitations：This round actually read the education clauses in parts 3/5/6: five-year dental bachelor's degrees, junior college and historical dates, postgraduate conditions, and medical technology or nursing qualifications not being a basis. The Fujian page is marked as no longer effective, which cannot be hidden nor used to declare nationwide repeal from a single page; the current NMEC FAQ and the 2026 Huainan announcement still cite the 2014 version, and it applies to review at the target test centre for that year, with the original text and that year's rules kept separate.
Usage limitations：Actually read that year's registration conditions and review materials: it cites the 2014 provisions, with junior college assistants registered for a full 24 months before the comprehensive medical examination, 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway, and that year's probation assessment, mentoring certification and first registration records; these are Huainan and Anhui arrangements and not all national material timings. Online registration for 2026 has closed, so it is not written as currently open or as a 2027 calendar or cost estimate. The original NHC national 2026 announcement page returned 412 in this round and the in-page error is not falsely claimed to have been read directly.
Usage limitations：Actually read: the application basis still cites the 2014 version and the examination committee's provisions; registration is only successful when online registration, qualification review and payment all succeed, and other test centre materials are verified separately. The page also refers to the old licensed physician law, some identity lists and general publication dates, which are kept separate from the current Physicians Law and the 2026 notice; the FAQ cannot be used to prove that all sections have been updated or that it is a complete nationwide latest list.
Usage limitations：Patient oral hygiene care, assessing needs and records and prevention; care planning is not a dentist's comprehensive plan; task comparison is not licence reciprocity or a guarantee of transfer and hiring.
Usage limitations：Limited clinical assistance and administrative work under a dentist's direction, with imaging and instrument tasks following the jurisdiction; task comparison is not licence reciprocity or a guarantee of transfer and hiring.
Usage limitations：Fabricate and repair dental appliances and models to prescription, and may meet patients but this is not an automatic clinical licence; task comparison is not licence reciprocity or a guarantee of transfer and hiring.
Usage limitations：Examine, diagnose and treat malocclusion and oral abnormalities, and design and fabricate appliances and adjust teeth and jaws to restore function and improve appearance; task comparison is not licence reciprocity or a guarantee of transfer and hiring.
Usage limitations：Surgery and related procedures on the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial region, treating disease, injury and defects, and able to diagnose and improve function and appearance; task comparison is not licence reciprocity or a guarantee of transfer and hiring.
Usage limitations：A residual category of dental specialists not listed separately, for which no uniform complete task list was obtained and the general dentist list is not used to cover it; task comparison is not licence reciprocity or a guarantee of transfer and hiring.
Usage limitations：Diagnose, manage and treat diseases of the eye and visual system, examine the eye and prescribe corrective lenses, and may prescribe therapeutic drugs; not the 29-2081 dispensing optician; task comparison is not licence reciprocity or a guarantee of transfer and hiring.
Usage limitations：Administrative and limited clinical assistance under a physician's direction, with specific unit tasks varying, and not an independent physician's authority; task comparison is not licence reciprocity or a guarantee of transfer and hiring.
Chinese occupational wages and actual recruitment, complete state licensing fees and AI adoption effects or precise scores remain gaps. The conflict between the status of the Fujian 2014 document page and the 2026 citation is recorded faithfully, verified against the target test centre for that year, and no nationwide repeal conclusion is guessed. Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation. 2025 own annual quintiles 86250/125710/170950/224040/319630 USD, hourly 41.47/60.44/82.19/107.71/153.67; direct official annual values, not self-annualized. The combined median 176110 is a separate scope; OEWS covers all part-time and full-time employees on straight-time gross pay, excluding the self-employed, including piece rates, commissions and production bonuses and excluding overtime premium and shift differentials, and is not an individual's full-year take-home pay or experience level. O*NET own health and social work 85%, with the remaining 15 an editorial difference and not the self-employed share. OOH broad dentists: dental offices 78, self-employed 12, government excluding state, local, education and hospitals 2, outpatient care 2 and physicians' offices 2%, with the remaining 4 an editorial difference rather than an official other category; the combined employment distribution is not the own figure. Combined industry medians are government 219750, outpatient care 195330, dental offices 173760 and physicians' offices 172980 USD, which are not general dentists' own industry wages. 57 context items: 100% a great deal of decision freedom, 99% continuous contact, 98% daily face-to-face and accuracy extremely important and routine PPE daily, 88% daily infection contact and close physical contact, 89% continuous hand movement, 91% daily indoors in a controlled environment that is not temperature controlled; 82% teamwork extremely important and 72% consequences of errors very serious, which are not actual accident rates. A typical week is 62% less than 40 hours and 38% exactly 40; 85% regular and 15% irregular, which does not mean there are no evenings or weekends. Sitting 50% continuously, 25% more than half the time and 20% half the time; bending or twisting 54% continuously and 31% more than half the time; repetitive motions 60% continuously and 31% more than half the time; standing 56% less than half the time, 23% half the time and 14% never. Daily radiation 54, contamination 61, noise 53 and time pressure 31, with dedicated PPE20% daily and 71% never; frequencies are not dose, illness or injury rates, or the distribution in China. 21 styles on Impact: attention to detail 100, dependability 88, carefulness 80, integrity 76, self-control 75, empathy 69, achievement 68, stress tolerance 68, cooperation 66 and intellectual curiosity 66 and so on are not population percentages or personality validity. Interests I75R71S57C45E17A3/IRS are not ability or a hiring threshold. Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. The 2014 original text lists historical branches for five-year dental bachelor's degrees and postgraduate or junior college pathways, and qualifications in medical technology or nursing are not a basis for applying. The original Fujian display page is marked as no longer effective, yet the existing NMEC FAQ/2026 Huainan announcement still cites that version, so a single page cannot be used to declare nationwide repeal or to claim that all sections are currently effective; individuals verify the specialty, practice certification and first registration records against the target test centre for the year. The 2026 Huainan notice specifies an interval of 24 months from assistant registration to the comprehensive medical examination for the junior college pathway and 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway; these are local requirements for that year, not all national conditions. The official 2022 clinic measures were actually read: an individual establishing a practice must have 5 years of practice at a medical institution after registration, county-level filing and a certificate and public disclosure of filed subjects and personnel; the five years is a condition for individuals establishing a practice, not an entry requirement for all employed physicians, and institutional filing is not individual registration or radiation licensing, with time limits counted in working days and not treated as the whole processing schedule. Chinese occupational wages and recruitment, all state licence and fee information, and GenAI adoption effects were not verified in this round; the original WS506 page and the NHC2026 announcement failed to load, and it is not falsely claimed that they were read.
Understand general dentists' task interests and work preferences · Understand general dentists' task interests and work preferences · Understand general dentists' task interests and work preferences · Understand general dentists' task interests and work preferences
| Processes of adjacent positions: examination, scaling and preventive procedures (dental hygienists); chairside assistance and instrument handling (dental assistants); impression taking and image analysis, appliance design and recall adjustment (orthodontists); preoperative assessment and surgical procedures (oral and maxillofacial surgeons); prescription-based fabrication and inspection of restorations (dental laboratory technicians); refraction and prescribing (optometrists). |
| Main outputs | Diagnostic conclusions and medical records, treatment plans and informed consent, completed procedure and medication records, restoration prescriptions, and recall and referral arrangements. | Outputs of adjacent positions: periodontal examination and scaling records (dental hygienists); treatment assistance and instrument sterilization records (dental assistants); treatment plans and stage-by-stage recall records (orthodontists); surgical records and postoperative follow-up (oral and maxillofacial surgeons); restorations and inspection records (dental laboratory technicians); refraction reports and prescriptions (optometrists). |
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| Responsible party | The personnel in this occupation are responsible for the medical judgment behind the diagnosis and treatment plan, the quality of procedures, informed consent and medical records; prescriptions, surgery and final clinical decisions are made by licensed physicians with the corresponding qualifications, and complex or high-risk cases must be referred or discussed according to the process. | Responsible parties of adjacent positions: dental hygienists are responsible for the quality of examination and scaling within their licence; dental assistants are responsible for chairside assistance and instrument handling; orthodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and prosthodontists are each responsible for clinical decisions within their specialty; dental laboratory technicians are responsible for the quality of restorations fabricated to prescription; optometrists are responsible for refraction and prescribing. |
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| Collaboration and supervision | Collaborate with dental hygienists, dental assistants, the laboratory, specialty dentists and nursing staff within the same care process; when cases exceed one's ability or registration scope, or there are infection control hazards or material and equipment anomalies, pause the procedure, review the records and report or refer according to unit policy. | Collaboration of adjacent positions: dental hygienists collaborate with dentists and patients; dental assistants collaborate with dentists and the front desk; orthodontists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and prosthodontists collaborate with each other and with the laboratory; dental laboratory technicians collaborate with dentists and quality management staff; optometrists collaborate with ophthalmologists and the eyewear dispensing link. |
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| Conclusion boundaries | Similar job titles do not mean the same duties: whether the object is the diagnosis and treatment of oral disease, licensed examination and scaling, chairside assistance, correction of malocclusion, maxillofacial surgery or restoration fabrication, and whether one has the authority to diagnose independently, prescribe, perform surgery and sign informed consent, determines the scope of duties and responsibility and cannot be swapped by title. | The licence scope, preparation levels and regulatory requirements of adjacent and specialty positions do not apply to this occupation and must be verified item by item against each occupation's official materials, the target jurisdiction's regulations and the employing unit's policies; specialty dentists within the same broad group also have different scopes of practice. |
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Check four: whether the procedures are within registration scope and one's own ability — whether anesthesia, medication, surgery and complex procedures fall within one's own practice scope and trained ability; when beyond it, refer or involve a supervising physician according to the process.
Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 13 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 25 medical documents are issued after personal examination, and they must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 26 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. The 2014 original text lists historical branches for five-year dental bachelor's degrees and postgraduate or junior college pathways, and qualifications in medical technology or nursing are not a basis for applying. The original Fujian display page is marked as no longer effective, yet the existing NMEC FAQ/2026 Huainan announcement still cites that version, so a single page cannot be used to declare nationwide repeal or to claim that all sections are currently effective; individuals verify the specialty, practice certification and first registration records against the target test centre for the year. The 2026 Huainan notice specifies an interval of 24 months from assistant registration to the comprehensive medical examination for the junior college pathway and 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway; these are local requirements for that year, not all national conditions. The official 2022 clinic measures were actually read: an individual establishing a practice must have 5 years of practice at a medical institution after registration, county-level filing and a certificate and public disclosure of filed subjects and personnel; the five years is a condition for individuals establishing a practice, not an entry requirement for all employed physicians, and institutional filing is not individual registration or radiation licensing, with time limits counted in working days and not treated as the whole processing schedule.
2025 own annual quintiles 86250/125710/170950/224040/319630 USD, hourly 41.47/60.44/82.19/107.71/153.67; direct official annual values, not self-annualized. The combined median 176110 is a separate scope; OEWS covers all part-time and full-time employees on straight-time gross pay, excluding the self-employed, including piece rates, commissions and production bonuses and excluding overtime premium and shift differentials, and is not an individual's full-year take-home pay or experience level. Own 29-1021: 2025 141900 → 2035 150000, a net 8100/+5.7%, 4200 openings per year on average and 12.4% self-employed; dentists combined 29-1020: 161400 → 170400, a net 9000/+5.6% (OOH rounds to 6%), 4800 per year on average and 12.2% self-employed. Openings include replacements, not net additions or individual opportunities; the projection is not GenAI causation.
57 context items: 100% a great deal of decision freedom, 99% continuous contact, 98% daily face-to-face and accuracy extremely important and routine PPE daily, 88% daily infection contact and close physical contact, 89% continuous hand movement, 91% daily indoors in a controlled environment that is not temperature controlled; 82% teamwork extremely important and 72% consequences of errors very serious, which are not actual accident rates. A typical week is 62% less than 40 hours and 38% exactly 40; 85% regular and 15% irregular, which does not mean there are no evenings or weekends. Sitting 50% continuously, 25% more than half the time and 20% half the time; bending or twisting 54% continuously and 31% more than half the time; repetitive motions 60% continuously and 31% more than half the time; standing 56% less than half the time, 23% half the time and 14% never. Daily radiation 54, contamination 61, noise 53 and time pressure 31, with dedicated PPE20% daily and 71% never; frequencies are not dose, illness or injury rates, or the distribution in China.
| Editorial observation suggestion: verify the specialty, qualification, authorization and mentoring conditions of the training programme or position announcement, and then look at standard records and collaboration; this page has no recruitment sample for that unit. |
| You can first submit the missing items, version conflicts and handover note for D-02, marked as editorial fiction; it cannot serve as proof of clinical procedures, diagnosis or mentoring experience. |
| Has explicit mentoring and tiered authorization, and case complexity is higher than in a plain placement. |
| General dental physician at a private or chain organization | See common cases independently, complete examination, diagnosis, fillings and simple extractions and similar procedures, and take on patient communication and recall arrangements. | Editorial observation suggestion: verify the specialty, qualification, authorization and mentoring conditions of the training programme or position announcement, and then look at standard records and collaboration; this page has no recruitment sample for that unit. | You can first submit the missing items, version conflicts and handover note for D-02, marked as editorial fiction; it cannot serve as proof of clinical procedures, diagnosis or mentoring experience. | Must already be qualified, registered and appropriately authorized; pace and pay are verified against the actual position, and it is not inferred from the private-sector label that things move faster. |
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| Dental physician at a community health service centre | Provide diagnosis and treatment of common oral disease and oral health education, and take part in oral prevention work for groups such as older people and children. | Editorial observation suggestion: verify the specialty, qualification, authorization and mentoring conditions of the training programme or position announcement, and then look at standard records and collaboration; this page has no recruitment sample for that unit. | You can first submit the missing items, version conflicts and handover note for D-02, marked as editorial fiction; it cannot serve as proof of clinical procedures, diagnosis or mentoring experience. | Care, education and service recipients are verified against that position, and it cannot be inferred from the community label that cases are simpler. |
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| Junior physician in a specialty direction | Under specialty mentoring, encounter cases and procedures in endodontics, periodontics, prosthodontics or paediatric dentistry. | Editorial observation suggestion: verify the specialty, qualification, authorization and mentoring conditions of the training programme or position announcement, and then look at standard records and collaboration; this page has no recruitment sample for that unit. | You can first submit the missing items, version conflicts and handover note for D-02, marked as editorial fiction; it cannot serve as proof of clinical procedures, diagnosis or mentoring experience. | The training period is longer and cases more complex, requiring a referral network and specialty certification support. |
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O*NET lists abilities such as finger dexterity and near vision; specific practical assessments and chairside division of labor are set by the training institution and position, and uniform recruitment requirements cannot be inferred from the profile.
The portfolio pieces and exercises below are editorial designs used to demonstrate a verifiable way of working and do not represent uniform employer assessment requirements.
| Observe the sequence of procedures, the implementation of infection control and how anomalies are handled. |
| Proficiency does not equal authorization for surgery or complex cases. |
| Follow-up and communication during the trial period | Whether recall arrangements are implemented, complications handled promptly and reports made truthfully. | Observe follow-up records, the way patients are communicated with and the timeliness of escalation. | Familiarity with the process does not equal qualification for independent practice or prescribing. |
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| Verify programme length, tuition and practice input by pathway |
| Education does not grant qualification; medical technology programmes are not a basis for the examination, and historical transitions must be verified separately. |
| Licensed physician qualification examination (dental category) | Graduates of medical programmes | A necessary precondition for lawful practice | Yes (mainland China basis) | Pass the practical skills and comprehensive medical examinations according to the corresponding education and practice pathway in article 9 of the Physicians Law and the detailed dental category registration rules | Examination fees, training fees and personal preparation time were not verified in this round, so no fixed investment is claimed | Passing the examination still requires completing registration before practising. |
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| Physician practice registration | Those who have obtained physician qualification | A precondition for lawful practice in a medical institution | Yes (mainland China basis) | Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 14 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 24 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged, altered or destroyed without authorization, while article 25 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives. | Verify materials and processing progress according to the competent department's requirements, without promising a duration | Changes of practice scope and institution must be handled according to the rules. |
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| Standardised residency training or specialty training | Physicians who wish to enter a specialty direction | An important condition for specialty positions that affects the range of cases that can be handled | Whether it is required is verified against the specific position and training system; this page has no frequency sample | Complete training and assessment according to the training base's requirements | Verified against the actual training programme; no uniform number of years was verified | Training experience does not equal specialty certification, which follows the position and jurisdiction. |
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| United States: accredited dental programme and state licence | Practitioners in the United States | A necessary precondition for lawful practice | Yes (U.S. basis) | O*NET education 62% doctoral and 38% post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or a list of licences in every state; the Zone5/SVP8 grouping, with SVP at that level or higher, does not prove that all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The BLS own typical classification of doctoral or professional degree, related experience and on-the-job training None is a category, not an exemption from professional training. OOH notes most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and a state examination, with pathways differing by state; general dentists do not need additional specialty training after dental school, and specialties usually take 2—4 years, with oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, which is not applied to everyone. | Tuition and the fees and times of all state pathways were not verified in this round | Licences are issued by state, with requirements and scope differing between states. |
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| Conditions for an individual to establish a dental practice | Those who wish to establish a dental practice individually | A precondition for independent practice and bearing business responsibility | Targeted at practitioners establishing a practice | The official 2022 clinic measures were actually read: an individual establishing a practice must have 5 years of practice at a medical institution after registration, county-level filing and a certificate and public disclosure of filed subjects and personnel; the five years is a condition for individuals establishing a practice, not an entry requirement for all employed physicians, and institutional filing is not individual registration or radiation licensing, with time limits counted in working days and not treated as the whole processing schedule. | Premises, staffing and compliance inputs are relatively large | Filing targets the institution and does not equal an individual practice qualification or surgical authorization. |
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The 2014 original text lists historical branches for five-year dental bachelor's degrees and postgraduate or junior college pathways, and qualifications in medical technology or nursing are not a basis for applying. The original Fujian display page is marked as no longer effective, yet the existing NMEC FAQ/2026 Huainan announcement still cites that version, so a single page cannot be used to declare nationwide repeal or to claim that all sections are currently effective; individuals verify the specialty, practice certification and first registration records against the target test centre for the year. The 2026 Huainan notice specifies an interval of 24 months from assistant registration to the comprehensive medical examination for the junior college pathway and 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway; these are local requirements for that year, not all national conditions.
The official 2022 clinic measures were actually read: an individual establishing a practice must have 5 years of practice at a medical institution after registration, county-level filing and a certificate and public disclosure of filed subjects and personnel; the five years is a condition for individuals establishing a practice, not an entry requirement for all employed physicians, and institutional filing is not individual registration or radiation licensing, with time limits counted in working days and not treated as the whole processing schedule.
The portfolio and five exercises are existing exploratory materials and cannot substitute for clinical qualifications or formal training; the capability stages are editorial suggestions, not guaranteed durations or uniform recruitment.
Use these fictitious texts for paper exercises only: do not diagnose, plan treatment or medication, sign records or informed consent, work on real people or use real patient information. Real care still requires qualification, registration, personal examination and unit authorization; documentation verification does not mean clinical competence.
Compile the four portfolio pieces, record whether you are willing to verify repeatedly and undertake long-term study, then list the training conditions to verify; an interest in documents does not prove clinical fit.
Qualification boundaries：Verify specialty certification and practice scope according to jurisdictional requirements.
Next step：Take part in academic activities, mentoring or cross-department collaboration.
Typical duties：Take part in discipline building, complex case consultation and clinical quality improvement.
Promotion evidence：Can chair case discussions and drive reproducible improvements.
Qualification boundaries：A higher professional title and academic output may be needed.
Next step：Move toward teaching and research or department management.
Promotion evidence：Can maintain care quality and compliance under business pressure.
Qualification boundaries：Must meet the practice-year and filing conditions for an individual establishing a practice.
Next step：Improve management policies and develop the team.
Typical duties：Take part in procedure development, case discussions, teaching and continuous quality improvement.
Promotion evidence：Can drive one reproducible improvement and retain the evidence.
Qualification boundaries：Teaching or management-related training and a professional title may be needed.
Next step：Move toward institutional management, teaching or industry organization work.
Usage limitations：O*NET own health and social work 85%, with the remaining 15 an editorial difference and not the self-employed share. OOH broad dentists: dental offices 78, self-employed 12, government excluding state, local, education and hospitals 2, outpatient care 2 and physicians' offices 2%, with the remaining 4 an editorial difference rather than an official other category; the combined employment distribution is not the own figure. Combined industry medians are government 219750, outpatient care 195330, dental offices 173760 and physicians' offices 172980 USD, which are not general dentists' own industry wages. O*NET education 62% doctoral and 38% post-doctoral are opinions on what new entrants need, not the composition of the workforce or a list of licences in every state; a group level above Zone5/SVP8 does not prove that all general dentists need 5 years of experience. The BLS own typical classification of doctoral or professional degree, related experience and on-the-job training None is a category, not an exemption from professional training. OOH notes most programmes require at least a bachelor's degree and science prerequisites, usually an accredited DDS or DMD programme and a state examination, with pathways differing by state; general dentists do not need additional specialty training after dental school, and specialties usually take 2—4 years, with oral and maxillofacial surgery 4—6 years, which is not applied to everyone.
Usage limitations：Physicians Law article 9: a relevant medical bachelor's degree or above plus 1 year of supervised medical practice at a medical institution, or a relevant medical junior college degree plus 2 years of practice after obtaining an assistant practice certificate; the assistant route in article 10 is verified separately, and the article 64 secondary-school transition does not mean all secondary-school graduates may apply. Applicants must meet the appropriate dental specialty or historical enrolment and graduation conditions and pass the examination, and under article 13 practice after registration according to the location and category scope; a physician qualification certificate is not practice registration or institutional filing. Registration takes a statutory 20 working days and is not the whole examination and processing cycle; under article 25 medical documents are issued after personal examination and must not be concealed, forged or destroyed, while article 26 separates general condition measures from the explanation and explicit consent for surgery and special examinations or treatments with risks and alternatives.
Usage limitations：57 context items: 100% a great deal of decision freedom, 99% continuous contact, 98% daily face-to-face and accuracy extremely important and routine PPE daily, 88% daily infection contact and close physical contact, 89% continuous hand movement, 91% daily indoors in a controlled environment that is not temperature controlled; 82% teamwork extremely important and 72% consequences of errors very serious, which are not actual accident rates. A typical week is 62% less than 40 hours and 38% exactly 40; 85% regular and 15% irregular, which does not mean there are no evenings or weekends. Sitting 50% continuously, 25% more than half the time and 20% half the time; bending or twisting 54% continuously and 31% more than half the time; repetitive motions 60% continuously and 31% more than half the time; standing 56% less than half the time, 23% half the time and 14% never. Daily radiation 54, contamination 61, noise 53 and time pressure 31, with dedicated PPE20% daily and 71% never; frequencies are not dose, illness or injury rates, or the distribution in China.
Usage limitations：The 2014 original text lists historical branches for five-year dental bachelor's degrees and postgraduate or junior college pathways, and qualifications in medical technology or nursing are not a basis for applying. The original Fujian display page is marked as no longer effective, yet the existing NMEC FAQ/2026 Huainan announcement still cites that version, so a single page cannot be used to declare nationwide repeal or to claim that all sections are currently effective; individuals verify the specialty, practice certification and first registration records against the target test centre for the year. The 2026 Huainan notice specifies an interval of 24 months from assistant registration to the comprehensive medical examination for the junior college pathway and 60 months for the historical secondary-school pathway; these are local requirements for that year, not all national conditions.
Usage limitations：Actually read Articles 2/9—15/18/24/27/34—35; qualification examination conditions are separate from registration, with one year of practice for a bachelor's degree and 2 years of assistant practice for a junior college degree handled separately, and registration takes 20 working days and is not the whole process; the Article 34 exception does not mean any assistant may practice independently; students receive guidance in clinical practice. China grants entry based on actual activities, and this round did not verify a one-to-one classification mapping to the U.S. code. Articles 2/12—15 of the 2021 text of the Physicians Law provide that qualification and practice registration are different and that practice follows the scope of the registration location and category; Article 34 provides that assistant physicians generally work under the guidance of a practicing physician, with conditional exceptions for general activities at township, village and difficult remote county institutions, so independence is not absolutely prohibited across the board. The official 2023 interpretation states that tooth scaling is a medical act, and the 2025 Xuanzhou case involved an institution arranging registered nurses without physician qualifications to perform scaling and to practice outside their specialty, which was penalized; nursing qualifications or a U.S. hygienist licence cannot be treated as China scaling authority, and not all nurses can be described as non-health technical personnel.
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