Dental Hygienists
Healthcare Practitioners and TechnicalAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Dental Hygienists with an AI automation risk score of 9%. Analysis includes 16 core tasks.
Safer Career Paths
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Key Tasks
Feel lymph nodes under patient's chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer.
Attend continuing education courses to maintain or update skills.
Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or the general public.
Record and review patient medical histories.
Feel and visually examine gums for sores and signs of disease.
Examine gums
Clean calcareous deposits
Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist.
Upskilling Courses
Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data