Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
See all skills →Prosthodontists
Occupation · SOC 29-1024.00
Diagnose, treat, rehabilitate, design, and fit prostheses that maintain oral function, health, and appearance for patients with clinical conditions associated with teeth, oral and maxillofacial tissues, or the jaw.
Also called: DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) · Denturist · Maxillofacial Prosthodontist · Prosthodontist · Dental Science Dr (Dental Science Doctor) · Prosthetic Dentist · Reconstructive Dentist · Removable Prosthodontist · Restorative Dentist · Maxillofacial Prosthetics Dentist · Oral Maxillofacial Prosthodontist
Job family: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
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AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+4.5% by 2034)
- 0 openings/yr
- Low AI exposure
- Work is mostly on-site (not teleworkable)
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) Moderate | 44th | -0.2 | |
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) Low | 13th | 0.1 | |
| AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) Low | 2nd | 0.0 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.0), with simple added tooling (β 0.0), and including AI-powered software (γ 0.1). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
This job mostly cannot be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman) — its hands-on tasks sit outside what software-based AI reaches.
Historical automation estimate (2013)
A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
Frey–Osborne probability 0.1 · 24th percentile among occupations · Low
How AI is actually used in this job
Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.
| Collaborate with general dentists, specialists, and other health professionals to develop solutions to dental and oral health concerns. | 0.2% |
Job outlook
Independent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projection for 2024–2034 — a labor-market forecast, not an AI-impact forecast.
| Outlook | About average · +4.5% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 0 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 900 → 900 |
“Annual openings” counts new jobs plus replacements for workers who leave the occupation, so it can be large even when growth is modest.
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international occupation below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Prosthodontists sits at the 18th percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
— exposure eased from 2023 to 2025. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
15% mean task exposure (2025)
18th percentile of 427 placed occupations
−6 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Dentists · 2261 | 15% | Not exposed |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
Tasks
All 11 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Fit prostheses to patients, making any necessary adjustments and modifications. Core · importance 4.7
- Replace missing teeth and associated oral structures with permanent fixtures, such as implant-supported prostheses, crowns and bridges, or removable fixtures, such as dentures. Core · importance 4.7
- Measure and take impressions of patients' jaws and teeth to determine the shape and size of dental prostheses, using face bows, dental articulators, recording devices, and other materials. Core · importance 4.7
- Collaborate with general dentists, specialists, and other health professionals to develop solutions to dental and oral health concerns. Core · importance 4.6
- Design and fabricate dental prostheses, or supervise dental technicians and laboratory bench workers who construct the devices. Core · importance 4.6
- Restore function and aesthetics to traumatic injury victims, or to individuals with diseases or birth defects. Core · importance 4.6
- Repair, reline, or rebase dentures. Core · importance 4.4
- Use bonding technology on the surface of the teeth to change tooth shape or to close gaps. Core · importance 4.3
- Treat facial pain and jaw joint problems. Core · importance 4.1
- Place veneers onto teeth to conceal defects. Core · importance 3.9
- Bleach discolored teeth to brighten and whiten them. Core · importance 3.2
Emerging tasks
Newer responsibilities O*NET has flagged as growing for this occupation.
- Consult with patients about treatment options.
- Create treatment plans for patients.
Work activities
- Adjust dental devices or appliances to ensure fit.
- Check physical condition of people or animals.
- Examine mouth, teeth, gums, or related facial structures.
- Adjust prostheses or other assistive devices.
- Design medical devices or appliances.
- Measure the physical or physiological attributes of patients.
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
- Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.
- Treat dental problems or diseases.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Knowledge
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5.0 | |
| Customer and Personal Service | 4.1 | |
| Administration and Management | 3.4 | |
| English Language | 3.3 | |
| Biology | 3.2 | |
| Education and Training | 3.1 | |
| Psychology | 3.0 |
Abilities
| Problem Sensitivity | 4.1 | |
| Near Vision | 4.1 | |
| Oral Comprehension | 4.0 | |
| Oral Expression | 4.0 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 4.0 | |
| Inductive Reasoning | 4.0 | |
| Finger Dexterity | 3.9 | |
| Written Comprehension | 3.8 | |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | 3.6 | |
| Manual Dexterity | 3.6 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.6 | |
| Speech Clarity | 3.6 | |
| Information Ordering | 3.4 | |
| Written Expression | 3.3 | |
| Visualization | 3.3 | |
| Selective Attention | 3.3 | |
| Control Precision | 3.3 | |
| Fluency of Ideas | 3.1 | |
| Originality | 3.1 | |
| Category Flexibility | 3.1 | |
| Visual Color Discrimination | 3.1 |
Essential skills
| Active Listening | 4.0 | |
| Speaking | 4.0 | |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.6 | |
| Monitoring | 3.6 | |
| Writing | 3.4 |
Transferable skills
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.8 | |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.6 | |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.4 | |
| Time Management | 3.3 | |
| Instructing | 3.1 | |
| Service Orientation | 3.1 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
Tools & technology
| Example | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple iOS | Operating system software | Hot technology |
| Henry Schein Dentrix | Medical software | Hot technology |
| Consult-PRO | Medical software | |
| Henry Schein DentalVision Professional | Medical software | |
| Henry Schein Easy Dental | Medical software | |
| Image management software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| Kea Software impDAT | Medical software | |
| Kodak Dental Systems Kodak PRACTICEWORKS Practice management software PMS | Medical software | |
| Materialise Dental SimPLANT | Medical software | |
| Materialise Dental SurgiGuide | Medical software | |
| Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft | Medical software | |
| Perio charting software | Medical software | |
| Planet DDS Denticon | Medical software | |
| Practice-Web Dental | Medical software |
Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 5 — Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
- Education
- Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
- Typical entry-level education
- Doctoral or professional degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
- Related experience
- Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
- Preparation level
- SVP (8.0 and above) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Dental, Medical, and Veterinary Residency Programs , Health Professions and Related Programs . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Education of current workers
Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.
| Post-Doctoral Training | 61.0% | |
| Doctoral Degree | 36.1% | |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 2.9% |
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Work styles
| Dependability | 9.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 8.0 | |
| Integrity | 7.0 | |
| Cautiousness | 6.0 | |
| Intellectual Curiosity | 5.0 | |
| Cooperation | 4.0 | |
| Achievement Orientation | 3.0 |
Interest areas
| Health Care Service | 6.7 | |
| Medical Science | 4.1 | |
| Life Science | 3.2 | |
| Personal Service | 2.9 | |
| Engineering | 2.9 |
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Realistic | 6.2 | |
| Investigative | 5.5 | |
| Social | 4.6 | |
| Conventional | 3.2 |
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $97,370 |
| 25th percentile | $232,000 |
| Median (50th) | — |
| 75th percentile | — |
| 90th percentile | — |
| People employed | 760 |
Industries that employ this occupation
Where these workers are employed, by number of jobs (national, BLS OEWS). Pay shown is the occupation's national median, not industry-specific.
| Industry | Workers | National median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 750 | — |
Where this work is most concentrated
Industries where this occupation is far more common than in the economy as a whole. The location quotient is how many times more concentrated it is here (a value of 5 means five times its economy-wide share).
| Industry | Concentration | Workers |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance · Sector | 6.59× | 750 |
Related occupations
Part of the Healthcare & Human Services career cluster.
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons · 29-1022.00 Compare →
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- Pediatric Surgeons · 29-1243.00 Compare →
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric · 29-1242.00 Compare →
- Dermatologists · 29-1213.00 Compare →
- Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric · 29-1241.00 Compare →
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- Dental Laboratory Technicians · 51-9081.00 Compare →
Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.
What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Prosthodontists — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Doctoral or professional degree · typical entry level
- Job zone 5 — Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Dental, Medical, and Veterinary Residency Programs · field of study
- Health Professions and Related Programs · field of study
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 18th percentile of 427 international occupations.
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Prosthodontists show 17th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 0 annual U.S. openings
- Prosthodontists rank in the 17th percentile (Low band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
- The occupation is projected to see about 0 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- BLS projects employment to be about average (+4.5%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
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Prosthodontists show 17th-percentile AI task overlap — and about 0 annual U.S. openings • Prosthodontists rank in the 17th percentile (Low band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) • The occupation is projected to see about 0 U.S. job openings per year (2024–34), counting growth and replacement — a labor-demand projection made independently of AI. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • BLS projects employment to be about average (+4.5%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) Source: Singulariki — "Prosthodontists". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1024-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
- Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai Microsoft Research
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
- Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation academic
- Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
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Plain
Singulariki. "Prosthodontists." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1024-00
APA
Singulariki. (2026). Prosthodontists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1024-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-29-1024-00,
title = {Prosthodontists},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1024-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.