Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- About average employment outlook (+0.3% by 2034)
- 200 openings/yr
- Median pay $225,770/yr
Dentists, All Other Specialists
Occupation · SOC 29-1029.00
All dentists not listed separately.
Also called: Cosmetic Dentist · Endodontist · Maxillofacial Pathology · Oral Pathologist · Pediatric Dentist · Pedodontist · Periodontist · Public Health Dentist
Job family: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
Take this to your AI
A source-stamped Markdown brief of this occupation — paste it into an agent, or fetch
/roles/role-29-1029-00/context.md directly.
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.
about 200 openings a year (+0.3% projected, BLS) . What exposure means →
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.
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 · +0.3% by 2034 |
| Projected annual openings | 200 |
| Employment 2024 → 2034 | 6,600 → 6,600 |
“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.
Dentists, All Other Specialists 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.
How to get in
- Typical entry-level education
- Doctoral or professional degree · BLS, the typical path — not a requirement
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.
Wages & employment
U.S. · annual wages (BLS OEWS)
| 10th percentile | $75,360 |
| 25th percentile | $172,780 |
| Median (50th) | $225,770 |
| 75th percentile | — |
| 90th percentile | — |
| People employed | 5,900 |
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 | 3,490 | $225,770 |
| Manufacturing · Sector | — | $172,720 |
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 | 3.95× | 3,490 |
What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Dentists, All Other Specialists — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Doctoral or professional degree · typical entry level
- 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.
Write a report on thisheadline · factoids · citation
Dentists, All Other Specialists: $225,770 median pay, employment about average through 2034
- The occupation is projected to see about 200 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 (+0.3%) from 2024 to 2034.BLS Employment Projections 2024–34
- Median annual pay is $225,770, across about 5,900 U.S. workers.BLS OEWS (May 2024)
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Dentists, All Other Specialists: $225,770 median pay, employment about average through 2034 • The occupation is projected to see about 200 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 (+0.3%) from 2024 to 2034. (BLS Employment Projections 2024–34) • Median annual pay is $225,770, across about 5,900 U.S. workers. (BLS OEWS (May 2024)) Source: Singulariki — "Dentists, All Other Specialists". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1029-00 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
- 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)
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Plain
Singulariki. "Dentists, All Other Specialists." 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; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1029-00
APA
Singulariki. (2026). Dentists, All Other Specialists. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1029-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-29-1029-00,
title = {Dentists, All Other Specialists},
author = {{Singulariki}},
year = {2026},
note = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-29-1029-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.