# Orthodontists

> Examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 29-1023.00
- **Summary:** Examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance.

## Aliases

- Orthodontic Dentist
- Orthodontic Specialist
- Orthodontics Doctor
- Orthodontist
- Board Certified Orthodontist
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Specialist
- Dental Treatment Coordinator
- Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentist
- Doctor
- Invisible Braces Orthodontist
- Orthodontic Treatment Coordinator
- Pediatric Orthodontist

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Diagnose teeth and jaw or other dental-facial abnormalities. | Core | 4.A.2.b.1.f |
| Examine patients to assess abnormalities of jaw development, tooth position, and other dental-facial structures. | Core | 4.A.1.b.2.i |
| Fit dental appliances in patients' mouths to alter the position and relationship of teeth and jaws or to realign teeth. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.x |
| Study diagnostic records, such as medical or dental histories, plaster models of the teeth, photos of a patient's face and teeth, and X-rays, to develop patient treatment plans. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.f |
| Adjust dental appliances to produce and maintain normal function. | Core | 4.A.3.a.2.x |
| Provide patients with proposed treatment plans and cost estimates. | Core | 4.A.4.a.1.e |
| Advise patients to comply with treatment plans. | Core | 4.A.4.a.1.e |
| Prepare diagnostic and treatment records. | Core | 4.A.3.b.6.k |
| Instruct dental officers and technical assistants in orthodontic procedures and techniques. | Core | 4.A.4.b.3.f |
| Coordinate orthodontic services with other dental and medical services. | Core | 4.A.4.a.2.d |
| Design and fabricate appliances, such as space maintainers, retainers, and labial and lingual arch wires. | Core | 4.A.2.b.2.k |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Confer with clients to discuss treatment plans or progress. | 4.A.4.a.1.e |
| Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments. | 4.A.4.b.6.a |
| Adjust dental devices or appliances to ensure fit. | 4.A.3.a.2.x |
| Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals. | 4.A.2.a.4.f |
| Diagnose dental conditions. | 4.A.2.b.1.f |
| Examine mouth, teeth, gums, or related facial structures. | 4.A.1.b.2.i |
| Record patient medical histories. | 4.A.3.b.6.k |
| Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members. | 4.A.4.a.1.e |
| Train medical providers. | 4.A.4.b.3.f |
| Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment. | 4.A.4.a.2.d |
| Design medical devices or appliances. | 4.A.2.b.2.k |
| Fabricate medical devices. | 4.A.3.a.2.q |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medicine and Dentistry | knowledge | 4.95 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 4.25 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 4.12 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 4 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 4 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 4 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 4 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 4 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 4 |
| Written Expression | ability | 4 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 4 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 4 |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | ability | 4 |
| Finger Dexterity | ability | 4 |
| Near Vision | ability | 4 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Social Perceptiveness | transferable_skill | 3.88 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 3.88 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.75 |
| Manual Dexterity | ability | 3.75 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.75 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 3.75 |
| English Language | knowledge | 3.69 |
| Biology | knowledge | 3.68 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 3.38 |
| Science | essential_skill | 3.38 |
| Service Orientation | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 3.26 |
| Learning Strategies | essential_skill | 3.25 |
| Persuasion | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Instructing | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Fluency of Ideas | ability | 3.25 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3.25 |
| Selective Attention | ability | 3.25 |
| Control Precision | ability | 3.25 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Finger Dexterity | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Biology | Specialized Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Learning Strategies | Specialized Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| Visualization | Specialized Skill |
| Physics | Specialized Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Facebook | Specialized Skill |
| Psychology | Specialized Skill |
| Chemistry | Specialized Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Patient Management Software | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Selection | Specialized Skill |
| Depth Perception | Common Skill |
| Foreign Language | Common Skill |
| Geography | Specialized Skill |
| Medical Software | Specialized Skill |
| Installation | Specialized Skill |
| Equipment Maintenance | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Facebook | Web page creation and editing software | yes | no |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | no |
| Ada | Development environment software | no | no |
| Adstra Systems ADSTRA Management | Medical software | no | no |
| Advance Ortho Systems Program Director | Medical software | no | no |
| Algorithm Compu-Ceph | Medical software | no | no |
| American Orthodontics Compu-Ceph | Graphics or photo imaging software | no | no |
| American Orthodontics Photo-Eze | Graphics or photo imaging software | no | no |
| Dolphin Imaging & Management Solutions Dolphin Management | Medical software | no | no |
| EZappt | Calendar and scheduling software | no | no |
| FYI Technologies Dr. Ceph | Graphics or photo imaging software | no | no |
| FYI Technologies Dr. View | Graphics or photo imaging software | no | no |
| GAC International OrthoPlex | Graphics or photo imaging software | no | no |
| ICE Dental Systems | Medical software | no | no |
| IMS Specialty Services IMS Digital Office | Medical software | no | no |
| Innovative Software Inn-Soft Office Manager | Medical software | no | no |
| Katchitek Corporation OrthoManager | Medical software | no | no |
| Kodak Dental Systems Kodak ORTHOWARE | Medical software | no | no |
| New Horizons Software OrthoExec | Medical software | no | no |
| Oasys structural design and analysis software | Medical software | no | no |
| Ortho Computer Systems ViewPoint | Medical software | no | no |
| OrthoChart | Medical software | no | no |
| Orthoease | Medical software | no | no |
| Patient management software | Medical software | no | no |
| PerfectByte Ortho | Medical software | no | no |
| Solutions by Design ScreenPlay | Medical software | no | no |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software | no | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 5 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 5 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.99 |
| Contact With Others | 4.96 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 4.86 |
| Physical Proximity | 4.84 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 4.83 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.81 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 4.79 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 4.71 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 4.7 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 4.67 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 4.65 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 4.65 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 4.62 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 4.57 |
| E-Mail | 4.35 |
| Time Pressure | 4.34 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 4.27 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.25 |
| Level of Competition | 4.18 |
| Exposed to Disease or Infections | 4.13 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 3.68 |
| Exposed to Radiation | 3.51 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 3.46 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 3.39 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 3.07 |
| Spend Time Bending or Twisting Your Body | 3 |
| Conflict Situations | 2.97 |
| Consequence of Error | 2.71 |
| Spend Time Standing | 2.64 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 2.5 |
| Public Speaking | 2.25 |
| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | 2.17 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 2.15 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 2.11 |
| Degree of Automation | 2.11 |
| Wear Specialized Protective or Safety Equipment such as Breathing Apparatus, Safety Harness, Full Protection Suits, or Radiation Protection | 2.1 |
| Exposed to Hazardous Conditions | 1.68 |
| Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | 1.55 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 5
- **Job Zone Name:** 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).
- **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.
- **Svp Range:** (8.0 and above)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Post-Doctoral Training | 68.94 |
| Doctoral Degree | 12.09 |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 7.73 |
| First Professional Degree | 7.08 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 2.66 |
| High School Diploma | 1.51 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care Service | specific_interest_area | 6.42 |
| Dependability | work_style | 6 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 5.72 |
| Realistic | career_interest_type | 5.6 |
| Attention to Detail | work_style | 5 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 4.58 |
| Medical Science | specific_interest_area | 4.02 |
| Social | career_interest_type | 4.01 |
| Integrity | work_style | 4 |
| Engineering | specific_interest_area | 3.6 |
| Life Science | specific_interest_area | 3.25 |
| Cautiousness | work_style | 3 |
| Teaching/Education | specific_interest_area | 2.61 |
| Mathematics/Statistics | specific_interest_area | 2.57 |
| Mechanics/Electronics | specific_interest_area | 2.49 |
| Physical Science | specific_interest_area | 2.22 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 29-1021.00 | role-29-1021-00 | Dentists, General | Primary-Short |
| 29-1024.00 | role-29-1024-00 | Prosthodontists | Primary-Short |
| 29-1243.00 | role-29-1243-00 | Pediatric Surgeons | Primary-Short |
| 29-1022.00 | role-29-1022-00 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | Primary-Short |
| 29-1242.00 | role-29-1242-00 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | Primary-Short |
| 31-9091.00 | role-31-9091-00 | Dental Assistants | Primary-Long |
| 29-1241.00 | role-29-1241-00 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | Primary-Long |
| 29-1212.00 | role-29-1212-00 | Cardiologists | Primary-Long |
| 29-1213.00 | role-29-1213-00 | Dermatologists | Primary-Long |
| 29-1011.00 | role-29-1011-00 | Chiropractors | Primary-Long |
| 29-1229.03 | role-29-1229-03 | Urologists | Supplemental |
| 29-1081.00 | role-29-1081-00 | Podiatrists | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Healthcare & Human Services | healthcare-human-services |

## Education Level

- **Category:** Doctoral or professional degree

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Dental, Medical, and Veterinary Residency Programs | dental-medical-and-veterinary-residency-programs |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | health-professions-and-related-programs |

## Market

- **Mean Wage:** 254620
- **Pct10Wage:** 98560
- **Pct25Wage:** 137320
- **Employment:** 5150
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 62 | 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance | Sector | 5130 | 6.65 |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 62 | 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance | Sector | 5130 | 6.65 |
- **Count:** 1

## Ai Signals

| Source | Label | Score | Scale | Release |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| frey_osborne | Computerization probability | 0.023 | 0-1 probability | 2013-baseline-2016-employment-snapshot |
| felten_aioe | AI occupational exposure | 0.1616631 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_image_generation_aioe | Image generation occupational exposure | 0.4516238 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |
| felten_language_modeling_aioe | Language modeling occupational exposure | 0.0205331 | relative exposure score | 2021-plus-generative-ai-workbooks |

## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 55
- **Percentile:** 54
- **Band:** Moderate
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 52 | felten_aioe |
| 50 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 62 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 3

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| felten_aioe | Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) | 0.1616631 | 52 | Moderate | How much this job's abilities overlap with what AI systems can do, across many AI capabilities. A relative research score, not a forecast of job loss. |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 0.6000000000000001 | 50 | Moderate | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.17948476792262943 | 62 | Moderate | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Frey Historical

- **Source:** frey
- **Label:** Computerization probability (Frey & Osborne, 2013)
- **Value:** 0.023
- **Percentile:** 16
- **Band:** Low
- **Note:** 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.
- **Teleworkable:** no

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0
- **Beta:** 0.30000000000000004
- **Gamma:** 0.6000000000000001

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Study diagnostic records, such as medical or dental histories, plaster models of the teeth, photos of a patient's face and teeth, and X-rays, to develop patient treatment plans. | 0.0019514479743970028 | 4.9 |
| Prepare diagnostic and treatment records. | 0.0019514479743970028 | 4.77 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 4.4
- **Growth Percentile:** 69
- **Direction:** About average
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 0.2
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 2
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 5.9
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 6.2

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| dingel_neiman | dingel-neiman-workathome |
| felten_aioe | felten-raj-seamans-aioe |
| frey_osborne | frey-osborne-automation |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Ai Playbook

- **Trusted Task Count:** 1
- **Task Count:** 2
- **Total Sample:** 54
- **Autonomy Median:** 3
- **Dominant Collaboration:** task iteration
- **Automation Share:** 46.15
- **Augmentation Share:** 48.72
- **Work Use Percent:** 71.79

### Collaboration

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| task iteration | 48.72 |
| directive | 46.15 |

### Use Case

| Label | Percent |
| --- | --- |
| work | 71.79 |

### Delegated Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Collaboration | Autonomy Median | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prepare diagnostic and treatment records. | 0.0039004875609451183 | task iteration | 3 | 39 |

### Boundary Tasks

| Task | Human Needed Percent | Sample Count |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Prepare diagnostic and treatment records. | 87.17948717948718 | 39 |

### Seed Prompts

| Prompt | Collaboration |
| --- | --- |
| Let's work through this together, step by step: prepare diagnostic and treatment records. I'll give feedback as we go. | task iteration |
- **Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 11
- **Skills:** 34
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 27
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** 2c9d37537300afba