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Key facts
+5.7%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +5.7% (BLS). Regulated profession: diplôme d'État de docteur en chirurgie dentaire.
The job
Treats teeth and gums, fits prostheses and braces, and promotes oral health.
34 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- associate dental practitioner
- associate dentist
- community dental practitioner
- community dentist
- conservative dentist
- consultant dentist
- consulting dentist
- dental health specialist
- dental practitioner
- dental public health specialist
- dental specialist
- dentist
- dentofacial orthopaedic specialist
- endodontic specialist
- geriatric dentist
- gerodontic specialist
- hospital dentist
- oral and maxillofacial pathology specialist
- oral and maxillofacial specialist
- oral health care specialist
- orthodontician
- paediatric dentist
- paedodontrist
- periodontician
- periodontologist
- postgraduate dentist
- principal dental practitioner
- principal dentist
- prosthetic dentist
- prosthodontic specialist
- restorative dentist
- special care dentist
- special needs dentist
- specialist dentist
Training
Regulated profession: diplôme d'État de docteur en chirurgie dentaire.
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Dentists, general)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayVery highBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $170,950
EntryLong and selectiveBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.