Dental Hygienists

Does not pass

• Feel and visually examine gums for sores and signs of disease.

  physical work, outside the screen · 10.8% of the role's time · $2.2B

• Clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments.

  physical work, outside the screen · 10.4% of the role's time · $2.1B

• Record and review patient medical histories.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 10.3% of the role's time · $2.1B

• Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease.

  physical work, outside the screen · 10.0% of the role's time · $2.1B

• Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 8.7% of the role's time · $1.8B · waiting on a check

• Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or the general public.

  physical work, outside the screen · 8.4% of the role's time · $1.7B

• Expose and develop x-ray film.

  physical work, outside the screen · 7.6% of the role's time · $1.6B

• Maintain dental equipment and sharpen and sterilize dental instruments.

  physical work, outside the screen · 7.4% of the role's time · $1.5B

• Maintain patient recall system.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.5% of the role's time · $1.3B · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Feel lymph nodes under patient's chin to detect swelling or tenderness that could indicate presence of oral cancer.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.4% of the role's time · $1.3B

• Apply fluorides or other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.2% of the role's time · $1.3B

• Administer local anesthetic agents.

  physical work, outside the screen · 3.3% of the role's time · $672M

• Remove excess cement from coronal surfaces of teeth.

  physical work, outside the screen · 1.6% of the role's time · $327M

• Make impressions for study casts.

  physical work, outside the screen · 0.2% of the role's time · $40.9M

• Conduct dental health clinics for community groups to augment services of dentist.

  physical work, outside the screen · 0.1% of the role's time · $10.9M