Dentists, General

AUTOMATION RISK

CALCULATED

0.0%

risk level

POLLING

20%

Based on 1,188 votes

LABOR DEMAND

GROWTH

6.1%

by year 2032

WAGES

$166,300

or $79.95 per hour

Volume

121,640

as of 2023

SUMMARY

JOB SCORE

8.5/10

0.0% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): Occupations in this category have a low probability of being automated, as they typically demand complex problem-solving, creativity, strong interpersonal skills, and a high degree of manual dexterity. These jobs often involve intricate hand movements and precise coordination, making it difficult for machines to replicate the required tasks.

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Sentiment

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Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Dentists, General' was $166,300, or $79 per hour

'Dentists, General' were paid 246.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

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Thomas (No chance) 2 months ago

There's too many changing variables occurring in real time as a dental procedure is being performed on a conscious patient. A finely tuned robot directed by AI could do this work but I think that is more than two decades away and it would require the patient to be under general anesthesia so that they are completely immobile.

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Mason (No chance) 3 months ago

I personally believed that it would be to risky to let AI to use all kinds of dental schools compared to a highly trained dentist.

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John (medium chance within 10-15 years) 4 months ago

Will robots be able to perform complex dentistry after being trained on it? The answer is not if but when. Robots are already predicting and maneuvering complex obstacles they've never seen before with the use of AI.

Some say dentists are safe because, hey, who would want to see a robot dentist? "I wouldn't want a robot dentist in my mouth."

But if everybody is also jobless due to advances in AI, you won't be able to afford anything BUT a robot dentist.

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Samuel Watanabe (No chance) 6 months ago

I think no one would be ok with a machine or robot trying to fix your teeth and touching your mouth. This could be so dangerous. Besides it would be a waste of time and money trying to build ai for this function. No chance. One of the few jobs that can't be replaced by a robot.

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AI will raplace dents sorry not sorry 5 months ago

That is wrong, actually. More than 50% of people said they would consent to a fully automated robot to perform a surgery on them. It's because AI is better than any human on Earth. So... no. LOL!

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Deez nuts (No chance) 7 months ago

Honestly if I got replaced by a stupid unintelligent peace of trash id be mad...So don't replace me....

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Brandon Young (No chance) 7 months ago

I would like someone experienced and someone that know what hurts or not.

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Khadiga (No chance) 7 months ago

because i am a dentist and i know the challenges of this job.

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Chase 7 months ago

So many clueless people on this page. To be clear, I HATE dentists. However, Imagine an unfeeling robot hurting a patient. Would it be able to stop? Or will it continue operating on the patient while they're screaming? I also don't think a robot can come up with a treatment plan independently either, or consult people who are deathly afraid of dentists already.

Maybe in the year 2700 we will advance to that stage. I heard of tha Chinese robot dentist back in 2017, but have not really hear any more things about it. From what I've seen from it though, the dummy mouth it worked on was already "pre-molded" for the robot dentist to operate on. Every mouth is different, everyone's pain tolerance is different, and everyone's mental state when dealing with the dentist is different.

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J 1 year ago

Can a robot sense when a patient is getting an anxiety attack and stop to calm them down? Do you want a 200,000 rpm diamond bur cutting through your tooth that has a nerve in the middle of it, with a machine on the other end of that tool? Human dentists will be around for a long time.

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Elrich 1 year ago

The question must be :

What is cheaper ?

- doctor labor + dental instruments

or

- dental assistant labor + highly specialized surgical robot + cost of maintenance of such a device.
(Just to put in perspective, the Da Vinci surgical robot costs 2 millons $ and 2500$ per intervention, without the cost of labor)

What is however happening is the Radiological interpretation of dental X-rays.

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Bella (No chance) 1 year ago

Imagine a robot working in your mouth without no liability or sense of emotion. A high risk of malfunction can happen also. It could be automated but would we want it to?

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Leopold M Ferenc (Highly likely) 1 year ago

I can visualise a device which is put in the mouth which will scan and 3d fill in decaying section of teeth based on previous historical scans.

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Anon (Highly likely) 2 years ago

Extremely easy to replace actually. What’s really required in this that a robot cannot do? Robots have manual dexterity just like robots that sew and do carpentry. They’re already experimenting with using robots in certain surgeries (obviously on decoys) and it’s been very successful and they’re just programmed. Robots remove the chance of human error when working in the mouth. And a robot can easily interpret data on the teeth, that’s just stats and numbers. I think it’s highly likely but also think it can go either way just like anything else.

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Samuel Watanabe 6 months ago

Nobody wants a machine or a robot fixing their teeth. This is too dangerous. It's something so sensitive that only human beings are capable of, and the chances of this happening in the next 300 years is very low.

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N (Moderate) 3 years ago

Honestly, robots are more precise, and humans can't really top AI. Okay, so let's imagine something, imagine your local dentists' office. All you see are big machines, right? Yep. So just imagine a robot instead of a dentist.

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Stefano 7 months ago

Oh, if a hacker attack or solar storm arrives that launches very powerful electromagnetic waves from the sun capable of causing a total and worldwide blackout, what will you do? You keep the pain in your teeth because there are no more Robots, We Human Beings don't need batteries or electricity, Much better than a real Dentist, Think about it and also a lot.

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deez (No chance) 3 years ago

Dentists are needed to be people as their patients might not like a more mechanical approach to an already mechanical job

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Honey Mandal 11 months ago

I agree ...
Majority Patients will 😨 of machines handling their surgeries

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donald (Highly likely) 3 years ago

Image recognition and precision work is what robots are good at

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Scott (Low) 3 years ago

It will be awhile before robots replace dentists - but it will happen.

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T. Fairy (Highly likely) 4 years ago

Dentistry is mainly about image recognition and operating machinery, machines excel at this.

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Muddy (No chance) 4 years ago

While I can see robots eventually replacing dentists, the degree of analytical creativity and personalized service makes it unlikely within 20 years .

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Abdullah (Uncertain) 4 years ago

Give Chinese people some time .

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