As a Dental Practitioner, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• advise on healthcare users' informed consent
• anaesthetics
• apply context specific clinical competences
• carry out local anesthesia in dental procedures
• clinical disciplines in dentistry
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• contribute to continuity of health care
• correct temporomandibular joint abnormalities
• counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health
• deal with patients' anxiety
• diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures
• differentiate between maxillofacial tissues
• discuss dental treatment options with patient
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• fit dental appliances
• interpret findings from medical examinations
• keep records for dental prostheses
• lead the dental team
• manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia
• manage dental emergencies
• manage edentulous patients
• manage occlusion
• medico-biological and medical sciences related to dentistry
• minimise occupational hazards in dentistry practice
• mouth anatomy
• perform dental clinical examination
• perform oral health diagnosis
• promote health and safety policies in health services
• promote inclusion
• provide instruction in orthodontic procedures
• provide periodontal treatment
• provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
• refer healthcare users
• rehabilitate worn dentition
• restore teeths' natural colour
• select materials for orthodontic appliances
• supervise dental staff
• surgery
• treat cases of malocclusion
• treat exposure of dental pulp
• treat snoring problems
• treat tooth decay
• undertake clinical audit
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• use orthodontic tools
• work in multidisciplinary health teams
• write prescriptions for medication in dentistry

More generally, a dental practitioner is also versed in:

• apply organisational techniques
• communicate in healthcare
• comply with legislation related to health care
• cosmetic dental procedures
• deal with emergency care situations
• dentistry science
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• educate on the prevention of illness
• empathise with the healthcare user
• ensure proper appointment administration
• follow clinical guidelines
• interact with healthcare users
• listen actively
• manage healthcare users' data
• manage infection control in the facility
• perform multiple tasks at the same time
• provide health education
• respond to changing situations in health care
• work in a multicultural environment in health care

It also helps to know the following:

• contribute to practice innovation in health care
• handle payments in dentistry
• organise public oral health programmes
• build community relations
• conduct continuing professional development workshops
• conduct health related research
• employment law
• impact of social contexts on health
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges
• manage healthcare staff
• pedagogy
• record healthcare users' billing information
• train employees
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care