Dental Hygienists
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 1,004 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with a small part of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 31% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Record and review patient medical histories.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Chart conditions of decay and disease for diagnosis and treatment by dentist.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Expose and develop x-ray film.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Attend continuing education courses to maintain or update skills.
AI could do much of this on its own
Maintain patient recall system.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Feel and visually examine gums for sores and signs of disease.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Examine gums, using probes, to locate periodontal recessed gums and signs of gum disease.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Clean calcareous deposits, accretions, and stains from teeth and beneath margins of gums, using dental instruments.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Provide clinical services or health education to improve and maintain the oral health of patients or the general public.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Apply fluorides or other cavity preventing agents to arrest dental decay.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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