Prosthodontists — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$311,180
United States, 2025
Employment
870
United States, 2025
Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
Job Zone 5
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Diagnose, treat, rehabilitate, design, and fit prostheses that maintain oral function, health, and appearance for patients with clinical conditions associated with teeth, oral and maxillofacial tissues, or the jaw.
- O*NET code
- 29-1024.00
- Job zone
- 5
- Experience required
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Typical tasks
- Examine patients to diagnose oral health conditions and diseases.
- Fit prostheses to patients, making any necessary adjustments and modifications.
- Replace missing teeth and associated oral structures with permanent fixtures, such as implant-supported prostheses, crowns and bridges, or removable fixtures, such as dentures.
- Measure and take impressions of patients' jaws and teeth to determine the shape and size of dental prostheses, using face bows, dental articulators, recording devices, and other materials.
- Collaborate with general dentists, specialists, and other health professionals to develop solutions to dental and oral health concerns.
- Design and fabricate dental prostheses, or supervise dental technicians and laboratory bench workers who construct the devices.
- Restore function and aesthetics to traumatic injury survivors, or to individuals with diseases or congenital disabilities.
- Repair, reline, or rebase dentures.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$103,510
25th percentile
$252,050
75th percentile
$333,480
90th percentile
$344,750
Most important skills
- Speaking4.0
- Active Listening4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Complex Problem Solving3.8
- Reading Comprehension3.6
- Monitoring3.6
- Social Perceptiveness3.6
- Judgment and Decision Making3.4
- Writing3.4
- Time Management3.3
- Instructing3.1
- Service Orientation3.1
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 16 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
16
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.8 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.6 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Monitoring | 3.6 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.6 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Writing | 3.4 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.4 | 3.4 | Not selected | 3.4 |
| Time Management | 3.3 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Service Orientation | 3.1 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Active Learning | 3.0 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Instructing | 3.1 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Science | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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National median $265,930
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.