Prosthodontists Career, Salary and Skills
Prosthodontists have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $311,180 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 870.
Occupation description
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
Typical education
Post-Doctoral Training
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$311,180
Hourly median
$149.61
Employment
870
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.62 | 3.88 |
| Monitoring | 3.62 | 3.75 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.38 | 3.38 |
| Writing | 3.38 | 3.50 |
| Time Management | 3.25 | 3.25 |
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.
Technology
- Apple iOS
- Consult-PRO
- Henry Schein DentalVision Professional
- Henry Schein Dentrix
- Henry Schein Easy Dental
- Image management software
- Kea Software impDAT
- Kodak Dental Systems Kodak PRACTICEWORKS Practice management software PMS
- Materialise Dental SimPLANT
- Materialise Dental SurgiGuide
- Patterson Dental Supply Patterson EagleSoft
- Perio charting software
- Planet DDS Denticon
- Practice-Web Dental
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.