Career
Here is the list of some career options for Oral Pathology.
Job/Career Profiles | Job Description | Average Salary/annum |
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MDS Coordinator | To assess patients and collect data for the Minimum Data Set (MDS), collate charts and chart data, inspect records, and create reports, implement and explain federal and organizational regulations and guidelines, maintain patient medical records and develop individualized care plans with targeted outcomes | Rs 5 to 6 lakhs |
Oral Pathologist | To study the nature, cause, and development of diseases associated with the mouth, examine the patient's mouth, jaw, face, and associated areas and obtains specimen, using medical instruments, examines specimen from patient's mouth or associated area to determine pathological conditions, such as tumors and lesions, using microscope and other laboratory equipment and applying knowledge of medical pathology and dentistry, and discuss the diagnosis with patients and refer practitioner | Rs 9 to 40 lacs |
Public Health Specialists | To work in the public sector, usually focusing skills and expertise on population-based dentistry instead of individual patients, to improve the oral health of a group of people, usually within a community or State, and to treat, and educate upon dental health issues | Rs 3.5 to 4 lakhs |
Sales Representative | To answer customers' questions about dental products, prices, availability, the product uses, and credit terms, to identify prospective customers by using business directories and following leads from existing clients., and to recommend products to customers, based on customers' needs and interests. | Rs 3 to 4 lakhs |
Consultant | To evaluate the efficiencies related to the business work flow processes of daily activities within a dental office, to put together plans that offer recommendations to make office work flow more efficient | Rs 6 to 10 lakhs |
Dental Assistant | To perform a variety of patient care, office, and laboratory duties, and often work chair-side as dentists examine and treat patients, to make patients comfortable, prepare them for treatment, and obtain their dental records | Rs 2.5 to 3 lakhs |
Dental Hygienist | To work under the supervision of licensed dentists. They are not qualified to make the same kind of diagnostic decisions or perform the same procedures as dentists. Instead, they perform basic dental care tasks, mostly focused on keeping patients' teeth and gums clean | Rs 3.5 to 5 lakhs |
Dental Lab Technician | To replaces partial or total loss of natural teeth by constructing partial or full dentures (metal and non-metal)., to restores natural teeth by fabricating crowns and bridges, and to correct dental irregularities by manufacturing fixed or removable teeth appliances | Rs 3 to 4 lakhs |