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Orthodontists
Examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. Design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Diagnose teeth and jaw or other dental-facial abnormalities.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Examine patients to assess abnormalities of jaw development, tooth position, and other dental-facial structures.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Study diagnostic records, such as medical or dental histories, plaster models of the teeth, photos of a patient's face and teeth, and X-rays, to develop patient treatment plans.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Fit dental appliances in patients' mouths to alter the position and relationship of teeth and jaws or to realign teeth.Mostly human for now
- 05Adjust dental appliances to produce and maintain normal function.Mostly human for now
- 06Provide patients with proposed treatment plans and cost estimates.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Advise patients to comply with treatment plans.No rating yet
- 08Prepare diagnostic and treatment records.People already use AI for this at work
- 09Instruct dental officers and technical assistants in orthodontic procedures and techniques.Mostly human for now
- 10Coordinate orthodontic services with other dental and medical services.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
30%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 62% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 35% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Fit dental appliances in patients' mouths to alter the position and relationship of teeth and jaws or to realign teeth.
- Adjust dental appliances to produce and maintain normal function.
- Instruct dental officers and technical assistants in orthodontic procedures and techniques.