AI Career Radar

Dental Hygienists

Administer oral hygiene care to patients. Assess patient oral hygiene problems or needs and maintain health records. Advise patients on oral health maintenance and disease prevention. May provide advanced care such as providing fluoride treatment or administering topical anesthesia.

AI exposure39 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation18
Freedom to set tasks77
Repeating the same tasks83
$98,100Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+8%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
53Skill durability (fragile)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Active Listening
63
69
Speaking
63
63
Critical Thinking
63
63
Monitoring
63
53
Judgment and Decision Making
63
50
Active Learning
62
50
Coordination
62
50
Complex Problem Solving
62
47
Reading Comprehension
61
50
Time Management
61
50
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
53
Social Perceptiveness
60
53
Instructing
58
50
Learning Strategies
58
44
Systems Analysis
57
25
Service Orientation
56
53
Systems Evaluation
56
28
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
25
Science
52
35
Negotiation
52
35
Management of Personnel Resources
50
31
Operations Analysis
49
19
Installation
48
0
Quality Control Analysis
47
35
Troubleshooting
47
31
Equipment Maintenance
47
28
Technology Design
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Equipment Selection
47
16
Management of Financial Resources
47
13
Operations Monitoring
46
47
Repairing
46
22
Programming
45
9
Operation and Control
43
31

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Active Learning, Operations Monitoring

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Evaluation

74/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
29%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Personnel Resources

73/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$167,220
10-yr growth
+8.2%
Skill gap
24%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Coordination

72/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$141,900
10-yr growth
+4.9%
Skill gap
21%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Systems Evaluation, Writing

#6Nurse MidwivesHealthcare
72/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$134,040
10-yr growth
+11.5%
Skill gap
24%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Dental Hygienists could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.