Automation index
How much of a Dental assistant’s job can AI already do?
A booking and a reminder come earlier. Suction, passing and not leaving the patient alone do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Dental assistant
19%
AI can already do 19% of this job.
#502 / 663
View rankingDental assistant
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Diary, charts and setting the bay.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Suction, pass instruments and isolate.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 10% | +2.2 |
Care for the patient and explain aftercare.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Develop, label and file tests.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Sterilisation, impressions and stock.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 16% | +2.6 |
Not infecting anyone and not leaving cotton inside.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 14% | +2 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- design interfaces
- prototypes
- figma
- Diary, charts and setting the bay
- Suction, pass instruments and isolate
- Care for the patient and explain aftercare
- Develop, label and file tests
- Sterilisation, impressions and stock
- auxiliar de odontologia
- dental assistant
Sources for this job· O*NET 31-9091.00· ESCO/ISCO 5329
IS WORK OVER?
Biomedical equipment technician
19%
#565 / 663
View rankingBiomedical equipment technician
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Ticket, the inventory and the calibration.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
ICU, the ventilator and not switching off the one that is ventilating.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Theatre, the stack and the one that fails at induction.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Part, the spare and the one that does not arrive.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The clinician, the rush and not leaving the kit half done.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
That it works at three, and signing the calibration.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- calibrate biomedical kit
- ventilators
- theatre stacks
- clinical inventory
- spares
- ICU
- not switch off the one ventilating
- tickets
Sources for this job· O*NET 49-9062.00· ESCO/ISCO 3211