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?

19%

AI can already do 19% of this job.

#545 / 713

Dental assistant

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. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Suction, pass instruments and isolate. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	22%	10%	+2.2
Care for the patient and explain aftercare. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Develop, label and file tests. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Sterilisation, impressions and stock. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	16%	+2.6
Not infecting anyone and not leaving cotton inside. Estimate No 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

IS WORK OVER?

27%

#130 / 713

Criminal lawyer

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
File, evidence and the brief. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Cells, the statement and not leaving them alone. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Trial, the jury and not overplaying it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Sentence, the plea and not signing blind. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The family, the headline and not leaking. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
Be there at three, and not selling cheap innocence. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		27%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low