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A professional who diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders of genitourinary organs and tract. Responsibilities include:
* Examines patient, using x-ray machine, fluoroscope, and other equipment to aid in determining nature and extent of disorder or injury.
* Treats patient, using diathermy machine, catheter, cystoscope, radium emanation tube, and similar equipment.
* Performs surgery, as indicated.
* Prescribes and administers urinary antiseptics to combat infection.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats diseases and conditions with allergic or immunologic causes. Responsibilities include:
* Examines patient, utilizing medical instruments and equipment, patch tests, and blood tests as diagnostic aids.
* Elicits and records information about patient's history.
* Analyses reports and test results and prescribes treatment or medication for conditions, such as bronchial asthma, dermatological disorders, connective tissue syndromes, transplantation, and autoimmunity.
* Refers patients to ancillary and consultant services when indicated.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Responsibilities include:
* Organizes data concerning patient's family, medical history, and onset of symptoms obtained from patient, relatives, and other sources, such as nurse, general duty and social worker, psychiatric .
* Examines patient to determine general physical condition, following standard medical procedures.
* Orders laboratory and other special diagnostic tests and evaluates data obtained.
* Determines nature and extent of mental disorder, and formulates treatment program.
* Treats or directs treatment of patient, utilizing variety of psychotherapeutic methods and medications.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats diseases and injuries of human body, relying upon accepted medical and surgical modalities. Responsibilities include:
* Examines patient to determine symptoms attributable to impairments in musculoskeletal system.
* Corrects disorders and afflictions of bones, muscles, nerves, and other body systems by medicinal and surgical procedures and, when deemed beneficial, manipulative therapy.
* Employs diagnostic images, drugs, and other aids to diagnose and treat bodily impairments.
* May practice medical or surgical speciality.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who studies nature, cause, and development of diseases associated with mouth. Responsibilities include:
* Examines 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.
* Discusses diagnosis with patient and referring practitioner.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who diagnoses and treats diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums, and related oral structures. Responsibilities include:
* Examines patient to determine nature of condition, utilizing x rays, dental instruments, and other diagnostic procedures.
* Cleans, fills, extracts, and replaces teeth, using rotary and hand instruments, dental appliances, medications, and surgical implements.
* Provides preventive dental services to patient, such as applications of fluoride and sealants to teeth, and education in oral and dental hygiene.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases of nerve, pulp, and other dental tissues affecting vitality of teeth. Responsibilities include:
* Examines teeth, gums, and related tissues to determine condition, using dental instruments, x ray, and other diagnostic equipment.
* Diagnoses condition and plans treatment.
* Treats exposure of pulp by pulp capping or removal of pulp from pulp chamber and root canal, using dental instruments.
* Performs partial or total removal of pulp, using surgical instruments.
* Treats infected root canal and related tissues, and fills pulp chamber and canal with endodontic materials.
* Removes pathologic tissue at apex of tooth, surgically.
* Reinserts teeth that have been knocked out of mouth by accident.
* Bleaches discolored teeth to restore natural color.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs surgery on mouth, jaws, and related head and neck structure. Responsibilities include:
* Executes difficult and multiple extraction of teeth.
* Removes tumors and other abnormal growths.
* Performs preprosthetic surgery to prepare mouth for insertion of dental prosthesis.
* Corrects abnormal jaw relations by mandibular or maxillary revision.
* Treats fractures of jaws.
* Administers general and local anesthetics.
* May treat patients in hospital.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs surgery on mouth, jaws, and related head and neck structure. Responsibilities include:
* Executes difficult and multiple extraction of teeth.
* Removes tumors and other abnormal growths.
* Performs preprosthetic surgery to prepare mouth for insertion of dental prosthesis.
* Corrects abnormal jaw relations by mandibular or maxillary revision.
* Treats fractures of jaws.
* Administers general and local anesthetics.
* May treat patients in hospital.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who examines, diagnoses, and treats abnormalities in development of jaws, position of teeth, and other dental-facial structures. Responsibilities include:
* Plans treatment, using cephalometric, height, and weight records, dental x rays, and front and lateral dental photographs.
* Designs and fabricates appliances, such as space maintainers, retainers, and labial and lingual arch wires, to alter position and relationship of teeth and jaws, and to realign teeth to produce and maintain normal function.
Industry:Professional careers
