Career
Prosthodontists
Restore and replace damaged or missing teeth.
$311,180
Median pay
+5.8%
Job growth, 2025–35
0
Openings a year
Doctoral or professional degree
Typical education
7–8 years
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Examine patients to diagnose oral health conditions and diseases.
- Fit prostheses to patients, making any necessary adjustments and modifications.
- Replace missing teeth and associated oral structures with permanent fixtures, such as implant-supported prostheses, crowns and bridges, or removable fixtures, such as dentures.
- Measure and take impressions of patients' jaws and teeth to determine the shape and size of dental prostheses, using face bows, dental articulators, recording devices, and other materials.
- Collaborate with general dentists, specialists, and other health professionals to develop solutions to dental and oral health concerns.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then ideas & analysis?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Examine patients to diagnose oral health conditions and diseases.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Complex Problem Solving.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
7–8 years of education after high school (doctoral or professional degree), for a median of $311,180 a year and 0 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Prosthodontics/ProsthodontologyCIP 51.0511
- Prosthodontics Residency ProgramCIP 60.0108
- Implantology Fellowship ProgramCIP 60.0110
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons$352,220 · +5.6%
- Dentists, General$170,950 · +5.7%
- Orthodontists$289,140 · +6.0%
- Pediatric Surgeons$559,030 · +2.0%
- Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric$358,550 · +4.0%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.