Dentist CV Example
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A dentist's CV is screened on professional classification first, then on the procedures you actually do: fillings, root canals, prosthetics, surgical extractions, cosmetic work. Rough case counts tell a clinic what you can do from day one.
Copy-ready professional summary
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General dentist classified by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, with four years in private clinics. Perform cosmetic fillings, root canal treatment and simple and surgical extractions, and explain the treatment plan and its cost to patients before starting.
Skills employers look for
- Cosmetic fillings
- Root canal treatment
- Simple and surgical extractions
- Scaling and periodontal care
- Fixed and removable prosthetics
- Clinic infection control
Ready-made experience bullets
Replace anything in brackets with your own details, and keep the numbers — they're what sets your CV apart.
- Treated 20+ patients a day in a multi-specialty private clinic.
- Performed 300+ root canal treatments with documented follow-up.
- Raised treatment-plan completion by explaining plans and costs before starting.
- Kept to infection-control procedures and passed routine quality audits with no findings.
Education
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) — [University], year of graduation.
ATS keywords
Include these terms exactly as written — applicant tracking systems match on literal text.
- dentist
- dentistry
- root canal
- cosmetic fillings
- Saudi Commission for Health Specialties
- surgical extraction
Tips specific to this role
Classification at the top
Your classification number and grade — general dentist, resident or specialist — and its expiry.
Procedures with numbers
A rough count for each procedure you do. Clinics look for someone who covers their needs.
Technology and systems
Clinic management systems, digital imaging, and the techniques you actually use.
Licences and certificates employers ask for
Name in full any you hold, with the number where there is one — many postings screen on these.
- Classification and registration with the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties — required to practise.
- The Saudi Dental Licensure Examination (SDLE), part of classification.
- Basic Life Support (BLS), current — asked for by most facilities.
- Continuing medical education (CME) hours — needed to renew classification; list the main ones.
Mistakes specific to this role's CV
- No classification number or expiry.
- A long list of procedures with no numbers.
- Personal details nobody needs in place of procedures and classification.
- No BLS or CME.
Questions that come up in this role's interviews
Prepare an example from your own work for each — a generic answer is what every other applicant gives.
How do you handle an anxious patient?
Explain calmly and simply, start with the easiest step, and agree a signal to stop.
A patient in severe pain from a decayed tooth — your plan?
History, examination and X-ray, then the diagnosis — filling, root canal or extraction — and the options and costs explained.
How do you apply infection control?
Autoclave sterilisation with monitoring, single-use instruments, surface disinfection between patients, gloves and masks.
A case outside general practice — what do you do?
Refer to the right specialist and document the referral.
Where this job leads
From general dentist to a fellowship or Saudi Board programme in orthodontics, endodontics or oral surgery, then specialist and consultant. Those who stay in general practice move to clinic management or their own clinic.