Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology

Types of Degrees Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many prosthodontics/prosthodontology graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Graduate Certificate	76
Master’s Degree	21

What Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Majors Need to Know

People with careers related to prosthodontics/prosthodontology were asked what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. They weighted these areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.

Knowledge Areas for Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Majors

According to O*NET survey takers, a major in prosthodontics/prosthodontology should prepare you for careers in which you will need to be knowledgeable in the following areas:

• Medicine and Dentistry - Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Chemistry - Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills for Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Majors

When studying prosthodontics/prosthodontology, you’ll learn many skills that will help you be successful in a wide range of jobs - even those that do not require a degree in the field. The following is a list of some of the most common skills needed for careers associated with this major:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Abilities for Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Majors

A major in prosthodontics/prosthodontology will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

What Can You Do With a Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Major?

People with a prosthodontics/prosthodontology degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Prosthodontists	22.2%	$176,540

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology

Some careers associated with prosthodontics/prosthodontology require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to prosthodontics/prosthodontology have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Master’s Degree	4.5%
First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession.	11.9%
Doctoral Degree	18.0%
Post-Doctoral Training	68.0%

Online Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	0	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	0	0
Bachelor’s Degree	3	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	11	0
Post-Master’s	19	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	1	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to prosthodontics/prosthodontology.

Major	Number of Grads
General Dental Clinical Sciences	386
Orthodontics/Orthodontology	300
Advanced General Dentistry	224
Oral Biology & Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology	167
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics	156
Endodontics/Endodontology	137
Other Advanced/Graduate Dentistry & Oral Sciences	130
Periodontics/Periodontology	119
Dental Public Health & Education	88
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery	39
Implantology/Implant Dentistry	2
Dental Materials	0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.