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Dental Therapist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what dental therapists actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most dental therapists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Registered dental therapist with AHPRA and the Dental Board of Australia, working within a defined scope of practice to deliver preventive and basic restorative care, mainly to children and adolescents. Experienced in school dental programs and public clinics, with a focus on patient education, infection control and widening access to routine oral health care.
Key skills
- Patient care and support
- Clinical assessment and treatment
- Infection control and hygiene
- Health education and advice
- Care planning and coordination
- Titanium
- EXACT
- Dentally
- Intraoral cameras
- Dental radiography systems
- Empathy and interpersonal care
- Attention to detail
Experience: example bullet points
- Examined teeth and gums and recorded treatment needs for a daily list of up to 12 children in a school dental program.
- Applied fluoride varnish, fissure sealants and other preventive treatments, reducing the need for more invasive care in a paediatric caseload.
- Placed fillings in deciduous and permanent teeth within scope of practice, coordinating with supervising dentists on complex cases.
- Took and interpreted dental radiographs, ensuring clear images and accurate documentation in Titanium and EXACT.
- Educated children, parents and carers on oral hygiene and diet, improving recall attendance through tailored advice and follow-up.
- Maintained infection control and sterilisation processes to clinic standards, keeping the surgery audit-ready.
Education
Bachelor of Oral Health (Dental Therapy) or equivalent, followed by registration with the Dental Board of Australia through AHPRA.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- AHPRA
- Dental Board of Australia
- Dental Therapist registration
- Scope of practice
- Infection control
- Sterilisation
- Dental radiography
- Fluoride varnish
- Fissure sealants
- Deciduous teeth
- Permanent teeth
- Fillings
- Patient education
- Oral health promotion
- School dental service
- Public dental clinic
- Titanium
- EXACT
- Dentally
- Intraoral camera
- Working with Children Check
- Radiation use licence
- CPR
- First aid
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.