Innovators will usually have four main goals:

• Developing or creating new applications, relationships, systems, or products.
• Providing creative ideas or artistic contributions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Benchmarking, experimenting and testing novel approaches to solving problems.

Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

• Using masks, gloves, and safety glasses for protecting patients and self from infectious diseases.
• Using dental air turbines, hand instruments, dental appliances, or surgical implements.
• Managing business aspects such as employing or supervising staff or handling paperwork or insurance claims.
• Administering anesthetics to limit the amount of pain experienced by patients during procedures.
• Examining teeth, gums, and related tissues, using dental instruments, x rays, or other diagnostic equipment, for evaluating dental health, diagnosing diseases or abnormalities, and planning appropriate treatments.
• Formulating plans of treatment for patient’s teeth and mouth tissue.
• Advising or instructing patients regarding preventive dental caring, the causes and treatment of dental problems, or oral health caring services.
• Designing, making, or fitting prosthodontic appliances, such as space maintainers, bridges, or dentures, or writing fabrication instructions or prescriptions for denturists or dental technicians.