Job Duties for Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants
- Design, fabricate or repair dental devices including full or partial dentures, orthodontic appliances, crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, clasps and bands, and implants
- Prepare plaster models and moulds from dental impressions
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
- Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
- Mould wax over denture set-up to form full contours of artificial gums
- Make orthodontic bands from gold, silver, stainless steel or other metals
- Finish metal framework of dentures and polish and buff dentures to obtain natural finish
- May consult with dentists or other specialists on problematic dental cases
- May train and supervise other dental technicians and dental laboratory assistants in fabricating dentures and other dental devices
- May perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory.
Working Conditions for Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants
Work in performed in a dental office or laboratory, where instruments or power tools that could be a source of injury.
Alternate Job Titles
- Apprentice Dental Prosthesis Maker
- Apprentice Dental Technician
- CDT (certified Dental Technician)
- Ceramic Denture Caster
- Ceramic Denture Mechanic
- Ceramic Denture Mechanic-moulder
- Ceramic Denture Moulder
- Certified Dental Technician
- Crown And Bridge Dental Technician
- Dental Ceramic Caster
- Dental Ceramic Moulder
- Dental Ceramist
- Dental Laboratory Assistant
- Dental Laboratory Bench Worker
- Dental Laboratory Technician
- Dental Laboratory Technician Assistant
- Dental Prosthesis Maker
- Dental Technician
- Dental Technician Apprentice
- Dental Technician Supervisor
- Dental Technologist
- Denture Bench Moulder
- Denture Finisher
- Denture Framework Finisher
- Denture Packer
- Denture Setter
- Denture Set-up Man/woman
- Denture Trimmer-polisher
- Denture Wax Pattern Former
- Denture Wax Pattern Former - Metal Framework
- Metal Dental Technician
- Occlusion Rim Former - Dentures
- Orthodontic Band Maker
- Orthodontic Dental Technician
- Orthodontic Prosthesis Maker
- Orthodontic Technician
- Plaster Moulder - Dentures
- RDT (registered Dental Technician)
- RDT (registered Dental Technologist)
- Registered Dental Technician
- Registered Dental Technologist
- Ceramic Denture Moulder
- Dental Laboratory Assistant
- Dental Technician
- Dental Technician Supervisor
- Dental Technologist
- Denture Finisher
- Denture Wax Pattern Former
- Orthodontic Band Maker
- Registered Dental Technician
- Registered Dental Technologist