Dental Laboratory Technician Assistant

Full time Denturist / CDT Removables / Prosthetics Orthodontics

Job Description

Area of Specialization

  • Partial dentures
  • Orthodontic appliances
  • Full dentures

Work Setting

  • Commercial dental laboratory

Security and Safety

  • Child abuse registry check
  • Immunization records
  • Criminal record check
  • Basic security clearance

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Standing for extended periods

Work Location Information

  • Willing to relocate
  • Relocation costs covered by employer

Technical Expertise (dental)

  • Waxing-up
  • Polishing
  • Plastering
  • Packing
  • Assembly

Personal Suitability

  • Effective interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Team player
  • Judgement

Dental Technologists and Technicians Specific Skills

  • Design, fabricate or repair dental devices

Laboratory Assistants Specific Skills

  • Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
  • Prepare plaster models and moulds
  • Polish and buff dentures
  • Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
  • Finish metal framework of dentures
  • Mould wax over dentures set-up
  • Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures