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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Crown and Bridge Dental Laboratory Technician (Crown and Bridge Dental Lab Tech)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #651 of 702. Estimated risk: 97.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

54%

“Crown and Bridge Dental Laboratory Technician (Crown and Bridge Dental Lab Tech)” will maybe be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 54% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

54%

“Crown and Bridge Dental Laboratory Technician (Crown and Bridge Dental Lab Tech)” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 54% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Dental Laboratory Technicians, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.

Avg. Annual Salary $54,060
Avg. Hourly Wage $25.99
Available Jobs (US) 33,920
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Dental Laboratory Technicians #51-9081
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Dental Laboratory Technicians”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Rebuild or replace linings, wire sections, or missing teeth to repair dentures.

  • Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.

  • Shape and solder wire and metal frames or bands for dental products, using soldering irons and hand tools.

  • Prepare metal surfaces for bonding with porcelain to create artificial teeth, using small hand tools.

  • Load newly constructed teeth into porcelain furnaces to bake the porcelain onto the metal framework.

  • Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.

  • Fill chipped or low spots in surfaces of devices, using acrylic resins.

  • Create a model of patient's mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set.

  • Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.

  • Build and shape wax teeth, using small hand instruments and information from observations or dentists' specifications.

  • Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.

  • Train or supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.

  • Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatuses.

  • Mold wax over denture setups to form the full contours of artificial gums.

  • Place tooth models on an apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.

  • Apply porcelain paste or wax over prosthesis frameworks or setups, using brushes and spatulas.

  • Prepare wax bite blocks and impression trays for use.

Technologies & Software

  • Grok (xAI)
  • Llama (Meta)
  • Claude (Anthropic)
  • Rockwell Automation AI
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Computer imaging software
  • Kimi (Moonshot AI)
  • Email software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Nova (Amazon)
  • Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
  • LabMagic
  • Mainstreet Systems & Software DentaLab/PC II
  • Bookkeeping software
  • DeepSeek
  • Graphics software
  • Inventory management software
  • Database management software
  • Inventrix Labtrac
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Cognex Vision AI
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Scheduling software
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Dental product manufacturing software
  • Mainstreet Systems & Software DentaRX
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Microsoft Word
  • ABB AI Robotics
  • Dental product design software
  • Mistral (Mistral AI)
  • Gemini (Google)
  • Laboratory Systems Group Lab Manager
  • Siemens Industrial AI
  • Qwen (Alibaba)
  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • Jenmar International DL-Plus
  • Easy Solutions Easy Lab
  • Web browser software
  • Word processing software
  • Sight Machine AI
  • Mechanical dental instrument sharpeners
  • Acrylic cutters
  • Air scribes
  • Mobile mixers
  • Injection flasks
  • Dental plaster knives
  • Casting torches
  • Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG dental lasers
  • Mortars and pestles
  • Model duster brushes
  • Dental laboratory dust collectors
  • Hygrobaths
  • Inlay furnaces
  • Dental wax carvers
  • Dental pliers
  • Clinical scales
  • Adjustable articulators
  • Amalgam instruments
  • Shielded arc welding tools
  • Dental handpieces
  • Diamond burs
  • Desktop computers
  • Dental polishing brushes
  • Dental laboratory curing lights
  • Shade guides
  • Conventional lathes
  • Air compressors
  • Porcelain slicers
  • Prophylaxis brushes
  • Dental laboratory pumice lathes
  • Dental lab microscopes
  • Dental laboratory model trimmers
  • Dental laboratory vacuum-mixing devices
  • Semiadjustable articulators
  • Dental surveyors
  • Dental laboratory bench lathes
  • Dental rotary cutting equipment
  • Stereo microscopes
  • Micrometers
  • Dental polishing machines
  • Dental laboratory vacuum pumps
  • Dental laboratory gold platers
  • Impression trays
  • Surgical knives
  • Light microscopes
  • Amalgam dispensers
  • Water baths
  • Steam cleaners
  • Water purification systems
  • Arcon articulators
  • Spot-welding equipment
  • Dental laboratory die mold fabrication systems
  • Diamond wheels
  • Dental laboratory vacuum formers
  • Dental laboratory microblasters
  • Electronically operated mallets
  • Dental finishing stones
  • Laboratory beakers
  • Electric burnout furnaces
  • Split flasks
  • Laser printers
  • Digital cameras
  • Culture plates
  • Auto chucks
  • Curette scalers
  • Ultrasonic cleaners
  • Grinding machines
  • Matrix retainers
  • Dental vibrators
  • Dowel pin drills
  • Dental wax spatuals
  • Dental laboratory solderers
  • Dental buffing wheels
  • Dental ovens
  • Personal computers
  • Articulators
  • Notebook computers
  • Dental finishing wheels
  • Dental laboratory wax heaters
  • Dental laboratory alcohol torches
  • Dental milling machines
  • Dental laboratory high-speed lathes
  • Anatomic articulators
  • Soft brushes
  • Crucible formers
  • Dental laboratory casting machines
  • Glazer vacuum furnaces
  • Dental amalgamators
  • Pneumatic presses
  • Dental burs
  • Porcelain furnaces
  • Crown holders
  • Electronic precision balances
  • Culture tubes
  • Dental laboratory sandblasters
  • Dental laboratory centrifugal casting units
  • Dental laboratory vacuum extractors
  • Laboratory flow meters
  • Dental laboratory torches
  • Crucibles
  • Flask presses
  • Bunsen burners
  • Impression syringes
  • Dental laboratory pressure molding devices
  • Build-up brushes

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