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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Crown and Bridge Technician (Crown and Bridge 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 Technician (Crown and Bridge 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 Technician (Crown and Bridge 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

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Prepare wax bite blocks and impression trays for use.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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