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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Orthodontic Laboratory Technician (Ortho 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%

“Orthodontic Laboratory Technician (Ortho 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%

“Orthodontic Laboratory Technician (Ortho 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Prepare wax bite blocks and impression trays for use.

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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