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Job Description

Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 51-9081.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 40,760.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 19.00
Currently, there are 37,110 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Dental Laboratory Technicians”.

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Tasks for “Crown and Bridge Technician”

Rebuild or replace linings, wire sections, or missing teeth to repair dentures.
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.
Apply porcelain paste or wax over prosthesis frameworks or setups, using brushes and spatulas.
Mold wax over denture setups to form the full contours of artificial gums.
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.
Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
Shape and solder wire and metal frames or bands for dental products, using soldering irons and hand tools.
Load newly constructed teeth into porcelain furnaces to bake the porcelain onto the metal framework.
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.
Build and shape wax teeth, using small hand instruments and information from observations or dentists' specifications.
Place tooth models on apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatus.
Fill chipped or low spots in surfaces of devices, using acrylic resins.

Related Technology & Tools

Dental laboratory vacuum formers
Injection flasks
Dental vibrators
Dental laboratory pressure molding devices
Dental laboratory model trimmers
Dental finishing stones
Semiadjustable articulators
Dental laboratory microblasters
Laboratory beakers
Dental ovens
Water purification systems
Desktop computers
Electronic precision balances
Porcelain furnaces
Personal computers
Curette scalers
Shielded arc welding tools
Clinical scales
Dental laboratory sandblasters
Culture plates
Dental laboratory alcohol torches
Casting torches
Anatomic articulators
Crown holders
Amalgam dispensers
Electronically operated mallets
Impression syringes
Mechanical dental instrument sharpeners
Laser printers
Dental polishing brushes
Amalgam instruments
Acrylic cutters
Ultrasonic cleaners
Dental laboratory high-speed lathes
Matrix retainers
Adjustable articulators
Dental laboratory vacuum extractors
Dental pliers
Pneumatic presses
Articulators
Diamond burs
Dental wax spatuals
Culture tubes
Water baths
Dental surveyors
Spot-welding equipment
Hygrobaths
Dental finishing wheels
Arcon articulators
Dental laboratory casting machines
Air scribes
Glazer vacuum furnaces
Model duster brushes
Prophylaxis brushes
Dental laboratory dust collectors
Dental handpieces
Air compressors
Laboratory flow meters
Notebook computers
Inlay furnaces
Dental laboratory solderers
Mobile mixers
Soft brushes
Shade guides
Dental laboratory vacuum-mixing devices
Light microscopes
Dental laboratory gold platers
Bunsen burners
Dental laboratory centrifugal casting units
Dental laboratory bench lathes
Electric burnout furnaces
Dental laboratory pumice lathes
Dental milling machines
Dental amalgamators
Crucible formers
Split flasks
Flask presses
Crucibles
Micrometers
Auto chucks
Dental burs
Dental laboratory wax heaters
Dental laboratory curing lights
Dental wax carvers
Dental laboratory die mold fabrication systems
Steam cleaners
Dental polishing machines
Porcelain slicers
Dental rotary cutting equipment
Dental buffing wheels
Impression trays
Conventional lathes
Dental plaster knives
Dowel pin drills
Digital cameras
Dental laboratory torches
Surgical knives
Stereo microscopes
Grinding machines
Mortars and pestles
Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG dental lasers
Dental lab microscopes
Build-up brushes
Diamond wheels
Dental laboratory vacuum pumps

Mainstreet Systems & Software DentaLab/PC II
Bookkeeping software
Mainstreet Systems & Software DentaRX
Database management software
Scheduling software
Jenmar International DL-Plus
Inventrix Labtrac
Dental product manufacturing software
Microsoft Word
CAD/CAM
Dental product design software
Laboratory Systems Group Lab Manager
Intuit QuickBooks
Graphics software
Microsoft Excel
LabMagic
Email software
Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software
Easy Solutions Easy Lab
Inventory management software
Computer imaging software
Web browser software