Dental Technician

Educational and Experience Requirements

• Graduate of an Accredited American Dental Association (ADA) Dental Technology program and three (3) years of related experience
• High School diploma/GED and five (5) years of related experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Serve as a proficient technology expert in order to assist faculty and students

Responsibilities

• Evaluates, corrects, and communicates model work with dental students, including modeling, mounting, and die trimming
• Fabricate occlusal splints, ortho retention
• Fabricate crown and bridge work
• Fabricate dentures from impression to insert
• Capable of producing high quality and exceptional prosthesis
• Participates in instruction during pre-clinical laboratory courses as it relates to laboratory technology
• Digital denture and model fabrication
• Captions cases with outside laboratories
• Assists with denture fabrication – instructing dental students how to engage abutments, fabricate surgical guides, and set up and polishing
• Assists with partial denture fabrication – guide framework designs, modeling, and final fabrications
• Assists with crown and bridge fabrication – guides students on implant supported crown and bridge prosthetics, including instruction on parts that need to be ordered and case planning and model work
• Work collaboratively with other members of the dental team to provide exceptional patient care

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold
• Frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment
• Frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature
• Constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality
• Frequent bending
• Occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds
• Frequent crouching/stooping
• Occasional kneeling
• Occasional pushing/pulling
• Constant reaching
• Constant sitting
• Frequent standing
• Frequent twisting
• Occasional walking

Work Shift

• Day

Pay

• Hourly

FTE %

• 100%