Prosthodontist
REF 1670620
15.11.2024 | Abu Dhabi | full time
- General
- Location: Abu Dhabi
- Occupancy: full time
- Description
- We are looking to hire an enthusiastic and experienced prosthodontist to examine patients and restore missing, damaged, or discolored teeth. The prosthodontist’s responsibilities include identifying and treating the root cause of oral deterioration, repairing patients dentures, as well as treating facial pains and temporomandibular disorders. You should also be able to advise patients on sound oral hygiene practices.
To be successful as a prosthodontist, you should be detail-oriented, patient, and able to handle difficult situations. Ultimately, an exceptional prosthodontist should demonstrate outstanding communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of prosthodontic care possible.
Prosthodontist Responsibilities:
-Examining patients using X-rays and dental instruments to determine the type of dental prostheses required.
-Consulting with patients to discuss their dental concerns and medical histories.
-Taking impressions of patients jaws and teeth to determine the dimensions of the dental prostheses to be fabricated.
-Sending wax models of dental prostheses to the laboratory for fabrication.
- Requirements
- Join our team if you are a prosthodontist who can assess and examine patients to make diagnoses of oral illnesses, diseases, and deformities. Recommend treatment, which may involve administering anesthesia and conducting surgery.
Ability to clean, straighten, repair, and extract teeth; fill cavities; and perform surgery on diseased gums and the bones that support them. As a Prosthodontist, you must be able to measure teeth removed from patients, to make properly sized and shaped wax models for dentures and other prostheses in a laboratory.
Prosthodontist Responsibilities:
Examine patients with X-rays and other equipment to make diagnoses
Create charts of patient’s mouths
Take measurements for prostheses like dentures, crowns, and bridges
Make wax models of prostheses, and supervise dental technicians and laboratory bench workers in doing so
Send models to lab companies that manufacture prostheses
Place prostheses in patients’ mouths, making adjustments to make them fit properly
Repair, rebase, and reline dentures
Administer anesthesia, and prescribe medications like antibiotics
Conduct surgery to repair structures of the mouth to enable those who have suffered injuries or diseases to regain functions
Employ bonding methods to alter the shape of teeth and close gaps between them, to improve function or appearance
Treat ailments that cause pain in the face and jaw
Prosthodontist Requirements:
Bachelor Degree in Dentistry and Specialization certificate
Make and fit dentures, crowns, and bridges
Work with other dentists and dental assistants
3 to 4 years of residency program
Must be licensed to practice
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Provisions
- Salary: to be discussed
- Accommodation provided
- Publisher
- direct employer
- up to 50 employees