Dental Technician
REF 1517861
29.04.2024 | Dubai | full time
- General
- Location: Dubai
- Occupancy: full time
- Description
- Dental laboratory technicians fabricate and repair fixed and removable dental prostheses and devices according to dentists instructions. They prepare wax models from dental impressions, construct metal and non-metal dental replacements, and apply finishing touches to dental devices prior to final placement.
We are looking for a highly capable dental laboratory technician to construct dental prostheses and devices for our patients. You will be filling orders received from our dentists, preparing wax replicas from dental impressions, and fabricating high-quality dental prostheses and devices.
To ensure success as a dental laboratory technician, you should demonstrate extensive knowledge of dental technologies and experience in a similar role. A top-notch dental laboratory technician will be someone whose expertise results in highly functional, safe, and esthetically pleasing dental replacements.
Duties/Responsibilities:
> Reads prescriptions or specifications and examines models and impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed. Fabricates, alters, and repairs dental devices such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, and appliances for straightening teeth.
> Tests appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion using articulators and micrometers.
> Places tooth models on apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patients jaw to evaluate functionality of model. Melts metals or mixes plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes, and pours materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatus.
> Prepares metal surfaces for bonding with porcelain to create artificial teeth using small hand tools. Removes excess metal or porcelain, and polishes surfaces of prostheses or frameworks using polishing machines.
> Creates a model of patients mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set. Loads newly constructed teeth into porcelain furnaces to bake the porcelain onto the metal framework.
> Builds and shapes wax teeth using small hand instruments and with information from observations or dentists specifications.
The position is full time Sunday - Thursday with a competitive salary based on qualifications and experience.
- Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in dental ceramics craftsmanship.
Residency in the UAE is a mandatory requirement.
Immediate availability is a prerequisite.
DHA license
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in a related field.
- Provisions
- Salary: to be discussed
- Accommodation
- Publisher
- direct employer
- more than 200 employees