Prosthodontist

REF 1658570

30.10.2024 | Dubai | full time

Description: 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

Requirements: A Bachelors degree in Dental Science
A minimum of 5 years experience in a dental practice
A Postgraduate degree in Prosthodontics
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Provisions: Salary: to be discussed; Transportation; Medical insurance provided