Dental Lab Technician

Job Title

*THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*

Major Duties

The major duties include but are not limited to:

• Collaborates with prosthodontists, oral surgeons, periodontists and implantologists to design and fabricate complex dental or intra-oral maxillofacial appliances.
• Constructs routine full and partial dentures, dental splints and obturators, model work for fixed prostheses and other laboratory products to support the treatment needs of staff dentists.
• Functions include pouring primary and final impressions; fabricating custom trays; fabricating bite rims; mounting casts on articulators; setting teeth for trial dentures/partials; investing, packing, processing and finishing dentures/partials; polishing prosthesis following adjustment; fabricating night guards; fabricating provisional prostheses; repairing broken prostheses; adding teeth to prostheses; pouring and pinning final crown and bridge impressions; sectioning dies; fabricating fluoride trays; fabricating stints; fabricating transitional partials, managing implant fabrication process and fabricating wrought wire clasps.
• Consults with patients concerning their complaints regarding the esthetics of any present prosthesis. Incumbent makes recommendations concerning corrections to the dentists. These are generally accepted and incorporated without significant modification.
• Researches latest materials and technology associated with prosthesis fabrication and modification or repair.
• Provides training to dental hygienists, dental assistants, volunteers, dental students and dental residents regarding the use of materials, equipment and techniques involved with dental laboratory duties.
• Submits articulated casts to outside agencies such as VA Central Dental Laboratories and contracted laboratories.
• Observes dental abnormalities which may present design problems which require special treatment plans or suggestions.
• Provides recommendations, which may be accepted and incorporated, into the patient treatment plan without significant modification. Also consults in the laboratory concerning the follow-up actions with ongoing cases.
• Advises in the design of unique prostheses for trauma and cancer patients where oral tissue is mutilated or missing and independently completes all laboratory procedures on these complex cases.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved