Dental Lab Technician

Dental Lab Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Dental Laboratory Technology is both a science and an art.  Although dental technicians seldom work directly with patients, except under the direction of a licensed dentist, they are valuable members of the dental care team. They work directly with dentists by following detailed written instructions and using impressions (molds) of the patient's teeth or oral soft tissues to create full dentures for patients who are missing all of their teeth .Also, removable partial dentures or fixed bridges for patients who are missing only one or a few teeth, crowns, which are caps for teeth that are designed to restore their original size and shape.

Salary: $37,690 or an hourly wage of $18.12

Education: Dental laboratory technicians may receive their education and training through a two-year program at a community college, vocational school, technical college, university or dental school.

I would not like to be one because I don’t really want to study our teeth. Also because I think I wouldn’t be happy if that was my job.