**Overview:**

MONDAY - THURSDAY : We are seeking a skilled Dental Technician to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in medical documentation, patient assessment, and laboratory procedures. If you are detail-oriented and passionate about dental care, we want to hear from you.

**Duties:**

- Assist in patient assessment and treatment planning

- Prepare and maintain dental equipment

- Create dental impressions and models

- Perform laboratory tasks such as pouring and trimming models

- Maintain accurate patient records and ensure proper documentation

- Follow infection control protocols to ensure a safe environment

- Collaborate with the dental team to provide excellent patient care **Experience:** - Previous experience in a dental setting preferred

- Knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy

● Replaces partial or total loss of natural teeth by constructing partial or full dentures (metal and non-metal).

● Corrects dental irregularities by manufacturing fixed or removable appliances.

● Completes implantology procedures by fabricating prostheses to fit implants the dentist places directly into the patient's jawbone

● Replaces missing facial and body tissues due to injury, disease, or developmental abnormality by fabricating maxillo-facial prostheses.

● Constructs prostheses by following the dentists prescription; making models of the mouth and teeth from impressions of the patient's mouth taken by the dentist; building-up wax replicas of part or all of the mouth and/or teeth on the model; encasing the wax in a mould material and melting away the wax; replacing the wax with plastic, metal, or ceramic materials to make the replacement appliance; polishing and finishing the appliance prior to its being placed in the patient's mouth by the dentist.

● Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.

● Utilizes and conserves supplies and equipment by completing plaster casting, electro-spot welding, metal casting, metal polishing, wax modeling, ceramics, wire bending, electroplating and sandblasting; using CAD/CAM units; maintaining supplies inventories; keeping equipment operating.

● Improves quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implementing changes.

● Updates dental laboratory technician job knowledge and skills by participating in educational opportunities, including, working with the Centralized Lab Technician to continuously improve and master your craft

● Enhances dental laboratory reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $32.00 - $40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 32 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Medical specialties:

• Surgery

Schedule:

• Day shift
• No nights
• No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus opportunities
• Commission pay
• Monthly bonus
• Signing bonus

Experience:

• Dental office: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Springfield, MO 65804 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Springfield, MO 65804: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person