Dental Technician - Removable/Acrylic

Zahntechnique is a dedicated team of dental artists who are passionate about crafting smiles – one patient at a time. We are searching for a motivated and creative individual to join our team as a dental technician who will be responsible for fixed and removable acrylic dental restorations.

This opportunity will include the following critical tasks and responsibilities:

• Read and understand the doctor’s prescription to understand the processes needed to fulfill the requirements of the prescription.
• Evaluate records (i.e., conventional impressions, models and intra orals scans) to check for distortions, pulls or any other discrepancies that may inhibit the ability to fabricate an accurate restoration.
• Set up denture teeth for full- or partial dentures.
• Survey models to plan and fabricate partial dentures with metal and/or flexible frame.
• Processing acrylic restorations in the pour and injection technique.
• Fabricate silicon matrixes and indexes.
• Stain and glaze with light cure stain and glaze kits.
• Working with composite in tooth and gingiva colored composites.
• Fabricating complex implant supported restorations with metal and/or polymer structures.
• Bonding titanium bases and abutments to restorations.
• Contour and polish tooth- implant supported provisionals.
• Fabricate night guards, retainers and stents.
• Polish 3D printed restorations, stents, retainers and night guards.
• Bending metal clasps for removable provisionals.
• Fabricating flexible partial restorations.

The Required Competencies and Qualifications for this opportunity:

• Proficient in English - reading and writing
• Full understanding of dental terminology and dental morphology
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a licensed dental laboratory
• Competent in fabricating full- and partial dentures, tooth- and implant supported.
• Competent in occlusal theories.
• Competent in working with acrylic in the pour and injection technique.
• Competent to invest, press and divest flexible restorations.
• Able to bend accurate clasps on a surveyed model.
• Competent in polishing different removable materials.

The Desired Competencies and Qualifications for this opportunity:

• Ability to identify implant systems by evaluating the impression, model and parts given with a case. 
• Competent in fabricating natural and life like aesthetics in wax, acrylic and composite.
• Competent in working with composite.
• Ability to work with a survey device.
• Competent to bond titanium bases and abutments into implant restorations.
• Competence in light cure stain and glaze materials.