Dental Technicians

Dental Technicians construct and repair dentures and other dental appliances.

What the job involves

• Dental technicians work from a mould of a client's mouth made by a dentist or a clinical dental technician, and custom-make a wide range of appliances for the mouth, including: removable partial dentures

• Crowns (covers for broken or damaged teeth)

• Dentures

• Removable orthodontic appliances (plates with wires to straighten teeth)

• Mouthguards

• Splints for broken or cracked jawbones

• Anti-snoring devices

• Teeth whitening trays. clinical dental technicians: assess oral tissue

• Recognise abnormal conditions of the mouth

• Take impressions of teeth

• Make partial dentures, full dentures and other oral devices

• Reline dentures that are ill-fitting