POSITION TYPE: Dental Lab
JOB TITLE:Removable Tech
LOCATION: Rhode Island
Pay: $20.00 – $24.00 Hourly
JOB TYPE: Full-Time Permanent
Objectives of this Role
· Maintain and improve patients’ oral health by fabricating fixed and removable prostheses according to dentist prescriptions.
· Improve quality results by continued education, evaluating and redesigning processes to implement changes.
· Enhance our labs reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value.
Daily and Monthly Responsibilities
· Complete implantology procedures by fabricating prostheses to fit implants the dentist places directly into the patients’ jawbone.
· Construct prostheses by following dentist prescription; making models of the mouth and teeth from impressions of the patients’ mouth taken by the dentist; build wax replicas of part or all the mouth and/or teeth on the model; encase the wax in a mold material and melting away the wax; replace the wax with plastic, metal, or ceramic materials to make the replacement appliance; polish and finish the appliance.
· Utilize and conserve 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; maintain supply inventory and ensure equipment is working properly.
· Maintain records of all actions regarding case fabrication
Skills and Qualifications
· Proven experience in a full-time Removable Technician position
· Strong communication and multi-tasking skills
· Ability to adapt in a growing, changing, and fast paced environment
Preferred Qualifications
· Computer experience
· 5+ years’ experience