Dental Technician - Removable/Acrylic - Zahntechnique - Odessa, FL

Permanent Dental Hygienist Job

Odessa, FL

Job Description

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.

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