Dental Lab Technician

Watts Health Center is seeking a Dental Lab Technician for our Los Angeles clinic. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving patient’s oral health by fabricating fixed and removable prostheses according to dentist prescriptions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Read prescriptions or specifications, and examine models and impressions, in order to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
• Fabricate, alter, and repair dental devices such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays and appliances for straightening teeth.
• Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.
• Place tooth models on apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patients jaws to evaluate functionality of model.
• Melt metals or mix plaster, or acrylic pastes; and pour materials into molds or over frameworks in order to form dental prostheses or apparatus.
• Remove excess metal or porcelain, and polish surfaces or prosthesis or frameworks, using plaster to set.
• Build and shape wax teeth, using small hand instruments and information from observations or dentists’ specifications.
• Fill chipped or low spots in surfaces of devices, using acrylic resin.
• Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays for use.
• Mold wax over denture set-ups in order to form the full contours of artificial gums.
• Train and supervise other dental technicians in dental laboratory bench workers.
• Rebuild or replace linings, wire sections, and missing teeth in order to repair dentures.
• Shape and solder wire and metal frames or bands for dental products using soldering irons and hand tools.
• Maintain cleanliness and orderliness in laboratory.
• Follow appropriate infection control procedures for the dental laboratory.

SEIU 721 Union Position

REQUIREMENTS:

• Laboratory Experience: 1 year (Preferred)
• Fabrication: 1 year (Preferred)