Dental Lab Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: since each dental patient’s needs are different, the duties of a dental laboratory technician are comprehensive and varied. Although dental technicians seldom work directly with patients, except under the direction of a licensed dentist, they are valuable members of the dental care team. They work directly with dentists by following details written instructions and using impressions (molds) of the patient’s teeth or oral soft tissues.

Salary: $53,090

Education: Dental laboratory technicians may receive their education and training through a two year program at a community college, vocational school, technical college, university or dental school. Graduates of these programs receive either an associate degree or a certificate. There also are a few programs that offer a four year baccalaureate program in dental technology.

Reflection: this job sound interesting but I would not like to be a dental laboratory technician because it sounds like you need to have long years of training and education. Also, because the technics they need I don’t have them.