Dental Technician - Ceramist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : DOE

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 creating ceramic dental restorations. This position will require the individual to have 2+ years of work experience in a licensed dental laboratory.

This opportunity will include the following critical tasks and responsibilities :

• Read and understand the doctors 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.
• Perform quality control for incoming cases into the Ceramic Department.
• Fitting crown and bridge margins on tooth- and implant supported restorations.
• Adjusting inter proximal contacts and occlusal contacts on full contour restorations
• Layer porcelain to zirconia, lithium x-silicate and metal frame works.
• Stain and glaze, layered and full contour restorations.
• Contour and polish or stain and glaze provisional restorations.
• Bond implant restorations to titanium bases or abutments.
• Wax up diagnostic casts for treatment planning.
• Fitting of wax patterns to dies and models.
• Contour wax patterns to correct anatomy and function.
• Sprue wax patterns to rings to press or cast.
• Invest wax patterns to press or cast.
• Utilize furnaces to burn out rings to press or cast.
• Press lithium x-silicate.
• Devest pressed restorations.
• Perform quality control for outgoingcases after restoration is finished.

The Required Competencies and Qualifications for this opportunity :

The Desired Competencies and Qualifications for this opportunity :