About this role
Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years.
Work setting: Dental practice.
Tasks
- Prepare patients for dental examinations.
- Prepare plaster models and moulds.
- Supervise dental assistants in their health care functions.
- Train other dental laboratory assistants.
- Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases.
- Order dental and office supplies.
- Perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory.
- Prepare dental instruments and filling materials.
- Maintain and order supplies.
- Mould wax over dentures set-up.
- Perform reception and clerical duties.
- Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment.
- Educate patients concerning oral hygiene.
- Finish metal framework of dentures.
- Supervise students in training.
- Polish teeth and clinical crowns and apply fluoride and sealant.
- Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays.
- Schedule and confirm appointments.
- Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures.
- Perform intra-oral duties.
- Take and develop X-rays.
- Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys.
- Record dental procedures performed on patients.
- Invoice patients for dental services.
- Polish and buff dentures.
- Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations.
- Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts.
Supervision: 1 to 2 people.
- Technical expertise (dental): Plastering.
- Packing.
- Waxing-up.
- Polishing.
- Assembly.
- Computer and technology knowledge: MS Excel.
- MS Outlook.
- MS PowerPoint.
- MS Windows.
- MS Word.
Equipment, eystems and controls experience: Medical and biomedical equipment and systems.
- Specialization or experience: Green economy sector.
- Area of specialization: Full dentures.
- Partial dentures.
- Orthodontic appliances.
- Crowns and bridges.
- Ceramic or porcelain application.
- Gold dies and goldwork.
- Chrome castings.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Manual dexterity.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Sitting.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Large workload.
- Personal suitability: Client focus.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility.
- Judgement.
- Team player.
- Accurate.
- Dependability.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Excellent written communication.
- Initiative.
- Interpersonal awareness.
- Reliability.
- Employment terms options: Evening.
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years.
- Employment terms options: Shift.
- Morning.
- Night.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Overtime available.
- Green job: Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes.
- Health benefits: Dental plan.
- Health care plan.