Dental Laboratory Technician

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Incumbent functions in the Dental Laboratory as a fully qualified and experienced technician. His/her advice is sought on a regular and recurring basis by the staff dentists.

Major Duties:
Performs total fabrication of both fixed or semi-fixed restorations, full or removable partial dentures, orthodontic appliances and/or dental splints and obturators. Constructs wrought wire buccal arm clasps. Constructs acrylic esthetic replacements for gingival tissue removed during Perio Surgery. Researches the best materials for use in laboratory procedures involving implants, magnet dentures, permanent soft-liners and light cured materials.

Designs and constructs teaching models of different prosthetic appliances. Waxes, invests, boils out, cures and deflasks acrylic bases for partial and complete dentures. Blocks out master casts, waxes complete dentures for try-in. Shapes wax to contours desired in the final dentures, and to the thickness required to maintain facial contours. Carves and contours wax to duplicate the appearance of natural oral tissues.

Removes excess wax, smoothes and polishes surfaces.

Reproduces dentures. Removes excess acrylic from dentures, grinds and selects methods to simulate contours of natural tissue. Polishes dentures. Preserves anatomical borders developed by the Dentist. Bends wrought wire clasps and bars. Tempers and shapes metal with various types of pliers into various component parts which are assembled, incased in a heat resistant investment and fused together in position with gold solder.

Finishes, polishes, heats, treats and fits metal onto the master case. Submits articulated casts for partial denture framework fabrication in the Central Dental Laboratory, Dallas, Texas, and upon receipt of the cast framework, adds saddle areas with the teeth and processes partial denture as previously outlined. Fabricates crown, inlays and fixed partial dentures from gold alloys, porcelain or acrylic materials, alone or in combination, according to case requirements.

Selects appropriate porcelain or acrylic facings of proper shade, size and shape. Articulates casts, adapts wax to die and carves patterns to proper anatomical contour and occlusion. Provides cutout space for veneer on facial surface where required, selects and adapts porcelain facings. Casts gold attachments and pieces and pontics; aligns and solder bridges; processes acrylic crowns and veneers; grinds and polish castings;

avoids loss of margin adaptation.

Constructs fixed components of implants in gold, and/or porcelain. Constructs and fabricates bite raisers, cleft palate obturators, fracture splints, immediate dentures, surgical template, and orthodontic appliances. Provides on-the-job training. Orders and stocks laboratory supplies. Performs preventive maintenance on all laboratory equipment. Maintains records of workload for various reporting purposes in a timely and accurate manner.

Follows manufacturers recommendations and Reusable Medical Equipment (RME), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) regarding Dental equipment (critical, semi critical, non-critical items).

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework:
Not Available Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Dental Laboratory Technician/PD00937A Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note:

Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for…