Employment Percentage
-4.108681246
SOC ID
51-9081
SOC Title
Dental Laboratory Technicians
ONET ID
51-9081.00
ONET Concat ID
51908100
Median Salary
42530.46
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
53.860001
Ed Level Certificate
22.01
Ed Level Some College
0
Ed Level Associates
16.98
Ed Level Bachelors
7.16
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.
Core Tasks
- Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
- Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.
- Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatus.
- Create a model of patient's mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set.
- Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.
- Place tooth models on apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
- Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
Start Annual Earnings
25856
Top Annual Earnings
70008.97
EMSI Career Title Slug
dental-laboratory-technician