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Dental technician - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Aficionado, Amateur, Apprentice, Artisan, Artist, Attache, Authority, Buff, Connoisseur, Consultant, Craftsman, Critic, Dilettante, Diplomat, Diplomatist, Expert, Fan |
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A dental technician is a skilled craftsman who assists the dental team by manufacturing prosthetic teeth, dentures, crown and bridgework, and other devices such as mouthguards and splints. The technician will be skilled in working with gold, precious metals, dental porcelain, acrylics, and recently CAD/CAM, in order to custom manufacture devices that will exactly fit a patient.
Normally educated to degree level.
Degree courses contain a strong element of material science and practical skills in working the tools of the dental technician's trade.
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