Dental technician/dental technologist

Background

Dental technicians are dental care professionals and work as part of the dental team.

The job:

Dental technicians (or dental technologists as they are often referred to) make the dentures, crowns, bridges and dental braces that improve patients appearance, speech and their ability to chew. Working to dentists or doctors prescriptions, technicians/technologists use a wide range of materials, including gold, porcelain and plastic, to design and construct appliances to meet each patients needs.

There are four specialist areas. Prosthodontic technicians design and make dentures. Conservation technicians specialise in crown and bridge work. Orthodontic technicians make braces to correct tooth positions. Maxillo-facial technicians (sometimes also known as maxillofacial prosthetists) work is based in hospital oral surgery, ophthalmic, cancer and burns units, helping to reconstruct the faces of patients damaged by accident or disease.

Acknowledgment: The above is from NHS website of UK.

More information:
http://www.cdta.org.uk/
http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/details/Default.aspx?Id=142

To find the college/university offering the course:
http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/details/coursefinder/FindCourse.aspx
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