Senior Dental Lab Technician – Complex Prosthetics

Veterans Health Administration; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 61,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Dallas seeks a Dental Laboratory Technician to support the VA Central Dental laboratory in producing dental prostheses for VA facilities. You will fabricate according to prescriptions and work with dental specialists to design and finalize complex appliances.

Responsibilities include receiving cases, prioritizing by urgency, and executing steps from impressions to finished prostheses, including crowns and dentures, ensuring accuracy and quality in a federal

Qualifications

• There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
• Whole Health is an approach to health care that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Independently accomplish all aspects of fabrication for a wide range of complex dental prostheses.
• Receive cases and prescriptions, confer with the treating doctor regarding design, and prioritize by urgency.
• Collaborate with Restorative Dentists, Prosthodontists, or Oral Surgeons to design and fabricate appliances.
• Fabricate complex crowns and fixed partial dentures with close tolerances.
• Pour impressions, fabricate trays, mount casts, set teeth, invest, pack, finish dentures/partials, and polish.

Skills

Dental prosthesis fabrication

Precision craftsmanship

Collaboration with dental specialists

Job description

Veterans Health Administration in Dallas seeks a Dental Laboratory Technician to support the VA Central Dental laboratory in producing dental prostheses for VA facilities. You will fabricate according to prescriptions and work with dental specialists to design and finalize complex appliances.

Responsibilities include receiving cases, prioritizing by urgency, and executing steps from impressions to finished prostheses, including crowns and dentures, ensuring accuracy and quality in a federal