What
is Dental Laboratory Technology study? When the manufacturing
of a Dental appliance is to be made a dental laboratory technician
will be the individual to do the task.
The technician after
taking Eli Whitney's adult education course will be able to
perform tasks concerning full dentures such as fabricating custom
impression trays & occusal bite rims, also articulating
models and setting artificial teeth in wax for clinical try
in at dental offices. The dental technician will be able to
construct cast chrome nickel alloy removable partial dentures
to fit a stone master cast with esthetics pleasing to the patient.
Permanent crown &
bridge fabrication is also a part of a dental technician's job.
Cast gold full crowns and porcelain baked onto metal frame substructures
are all part of what a dental laboratory technician is able
to accomplish with the proper training.
The dental laboratory
technician is trained to be able to fabricate composite crowns
and bridges. The composite material is a new product that is
a combination of light cured resins and porcelain. This method
of fabricating crowns and bridges is becoming very popular in
the dental field. The wearing down of composite material is
the same as the human natural tooth, this is a major plus in
the saving of tooth structures.
The dental laboratory
technician is an artist and magician. They make patients without
teeth appear as though they have all their natural dentition.
As we know our teeth are our first part of our digestive tract,
and without teeth our health could suffer. Being a dental laboratory
technician can be very rewarding, monetarily and mentally.
