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Dental Lab Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
On-site Viera, FL $51K – $81K Apply by Sep 24, 2026 Dental Laboratory Aid And Technician INTP Trades
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The Dental Laboratory is an experienced technician. By applying an in-Depth knowledge of a full range of Dental Laboratory Services and Functions, and exhibiting the seasoned judgement normally expected by this journeyman specialist, he/she performs the following lab functions of that involve normal situations in the mouth.
What You'll Do
- →Waxes, invests, boils out, cures and deflasks acrylic bases for partial and complete dentures.
- →Blocks out master casts, waxes complete dentures for try-in, according to dentist prescription, for checking final tooth arrangement appearance and speech function in the patients mouth by the prescribing dentist.
- →Shapes wax to contours desired in the final dentures, and to the thickness required to maintain facial contours, insure comfort and provide proper fit.
- →This includes presenting a finished Maxillary denture with a nearly uniform thickness of 2.5mm.
- →Carves and contours wax to duplicate the appearance of natural oral tissues.
- →Removes excess wax, smoothes and polishes surfaces, exercising extreme care at all stages of bbricat1on not to disturb the position of the artificial teeth.
- →Through knowledge of dental laboratory materials, and skill in their use.
- →Them must be able to use laboratory tools and equipment such as dental laboratory drills and lathes and surveying instruments with skill and precision.
- →Reproduces dentures with high degree of precision and accuracy; carefully recording the relationship of teeth and ridge; removing the teeth from the dentures, repositioning and waxing teeth for processing.
- →Removes excess acrylic from dentures, grinds and selects methods to simulate contours of natural tissue.
- →Polish denture carefully to remove all scratches.
- →Preserve anatomical borders developed by the dentist by skillfully applying specialized tools to the denture in finishing.
- →Knowledge of instruments. materials, and standardized dental procedures used in the fabrication of fixed and removable implants retained dentures and crowns.
- →Familiar with the process and procedures in modern digital laboratory techniques such as, but not limited to, digital impressions, cad/cam milling, digital designs for stents, frameworks, and crowns.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
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