Job description Denture Technician near Vancouver (BC)

Find out what work is like for a denture technician in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Denturists (NOC 32110).

Denturists

Denturists examine patients and design, construct and repair removable dentures. Most denturists work in private practice.

Measure patients' jaws to determine size and shape of dentures required
Make impressions of patients' teeth, gums and jaws
Design and construct dentures or direct other workers to construct dentures
Insert, fit and modify new dentures
Repair dentures
Reline, rebase and adjust dentures
Fabricate mouth protectors, anti-snoring prostheses and removable prostheses on implants
May order radiographs
May prepare partial dentures
May perform denture whitening and cleaning.