Dental Technician?!


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Dental Technician?

Can you tell me what a dental technician actually does?And what qualifications one needs or may need when entering into this proffesion..


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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.
The entry requirements:
There are no minimum qualifications needed to work as a dental technician or technologist at present, although this may change. The formal qualification is a BTEC National Diploma in Dental Technology, for entry to which you will normally be required to have at least four GCSEs at grade C or above or the equivalent.
The courses:
You can take the BTEC National Diploma course by obtaining a post as a trainee dental technician and taking a part-time college course. Some colleges offer full-time training. The diploma allows you to work in a hospital, commercial dental laboratories offer opportunities in a range of specialist areas.




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