Dental Ceramist

POSITION TYPE: Dental Lab

SPECIALTY UNIT:Dental Technician - Ceramist

LOCATION: Durham, North Carolina

SHIFT: Days

JOB TYPE: Full-Time Permanent

Salary: 65-80k yearly (depending on experience)

Job Description:

As a dental technician you will be responsible for helping to improve teeth and for replacing lost teeth. You will improve teeth for aesthetic reasons, and work to the prescription of a dentist to make bridges, crowns, and dentures.

Responsibilities:

• Assessing and adjusting for accurate fit of crown & bridge dental prosthesis on a model, including contact, margins, and contour.
• Builds up all types of ceramic cases including large bridges, implant cases, all ceramic crowns, inlays, on lays, and veneers.
• Completes build ups, contours to specifications of all types of light cured restorations.
• Hand stacking of porcelain for aesthetics as well as contour.
• Applying the full spectrum of tooth shades to the specifications and matching existing teeth.
• Applying final glaze layer and overseeing the accurate firing of the product at each stage required.
• Stain and glaze of all types of restorations.
• Experience with Miyo a plus.

Job Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Direct Deposit
• 401K
• Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision benefits
• Paid time off for full time employees
• Long term disability

Requirements:

• Must possess effective oral communication and interpersonal skills with ability to deal with all levels of personnel in a professional and effective manner.
• Must have a thorough understanding of porcelain pressing technology, crown morphology, and crown and bridge case design.
• Must demonstrate an advanced ability in the creation of ceramic prosthetic restorations. This includes but not limited to experience with Zirconia, Lithium disilicate, building porcelain as well as implant restorations.
• Must know final contouring and glazing of all ceramic systems with some occasional layering.