Dental technician
Code 3214.2
Dental technicians manufacture dental custom-made devices like bridges, crowns, dentures and appliances under the supervision of dental practitioners following their directions and specifications.
Essential skills
Skills and competences
- accept own accountability
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to continuity of health care
- comply with legislation related to health care
- manufacture dental prostheses
- manipulate dental material
- maintain laboratory dental tools
- test dental appliances for compliance
- listen actively
- promote inclusion
- polish dental prostheses
- repair denture prostheses
- follow clinical guidelines
- follow dentists' instructions
- select materials for orthodontic appliances
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
Transversal competences
- respond to changing situations in health care
- apply organisational techniques
- examine dental models and impressions
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- manage infection control in the facility
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences