Job Vacancy for Dental Lab Technician at Ascentech Services Limited

 Company Description:

Ascentech Services Limited - Our client is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Dental Lab Technician

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description: 
Fill prescriptions from dentists to construct appliances for straightening teeth and repairs dentures, bridges, crowns, and other artificial tooth-replacement devices.

Responsibilities

• Reads prescriptions or specifications and examines models and impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed. Fabricates, alters, and repairs dental devices such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, and appliances for straightening teeth.
• Tests appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion using articulators and micrometers.
• Places tooth models on apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient’s jaw to evaluate functionality of model. Melts metals or mixes plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes, and pours materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatus.
• Prepares metal surfaces for bonding with porcelain to create artificial teeth using small hand tools. Removes excess metal or porcelain, and polishes surfaces of prostheses or frameworks using polishing machines.
• Creates a model of patient’s mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set. Loads newly constructed teeth into porcelain furnaces to bake the porcelain onto the metal framework.
• Builds and shapes wax teeth using small hand instruments and with information from observations or dentists’ specifications.

• Ability to work with plaster, wax, porcelain, plastic, gold, and other metals.
• Experience using hand tools for carving and shaping and electric drills, presses, lathes, and high-heat furnaces for completing dental pieces.
• Good vision and color sense.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Excellent manual dexterity and visual acuity required.
• Artistic aptitude for detailed and precise work.

Job Requirements:

• BSC / HND in Dentistry or other related field
• Completion of a certified dental lab technology program
• Knowledge of dental anatomy and terminology
• Experience working in a dental lab setting
• Detail-oriented with good manual dexterity
• Ability to read and interpret dental prescription forms and work orders
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Job Application Deadline:
Not Specified.

Method of Application:
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: cv@ascentech.com.ng using the job title as subject of the mail.