Dental Technician - Ceramist

Zahntechnique is a dedicated team of dental artists who are passionate about crafting smiles – one patient at a time. We are searching for a motivated and creative individual to join our team as a dental technician who will be responsible for creating ceramic dental restorations. This position will require the individual to have 2+ years of work experience in a licensed dental laboratory.

This opportunity will include the following critical tasks and responsibilities:

• Read and understand the doctor’s prescription to understand the processes needed to fulfill the requirements of the prescription.


• Evaluate records (i.e., conventional impressions, models and intra orals scans) to check for distortions, pulls or any other discrepancies that may inhibit the ability to fabricate an accurate restoration.


• Perform quality control for incoming cases into the Ceramic Department.


• Fitting crown and bridge margins on tooth- and implant supported restorations.


• Adjusting inter proximal contacts and occlusal contacts on full contour restorations


• Layer porcelain to zirconia, lithium x-silicate and metal frame works.


• Stain and glaze, layered and full contour restorations.


• Contour and polish or stain and glaze provisional restorations.


• Bond implant restorations to titanium bases or abutments.


• Wax up diagnostic casts for treatment planning.


• Fitting of wax patterns to dies and models.


• Contour wax patterns to correct anatomy and function.


• Sprue wax patterns to rings to press or cast.


• Invest wax patterns to press or cast.


• Utilize furnaces to burn out rings to press or cast.


• Press lithium x-silicate.


• Devest pressed restorations.


• Perform quality control for outgoing cases after restoration is finished.

The Required Competencies and Qualifications for this opportunity:

• Proficient in English - reading and writing


• Full understanding of dental terminology and dental morphology


• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a licensed dental laboratory


• Competent in fitting all ceramic and metal crown and bridge frameworks and full contour restorations.


• Competent adjusting and contouring inter proximal contacts and occlusion.


• Competent in layering porcelain to zirconia, lithium x-silicate and metal frame works.


• Competent in stain and glaze of layered and full contour restorations.


• Competent in fabricating fixed implant restorations.

The Desired Competencies and Qualifications for this opportunity:

• Ability to fabricate diagnostic wax ups.


• Ability to fit wax patterns, sprue, invest, press and divest for lithium di-silicate restorations.


• Competence in bonding titanium bases and abutments to implants restorations.


• Competence in contour, polish, stain and glaze tooth- and implant supported provisionals.


• Ability to identify implant systems by evaluating the impression