Part‑time Dental Lab Technician
Salary: $19.00 to $20.00 per hour
Position Summary
The Digital Dental Laboratory Technician will work with Dental Faculty, residents, and students to create customized digital milled prostheses. Responsibilities include CAD/CAM design, scanning, preparing casts, checking digital impressions, advising faculty, designing crowns and prostheses, nesting, milling, staining, glazing, finishing, and administrative support. The Technician will also demonstrate CAD/CAM techniques in advanced restorative courses, supervise clinical data collection, coordinate lab processing of digital prostheses, order and maintain inventory, design and 3D print surgical guides, maintain lab equipment, allocate scanners, and enter work orders into Axium.
Essential Duties
* Work with dental faculty to review and check digital impressions, design, mill, stain, and glaze prostheses.
* Keep faculty updated on realistic timeframes, delays, and solutions.
* Design CAD/CAM crowns, bridges, and other prostheses.
* Pour models as necessary.
* Nest, mill, finish, stain, and glaze crowns.
* Manage operations flow and provide administrative support for lab services. Oversee assigning of digital equipment to students.
* Assist faculty in the pre‑clinical digital curriculum.
* Milling in‑house and finishing single crowns and bridges.
* Maintain milling unit and equipment.
* Lead lectures and demonstrations of CAD/CAM techniques in advanced restorative courses.
* Supervise faculty and students with clinical data collection for scanning.
* Stay current with new techniques and provide input to faculty and administration on new technology, equipment, or processes.
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in a field with heavy CAD/CAM applications and at least six months of directly related experience (CAD/CAM). Equivalent education/experience may be considered.
Preferred Education and Experience
Candidates with dental knowledge are preferred.
Required Skills and Abilities
* Must be able to travel to off‑site clinics as needed.
* Ability to work with various CAD/CAM technologies and lab equipment.
* Good hand‑eye coordination with ability to work with small instruments.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
* Excellent organization and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work individually and in a team.
* Ability to multitask, prioritize work, and make independent decisions for non‑complex issues.
* Ability to work with a diverse population of students, faculty, staff, and external contacts.
* Great attention to detail and sound judgment for independent decision making.
Temple University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all in every aspect of its operations, including employment, service, and educational programs. The University has pledged not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, marital status, national origin or ethnic origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or veteran status.
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