Dental Technician

Placed.au is looking for a full-time Dental Technician for our client in Melbourne, Victoria. As a dental technician, your main role will involve designing, constructing, repairing, and customising dental appliances for patients requiring tooth replacement, aesthetic enhancements, or improved dental function. If you are a dedicated professional with a strong passion for dental craftsmanship who is looking to thrive in a healthy work environment with a competitive salary package, then this is for you!

Job description:

• Handle processes such as melting metals, mixing plaster, and building porcelain.

• Match the colours of natural teeth based on photographs.

• Observe, receive, and obtain the necessary information from all relevant resources.

• Develop specific goals through planning, prioritising, and organising work.

• Communicate effectively with supervisors and colleagues.

• Monitor and review information from materials to detect and assess problems.

• Handle and utilise small machinery.

• Analyse information and evaluate results to carry out solution-oriented strategies to solve problems.

• Inspect equipment structures and materials to identify the cause of errors or defects.

• Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.

• Develop, design, and create new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, which may include artistic contributions.

• Identify information through categorising, estimating, recognising differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

• Keep up with the trends and knowledge and apply it to the day-to-day operations.

• Scan and reproduce models using CAD technology.

• Customise designed dental products are milled using CAD/CAM technology.

• Examine models and impressions to determine the design of the dental products to be constructed.

• Fabricate, alter, and repair dental devices such as crowns, bridges, inlays, dentures, and onlays.

• Place tooth models on an articulator that mimics jaw movement and evaluate the functionality of the models.

Qualifications/Attributes:

• Possess a Diploma in Dental Technology or equivalent, or at least have 3 years of relevant experience in lieu of qualification.

• Must have at least 2 years of relevant work experience.

• Must have superior knowledge and rich experience in implant componentry.

• Must have the skills and experience in crowns, veneers, and full mouth rehabilitation.

• Must have exceptional knowledge of infection control.

• Ability to multi-task with an exceptional level of concentration.

• Must have excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to dealing with patients, colleagues, and superiors.

Salary Range: $70,000 - $80,000 p.a. excluding superannuation