Dental Lab Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:  Dental Lab Technician’s job is to make fake teeth for patients that need new teeth because for some reason their teeth have a problem. Dental technicians work with a variety of materials including waxes, plastics, precious and non-precious alloys, stainless steel to create the teeth. They also must have a talent for science and art to create these teeth.

Salary: $44,270 - $53,090

Education: The education requirement is at least a high school diploma and information on you taking science and math.

                  

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I would not like to be a dental lab technician because I am not interested in the dental field only in the medical field as in doctors and medicine. If I had the chance to be one I would accept it but for not I am interested only in the medical field.