Dental Laboratory Technician

Department of Veterans Affairs•Tulsa, OK

82d•Onsite

About The Position

Employee will be assigned to Dental Service, VA Outpatient Clinic, Tulsa, OK. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a mid-level dental laboratory technician. The work requires a high degree of skill and precision, a working knowledge of the general contour of supporting tissues, and articulation of its application to the fabrication of appliances. THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-08. At the GS-06 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-08. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds.

Responsibilities

Uses dental laboratory materials such as impression materials, stones, waxes, acrylics as well as the use of laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, vacuum former, model trimmers, handpieces, and articulators.
Receives and pours impressions with proper dental stone for study casts and master casts for complete and partial removable dentures including boxing and beading, trimming and mounting casts as needed. Receives and pours impressions with proper dental stone for crowns, fixed partial dentures, and implants.
Pours casts and performs minor removable prosthesis repairs with assistance.
Fabrications of prosthesis include stonework, articulation, setting of teeth, recontouring, actual fabrication, adjusting occlusion, and finishing for inserting into the patient's mouth.
Fabricates both hard and soft dental splints as per laboratory prescription.
Adjusts occlusion with hard splints and finishes and polishes for delivery.
Repairs partial and full dentures, duplicate casts, complete relines and fabricate fluoride trays, night guards, and implant stints.
Scans impressions and casts with the Digital Dental Lab Scanner in preparation to send the scanned files to the Dental Laboratory for fabrication of the dental prosthesis.
Mills temporary crowns and diagnostic wax-ups.
Packages, logs out, and ships cases going to outside laboratories and receives cases, unpacks, logs in and returns cases to the appropriate case pans.
Maintains records indicating dates of receipt of shipment of cases and the number and status of cases in process.
Maintains proper stock levels of all laboratory materials and inventory.
Performs other related duties as assigned.