Dental Lab Technician

Pittsburgh VA Medical Center • Full-time • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States • $57.78k - $75.11k / year • 4d ago

Dental Lab Technician Needed at Pittsburgh VA Healthcare System in Pittsburgh, PA.

Come join our team and enjoy our generous Federal Government benefits package (see below). Among the most innovative and forward-looking in the nation, the VA in Pittsburgh provides exceptional healthcare to our nation’s Veterans, trains America’s future healthcare providers, and conducts research that contributes to medical advancements. Please contact us to start your new career.

The Dental Laboratory Technician directly collaborates and provides expert consultation to staff Oral Surgeon, Prosthodontist or General Dentists to design and fabricate complex dental or dental biocompatible implants appliances. This position is in the Surgical Service Line/Dental Services located at the Pittsburgh VAMC in Pittsburgh, PA.

Duties of the Dental Assistant include but are not limited to the following:

Performs fabrication of fixed prostheses, whether tooth or implant borne.
Performs fabrication of multi-unit full arch implant bars, utilizing either lost wax of CAD technology ensuring passive fit and minimal strain/stress to the implants.
Performs fabrication of implant casts utilizing soft tissue moulage to replicate soft tissue structures.
Performs fabrication of maxillofacial prostheses including post-surgical obturators and speech appliances.
Performs fabrication of sleep apnea appliances.
Performs fabrication of single CAD-CAM crowns.
Designs and milling of complex multi-unit CAD-CAM restorations utilizing multiple ceramics including feldspathic and lithium di-silicate restorations.
Performs chairside or lab side instruction and demonstration to staff on laboratory materials and techniques. This includes three-dimensional model demonstration when necessary.
Scanning of complex multi-unit restorations for CAD-CAM milling.
Performs fabrication of prosthesis including precision attachments such as intra-coronal attachments for conventional crown and bridge as well as precision attachments within implant bars and implant fixed prostheses.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Specialized Experience Required:

Use of dental laboratory material such as impression materials, plasters, stones, hydrocolloids, waxes, metals, acrylics, porcelain, and similar materials;
Use of laboratory equipment such as hand tools, dental lathes, engines, and hand pieces, furnaces, casting machines, presses, flasks, and related equipment;
Use of precision instruments such as articulators, surveyors, and microanalyzers;
Construction of dental prosthetic appliances.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm

Benefits Summary:

· Regular salary increases and annual performance bonuses

· 37-50 days of paid time off (13-26 days annual leave based on Federal Government experience, 13 days sick leave, 11 Federal holidays)

· Eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with birth, adoption, foster care of child

· Three-tiered Federal retirement program (vested after 5 years) with VA contributing 16.6% to FERS and up to 5% matching for the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) (401k)

· Federal health/dental/vision/long-term care insurance offered

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $57,777.00 - $75,108.00 per year

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