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.
- Identify information through categorising, estimating, recognising differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- 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**: $65,000 - $75,000 p.a. excluding superannuation

**Salary**: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Work Location: In person