Denturists
National Occupation Code (NOC): 32110
Denturists examine patients and design, construct and repair removable dentures. Most denturists work in private practice. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Job Duties for Denturists
- Measure patients’ jaws to determine size and shape of dentures required
- Make impressions of patients’ teeth, gums and jaws
- Design and construct dentures or direct other workers to construct dentures
- Insert, fit and modify new dentures
- Repair dentures
- Reline, rebase and adjust dentures
- Fabricate mouth protectors, anti-snoring prostheses and removable prostheses on implants
- May order radiographs
- May prepare partial dentures
- May perform denture whitening and cleaning.
Alternate Job Titles
- Apprentice Dental Mechanic
- Dental Mechanic
- Dental Mechanic Apprentice
- Denture Mechanic
- Denture Technician
- Denture Therapist
- Denturist
- Denturologist
- Student Dental Mechanic
- Student Denturist