If you like doing precision work with your hands, enjoy working independently and are interested in health care, a career as a dental laboratory technician may be for you.
The dental laboratory technician takes on significant responsibility as a member of the dental health care team. Dental technicians make dental prostheses — replacements for natural teeth to help people who have lost some or all of their teeth to eat, chew, talk and smile in a manner that is similar to or better than the way they did before.