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3221 – Denturists
Denturists examine patients and design, construct and repair removable dentures. Most denturists work in private practice.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Apprentice dental mechanic
- Dental mechanic
- Dental mechanic apprentice
- Denture mechanic
- Denture technician
- Denture therapist
- Denturist
- Denturologist
- Student dental mechanic
- Student denturist
- Dental mechanic
- Denturist
- Denturologist
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- 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.
Employment requirements
- Completion of a two- or three-year college program in denturism/denturology is required.
- An internship in a registered denture clinic may be required.
- Licensing by a provincial or territorial regulatory body is required.
Additional information
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 3 – Health occupations
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 32 – Technical occupations in health
- Minor group
- 322 – Technical occupations in dental health care
- Associated Career Handbook profiles
- 3221.0 – Denturists
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- NOC 2016 Version 1.3