Unit Group

3221 Denturists

Example Titles

Main 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.

Classified elsewhere

• Dental assistants (3411)
• Dental hygienists and dental therapists (3222)
• Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants (3223)
• Dentists (3113)

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