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Definition: Dental Technician |
Dental TechnicianNoun1. Someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Occupations | Performs any combination of following tasks to fabricate and repair dental appliances, according to DENTIST'S (medical ser.) 072.101-010 prescription, using handtools, molding equipment, and bench fabricating machines: Reads prescription and examines dental models and impressions to determine type of denture to be made or repaired applying knowledge of dental laboratory techniques. Fabricates full or partial dentures, using wax, plastic and plaster models, articulators, grinders, and polishers. Casts plastic or plaster models of dentures to be repaired [DENTURE-MODEL MAKER (protective dev.) 712.684-046]. Selects and mounts replacement teeth in model to match color and shape of natural or adjacent teeth, using tooth color scales and tooth illustrations. Molds wax over denture setup to form contours of gums, using knives and spatula [DENTURE WAXER (protective dev.) 712.381-046]. Removes excess plastic and polishes surfaces of cast dentures, using grinding and polishing tools and ultrasonic equipment [FINISHER, DENTURE (protective dev.) 712.381-050]. Rebuilds denture linings to duplicate original thickness, contour, and color according to specifications. Tests repaired dentures for accuracy of occlusion, using articulator. Bends and solders gold and platinum wire to construct wire frames for dentures, using soldering gun and handtools [CONTOUR WIRE SPECIALIST, DENTURE (protective dev.) 712.381-014]. May confer with DENTIST (medical ser.) to resolve problems in design and setup of dentures. May be designated according to type of denture fabricated as Dental Technician, Crown And Bridge (protective dev.); Dental Technician, Metal (protective dev.). (references) |
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Synonym: Dental TechnicianSynonym: denturist (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dental Technician |
| Specialty definitions using "dental technician": MANAGER, DENTAL LABORATORY ♦ TOOTH CLERK. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dental technician | 50 |
dental technician job | 11 |
dental technician school | 8 |
certified dental technician | 5 |
dental technician training | 2 |
course dental technician | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "dental technician"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tandtekniker (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician, dentist), laboratorietandtekniker (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tandtechnicus (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician, dentist), tandprotheticus (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hammasteknikko (dental mechanic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dentiste (dental practitioner, dentist), technicien dentiste (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician), technicien dentaire (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician), prothésiste dentaire (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician), mécanicien en prothèses dentaires (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zahntechniker (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician, orthodontists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οδοντοτεχνίτης (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician), οδοντίατρος (dentist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סיעת (assistant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | dentista (dentist), tecnico dentista (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician), odontotecnico (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician, orthodontists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 歯科技工士 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しかぎ"うし. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entalday echniciantay dentista (dentist), técnico dentista (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician), técnico de próteses dentárias (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician), protésico dentário (dental laboratory technician, dental mechanic, dentalorthodontic technician). (various references) зубной техник. (various references) zubotehničar. (various references) dentista (dental practitioner, dentist). (various references) dentist (dentist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-d-e-e-h-i-i-l-n-n-n-t-t" | |
-5 letters: acetanilide, annihilated, cachinnated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6E 74 61 6C 54 65 63 68 6E 69 63 69 61 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010100 01100101 01100011 01101000 01101110 01101001 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e n t a l   T e c h n i c i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006E 0074 0061 006C 0054 0065 0063 0068 006E 0069 0063 0069 0061 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387180866778254716974807569756780 |
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