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Also called bridge technician, computer aided design technician, computer aided manufacturing technician and crown and bridge dental laboratory technician.
$49,610
Median pay a year
34,410
People do this work
6
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Dental Laboratory Technician
Summary
Dental laboratory technician constructing and repairing dentures and dental appliances by reading prescriptions, fabricating devices, testing for accuracy, and creating models from impressions
Experience
Dental Laboratory Technician
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Read prescriptions and examined models to design dental products
Fabricated, altered, or repaired dental devices like dentures and crowns
Tested appliances for accuracy using articulators and micrometers
Removed excess metal or porcelain and polished surfaces with machines
Melted metals and mixed materials to create dental prostheses
Trained or supervised other dental technicians in the laboratory
Created models of patients' mouths by pouring plaster into impressions
Skills
Core Skills
Placing materials into molds, Constructing customized assistive devices, Repairing assistive devices, Reading work orders or instructions, Inspecting medical assistive devices, Measuring clients, Loading items into ovens, Soldering parts or workpieces
Hands-On Work
Casting molds of patient anatomies, Mixing ingredients
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Read prescriptions and examined modelsTested dental appliances for accuracyMade and repaired dental devicesPlaced tooth models for evaluationPolished surfaces of dental productsTrained other dental technicians
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Read prescriptions and examined models to determine specifications for dental devices
Fabricated and repaired dental appliances, including dentures and crowns, ensuring accuracy and quality
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Read prescriptions and examined models to determine specifications for dental devices, reducing errors in device fabrication
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Reduced errors in device fabricationImproved fit of dental appliancesStreamlined the production process
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Fabricated and repaired dental appliances, including dentures and crowns, ensuring accuracy and quality
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Several each weekA few every day
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Placing materials into molds
Casting molds of patient anatomies
Constructing customized assistive devices
Repairing assistive devices
Reading work orders or instructions
Inspecting medical assistive devices
Measuring clients
Mixing ingredients
Loading items into ovens
Soldering parts or workpieces
Filling holes in products
Applying parting agents
The work itself
What a Dental Laboratory Technician does
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Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.
What it pays
How much does a Dental Laboratory Technician make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$40,420
Median
$49,610
75th percentile
$62,070
About 34,410 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AL
$37,720
$45,760
$50,080
AR
$37,760
$49,960
$50,660
AZ
$41,550
$47,930
$59,570
CA
$39,190
$47,410
$60,750
CO
$51,030
$61,220
$75,500
DE
$38,500
$38,500
$46,150
FL
$47,430
$59,790
$72,800
GA
$42,820
$49,310
$63,160
HI
$37,860
$45,300
$49,130
IA
$38,890
$47,520
$58,170
ID
$43,140
$47,380
$69,820
IL
$48,430
$51,380
$54,890
IN
$43,230
$49,920
$61,270
KS
$48,180
$56,790
$73,350
KY
$37,990
$46,770
$57,020
LA
$29,960
$38,490
$54,430
MA
$60,960
$72,800
$79,110
MD
$45,820
$47,850
$63,170
ME
$51,810
$64,020
$72,800
MI
$44,690
$49,570
$62,100
MN
$47,670
$56,090
$61,310
MO
$40,790
$46,870
$64,760
MS
$30,130
$47,770
$61,040
MT
$45,280
$47,560
$56,020
NC
$38,990
$49,700
$61,500
ND
$57,970
$67,580
$68,380
NE
$49,990
$58,590
$61,940
NH
$51,410
$60,610
$62,120
NJ
$37,340
$47,270
$69,770
NM
$37,470
$45,300
$54,480
NV
$36,860
$48,190
$64,780
NY
$47,080
$52,460
$61,540
OH
$40,530
$48,480
$61,750
OK
$36,190
$48,670
$63,140
OR
$37,420
$48,800
$60,890
PA
$40,240
$49,280
$71,130
PR
$22,180
$22,490
$24,840
RI
$44,580
$45,320
$62,400
SC
$31,230
$37,170
$55,080
SD
$44,530
$48,370
$57,020
TN
$40,470
$48,880
$62,540
TX
$35,790
$46,330
$59,190
UT
$38,980
$47,110
$60,630
VA
$44,220
$51,900
$75,160
WA
$47,830
$56,400
$67,810
WI
$38,390
$47,170
$59,800
WV
$37,220
$47,740
$55,350
Other names
Other names for this job
bridge technician, computer aided design technician, computer aided manufacturing technician, crown and bridge dental laboratory technician, crown and bridge technician, dental technician, denture laboratory technician, denture technician, laboratory technician, metal room dental technician, model technician, orthodontic laboratory technician.
This page is about the occupation Dental Laboratory Technicians. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.