Denturists examine patients and design, construct and repair removable dentures. Most denturists work in private practice.

Example titles

• 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.

Exclusions

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

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