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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Dental Lab Technicians

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.

Dental Laboratory Technicians · O*NET 51-9081.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

12 of 24tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

30 matched to the tools dental laboratory technicians use. Showing 24.

  • Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

    Microsoft Outlook

  • Microsoft Excel

    MCP server

    Microsoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su

    Microsoft Excel

  • Microsoft Word

    MCP server
  • Powerpoint

    MCP server
  • Schedule It

    MCP server

    Schedule it - A software tool which helps you schedule your resources, teams, equipment, rooms, and projects all in one place.

    Schedule It

  • Make (make.com)

  • AutoCAD is a design and drafting platform which supports automated design tasks and offers features such as 2D drafting, drawing and annotation, 3D modeling and visualization, and more.

  • CorelCAD is a computer-aided design software designed to help businesses across manufacturing, architecture, engineering, and construction industries create and render 2D drawings and 3D designs on a unified platform. The application enables managers to track projects, collaborat

  • Email Server

    MCP server
  • Excel

    Skill
  • Excel

    MCP server
  • Business Finances made simple

    Intuit QuickBooks

  • Microsoft

    MCP server
  • Make (make.com)

  • Make (make.com)

  • Quickbooks

    MCP server
  • Scheduling Suite is a powerful solution for small businesses to schedule and organize their day-to-day jobs and projects.

    Scheduling Suite

The tools this job actually uses

24 documented for this occupation. Showing 24, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Intuit QuickBookshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Windowshot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Bookkeeping software
  • Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
  • Computer imaging software
  • Database management software
  • Dental product design software
  • Dental product manufacturing software
  • Easy Solutions Easy Lab
  • Email software
  • Graphics software
  • Inventrix Labtrac
  • Jenmar International DL-Plus
  • LabMagic
  • Laboratory Systems Group Lab Manager
  • Mainstreet Systems & Software DentaLab/PC II
  • Mainstreet Systems & Software DentaRX
  • Scheduling software
  • Web browser software

What this job involves

21 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 21.

  1. Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
  2. Test appliances for conformance to specifications and accuracy of occlusion, using articulators and micrometers.
  3. Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.
  4. Prepare metal surfaces for bonding with porcelain to create artificial teeth, using small hand tools.
  5. Rebuild or replace linings, wire sections, or missing teeth to repair dentures.
  6. Place tooth models on an apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
  7. Apply porcelain paste or wax over prosthesis frameworks or setups, using brushes and spatulas.
  8. Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
  9. Build and shape wax teeth, using small hand instruments and information from observations or dentists' specifications.
  10. Load newly constructed teeth into porcelain furnaces to bake the porcelain onto the metal framework.
  11. Mold wax over denture setups to form the full contours of artificial gums.
  12. Train or supervise other dental technicians or dental laboratory bench workers.
  13. Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatuses.
  14. Create a model of patient's mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set.
  15. Prepare wax bite blocks and impression trays for use.
  16. Shape and solder wire and metal frames or bands for dental products, using soldering irons and hand tools.
  17. Fill chipped or low spots in surfaces of devices, using acrylic resins.
  18. Meet with dentists or patients to discuss dental appliances.
  19. Order parts or materials needed to make dental appliances.
  20. Scan dental models to create digital files.
  21. Stain porcelain on dental appliances to match the color of patients' teeth.