3221- Denturists

Canada NOC: 
3221
Job Title: 

Denturists

Job Description: 

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

Main Duties: 

Denturists perform 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.

Classified Elsewhere: 

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

International Careers(ISCO): 
Source Of Info: 

National Occupation Classification, (2011)

Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada,

February 2012,

Catalogue no. 12-583-X