Sure a really big commercial lab that does work nationally....piecework rates working so much your in 12 hours a day....I did this a year and made almost 100,000. Wasn't worth it missing social and family life.
As far as being a chaorside assistant..other than a tech making adjustments...NO WAY! I went to school 2 years for dental assisting...my last two years of high school. (Which gives me 10 years experience) During that time i had job placement. They placed me in a lab. I relized i am much more...
They had a guy for c&b. And me for removables. I was kept very busy. They had two docs and a very busy office. It was awesome to be able to see my work in the mouth and tweak things chairside in tryin cases if needed. In all...i loved this opportunity and would have stayed as long as possible...
It is over. His office manager and him decided it wouldnt work out. Im almost positive it wasnt about my work at all. Theyre very overstict about things and although i was willing to do anything they asked of me to or not to do personally...it wasnt going to work in their eyes. They had a...
I saw the work he was getting when sending it out and it looked terrible! I knew i would make him and his patients very happy. For a while i felt like he really appriciated what i brought to the table...i basically took an empty lab and brought it up to...
DO they work??? i was recently in one as the only removable tech. Assistants complained about the broken models after making flippers,dentures,hard essix retainers and nightgaurds on them! Undertanding what happens to models after making appliances on them is common sense to me...why cant drs...
8 am: Oh no! I put it on the teeth.It's for an immediate denture and not the permanent...so I hope theres not an issue.......
8:30 am: never mind....I lightly used a rubber wheel to remove and re polished the teeth. The anatomy was compromised, which i am not happy about! But at least my patient...
I used a light curing glaze as an experiment on the facial flange as well as the teeth for a magnificent wet look. Now in doing so its a bit tacky...i cure longer in my light unit and am hoping for a much harder finish went i get back to the lab tommorow. Anyone else use this technique?