Denturist

Not to be confused with dentist.
Denturist
Examples of different types of intraoral prostheses.
Occupation
Names
  • Denturist (United States and Canada)
  • Dental Prosthetist (Australia and New Zealand)
  • Clinical Dental Technologist (United Kingdom)
Description
Education required
Diploma, Advanced diploma, bachelor's degree, or master's degree
Fields of
employment
Dental
Related jobs
Dentist, dental hygienist, dental therapist, prosthetist
Denturist, Dentures, Denture fitting, intraoral procedures
Denturist performs denture delivery procedure intraorally.
Denturist, Dentures, Denture procedures, Denturist Schools
Denturist students at NAIT work on simulation of denture intraoral procedures in their classroom.
NAIT student working with facebow for patient jaw relation recording

A denturist in the United States and Canada, clinical dental technologist in the United Kingdom and Ireland, dental prosthetist in Australia, or a clinical dental technician in New Zealand is a member of the oral health care team and role as primary oral health care provider who provides an oral health examination, planning treatment, takes impressions of the surrounding oral tissues, constructs and delivers removable oral prosthesis treatment (including dentures and partial dentures) directly to the patient.[1][2][3][4]

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