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Dental Technician
☞ Canadian Armed Forces | Forces armées canadiennes
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Update day: 12-06-2024
Category: Health / Medical Care Part-time
Industry: Defense & Space Government Administration Hospital & Health Care
Position: Entry level
Job type: Part-time
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OverviewDental Technicians assist and support Dental Officers in delivering dental services to Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and, occasionally, their families and dependants.
A Dental Technician has the following primary duties:
- Providing clinical assistance;
- Providing clinical support procedures to include user maintenance and first line repair of dental equipment and disinfection/sterilization procedures;
- Providing laboratory procedures to include fabrication of casts, custom trays, mouthguards and minor repairs to acrylic appliances;
- Providing preventive dentistry measures to include selective rubber cup polishing of coronal tooth surfaces, OHI, and application of anticariogenic and desensitizing agents;
- Providing general dental administrative services;
- Making impressions for study models;
- Removing sutures;
- Applying rubber dam;
- Placing cavity liners;
- Placing temporary restorations;
- Temporarily cementing crowns and bridges;
- Applying topical anesthetic;
- Controlling bleeding;
- Exposing and developing radiographs;
- Providing operational dental support (MOSID 00335 only);
- Responding to patient medical emergencies;
- Applying and removing matrices and wedges;
- Performing pulp vitality testing;
- Applying acid etch and cavity bonding;
- Preparing simple bite registrations;
- Selecting moulds and shades; and
- Depending on their location, they may be called upon to maintain the Mobile Dental Clinic and Air Transportable Dental System.
Dental Technicians normally work in a military dental clinic. When in the field with an Army unit, they may work in a Mobile Dental Clinic or an Air Transportable Dental System. They may also work onboard a ship. Dental Technicians may be posted to a base within Canada or deployed on operations around the world.
Entry plans
- Direct Entry Options
- Paid Education Options
Non-commissioned Member Subsidized Training and Education Program (NCM STEP)
Because this position requires specialty training, the CAF will pay successful recruits to attend the diploma program at an approved Canadian college. NCM STEP students attend basic training and on-the-job training during the summer months. They receive a full-time salary including medical and dental care, as well as vacation time with full-pay in exchange for working with the CAF for a period of time. If you choose to apply to this program, you must apply both to the CAF and be accepted at the appropriate accredited College.
For further information, please contact a Canadian Forces Health Services Recruiter: HealthSvcsRecruiting-RecrutementSvcsdesante@forces.gc.ca
Training
The first stage of training is the Basic Military Qualification course, or Basic Training, held at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. This training provides the basic core skills and knowledge common to all trades. A goal of this course is to ensure that all recruits maintain the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) physical fitness standard; as a result, the training is physically demanding.
Dental Technicians attend the Dental Technician Course at the Canadian Forces Health Services Training Centre in Borden, Ontario. The Dental Technician Course is a four-week program focused on field operations and dental clinic administration.
Dental Technicians may be offered the opportunity to develop specialized skills through professional development and on-the-job training, including:
- Dental Emergency Procedures;
- Dental Clinic Management; and
- Field Dental Support.
- Instructional Techniques; and
- Dental Hygiene.
For the most part, Dental Technicians serve in the Regular Force. There are limited opportunities for serving in the Reserve Force as a Dental Technician.
As a Dental Technician in the Reserve Force, you must have a Level II Dental Assisting Diploma from an accredited college and hold a current unrestricted dental assistant license by a Canadian provincial regulatory authority. You must have the ability to maintain clinical currency within your civilian workplace.
In the event of a personnel insufficiency at one of the military dental clinics, a Reserve Dental Technician may be called upon to work part-time or full-time at a clinic.
Reserve Force members may be offered a part-time or full-time position at a Canadian Forces dental clinic if the need arises. They are paid 92.8 percent of Regular Force rates of pay, receive a reasonable benefits package and may qualify to contribute to a pension plan.
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Deadline: 27-07-2024
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