dental technician

American  

noun

1. a skilled worker who makes dentures, bridges, etc., as specified by dentists for their patients.

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Etymology

Origin of dental technician

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

He had taken classes in prison and become a dental technician.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite her job with a transportation company and her husband’s as a dental technician, they could not make ends meet.

From Washington Times

Before he forayed into creating board games, Mr Teuber worked as a dental technician.

From BBC

Teuber never thought his game would become so successful; he finally left his dental technician job in 1998 “when I felt like Catan could feed me and my family,” he told the New Yorker.

From Seattle Times

But Wagner had signed a noncompete agreement with Henry Schein, still in effect at that point, barring him from dental technician work at any other company in the state.

From Washington Post