Dental Laboratory Manager | Denture Lab Manager
Lead a High-Performing Dental Laboratory Team
Are you an experienced Dental Laboratory Manager or Lead Dental Laboratory Technician looking for your next career opportunity? We're seeking a hands-on leader with expertise in full and partial denture fabrication who enjoys mentoring technicians, maintaining quality standards, and driving laboratory excellence.
This leadership role combines advanced technical expertise with laboratory operations, team development, quality assurance, and production oversight. If you're passionate about creating exceptional removable prosthetics while leading a collaborative team, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Do
Laboratory Leadership
- Lead, coach, and mentor Dental Laboratory Technicians to ensure exceptional quality and productivity.
- Assist with hiring, onboarding, training, and ongoing technician development.
- Coordinate daily laboratory workflow to meet production goals and turnaround times.
- Maintain OSHA compliance, laboratory safety standards, and quality control procedures.
- Cross-train team members across laboratory functions to improve efficiency and coverage.
- Support the Laboratory Director with daily operations and continuous process improvements.
Technical Responsibilities
- Fabricate full and partial dentures from start to finish.
- Set denture teeth for optimal function, fit, and aesthetics.
- Perform waxing, processing, finishing, polishing, and final quality inspections.
- Bend wire for removable partial dentures.
- Complete denture relines, repairs, occlusal rims, and custom trays.
- Troubleshoot complex cases and provide technical guidance to laboratory staff.
- Ensure every case meets established quality and patient satisfaction standards.
Schedule
- Full-time
- Monday through Friday
- Day shift
- On-site position
Qualifications
Required
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Extensive experience as a Dental Laboratory Technician fabricating full and partial dentures.
- Previous leadership, supervisory, or laboratory management experience preferred.
- Proven ability to manage workflow, prioritize cases, and maintain production schedules.
- Ability to successfully complete a hands-on bench assessment.
- Strong understanding of OSHA regulations and dental laboratory safety standards.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
Preferred
- Same-day denture fabrication experience.
- Experience managing high-volume dental laboratory operations.
- Experience training and mentoring laboratory technicians.
- Knowledge of lean workflow or production improvement practices.
Skills & Abilities
- Leadership and team development
- Dental laboratory operations management
- Denture fabrication expertise
- Quality assurance and quality control
- Production scheduling and workflow management
- Problem-solving and technical troubleshooting
- Excellent hand-eye coordination
- Strong mechanical aptitude and artistic ability
- Detail-oriented with exceptional craftsmanship
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced production environment
Why Join Our Team?
- Leadership opportunity with a growing dental laboratory
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
- Monday–Friday schedule with work-life balance
- Collaborative, supportive culture
- Career advancement opportunities
- Modern laboratory with advanced denture fabrication technology
- Opportunity to mentor technicians and shape laboratory excellence
- Make a lasting impact by restoring patients' smiles and confidence every day
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Benefits
We care about our employees and understand the hard work that goes into providing the best-in-class patient care. You will be provided the training needed to provide you with the support you need to do your job well. Additional benefits include, group medical and dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, flexible spending (health and dependent care), 401(k), 9 paid holidays off, 10 days of vacation, and 5 additional PTO days. We also offer ancillary benefits to include hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance options.
About Affordable Care
Founded in 1975, today Affordable Care, LLC is America’s largest dental support organization (DSO) focused on tooth replacement services, serving more than 360 dental practices across the United States. Supported practices primarily concentrate on extractions, dentures, implants, and fixed arches, with some practices housing an on-site laboratory to enable same-day dental services. Affordable Care is the DSO for several top dental brands including, but not limited to, Affordable Dentures & Implants, DDS Dentures + Implant Solutions, and Advanced Dental Implant Centers. From the Affordable Care Support Center, located in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, along with field-based teams, Affordable Care provides business expertise and support services to dental practices, taking care of non-clinical duties so dentists can focus on treating patients (visit affordablecare.com).
