Locum Dental Lab Technician - Full Denture Fabrication
Affordable Dentures & Implants is hiring an experienced Locum Dental Lab Technician who can fabricate dentures from start to finish. This temporary, travel-based opportunity is ideal for a skilled denture technician who can step into an on-site dental lab, work independently, and provide dependable support where it is needed most.
Join the nation's largest network of denture and implant service providers and use your technical expertise to help patients regain their smiles, confidence, and quality of life.
Locum Dental Lab Technician Responsibilities
As a Locum Dental Lab Technician with Affordable Dentures & Implants, you will support affiliated practices by producing high-quality removable dental prosthetics in an on-site lab.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Fabricating full and partial dentures from start to finish, including model preparation, tooth setting, wax-up, processing, finishing, and polishing.
- Completing denture relines, rebases, repairs, and adjustments accurately and efficiently.
- Pouring and trimming models and creating custom trays, bite rims, and other laboratory components.
- Supporting same-day denture services while meeting established production timelines.
- Evaluating completed cases for fit, function, aesthetics, occlusion, and overall quality.
- Communicating closely with dentists, dental assistants, and practice teams regarding case requirements and priorities.
- Maintaining accurate case records and managing laboratory workflow, materials, and inventory.
- Following infection-control, equipment-safety, and quality-assurance procedures.
- Traveling to assigned Affordable Dentures & Implants practice locations based on business needs.
Dental Lab Technician Qualifications
Qualified candidates should have:
- Significant hands-on experience fabricating dentures from start to finish.
- Demonstrated skill in setting teeth, wax-up, investing, processing, finishing, polishing, repairs, relines, and model work.
- The ability to work independently and quickly adapt to different dental laboratory environments.
- Strong knowledge of removable prosthodontics, dental anatomy, occlusion, and denture materials.
- Excellent craftsmanship, attention to detail, organization, and time-management skills.
- Effective communication and teamwork skills.
- Willingness and ability to travel for temporary assignments.
- A high school diploma or equivalent.
Experience with same-day dentures, implant-supported removable prosthetics, digital dentistry, or CAD/CAM workflows is preferred but not required. Dental laboratory certification or formal dental technology training is a plus.
Why Join Affordable Dentures & Implants?
Affordable Dentures & Implants has served millions of patients through a nationwide network of affiliated practices. Many practices feature on-site dental laboratories, allowing technicians to collaborate directly with clinical teams and see the impact of their work.
Depending on assignment terms and eligibility, this opportunity may include:
- Competitive compensation.
- Travel and lodging support.
- Flexible locum assignments.
- Monday-Friday scheduling at many locations.
- Access to modern equipment and on-site laboratory facilities.
- Training and professional-development opportunities.
- The opportunity to work across a large network of denture and implant providers.
- Meaningful work that helps patients receive timely, high-quality tooth-replacement solutions.
Work Schedule and Travel
This is a temporary locum dental laboratory position requiring travel to designated Affordable Dentures & Implants practice locations. Assignment duration, schedule, travel frequency, compensation, and lodging arrangements will be discussed during the recruitment process.
Apply for Our Locum Dental Lab Technician Position
If you are an experienced denture technician, dental laboratory technician, removable prosthetics technician, or traveling dental lab technician who can fabricate dentures from start to finish, apply today to explore locum opportunities with Affordable Dentures & Implants.
Bring your craftsmanship to a nationwide network where your skills can support local practice teams and make a direct difference for patients.
Affordable Dentures & Implants is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to legally protected characteristics.
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).
