Dental Laboratory Technology - Erie Community College

Dental Laboratory Technology from Erie Community College is a Campus Associate Dentistry degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Program Description Dental laboratory technicians possess skills, competencies, and knowledge invaluable to the modern practice of dentistry. Through the unique dental laboratory technology program, students work with dentists and patients at private dental offices, at dental clinics of the School of Dental Medicine/State University of New York at Buffalo, at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and at cooperating commercial laboratories as they prepare to join the profession and the dental health team. The goal of the Dental Laboratory Technology program is to train students to be capable of the design, fabrication, and production of dental prostheses, including full and partial dentures, crowns, bridges, and orthodontic appliances. The curriculum, offered on a full-time basis during the day, highlights coursework in anatomy, physiology, occlusion, biomedical materials, dental metallurgy, dental prostheses, and ceramics technology . Classroom learning is supplemented with laboratory experiences at the college as well as at local hospitals and commercial laboratories. The dental laboratory technology laboratories at South Campus have been designed to accommodate students confined to wheelchairs. Employment opportunities are available in commercial dental laboratories, private dental practices, hospitals, public dental health facilities, manufacturers of dental supplies, materials and equipment, and in research facilities and educational institutions. Each year, several graduates attend dental school in order to continue their education. View more details on Erie Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Dentistry courses.