Diploma
Develop the skills you need to work as a dental technician, an essential role in any dental practice.
Dental technicians provide support to dental personnel in public hospitals, as well as in public and private dental laboratories and clinics. As a dental technician, you'll use impressions to manufacture dentures, crowns, bridges and orthodontic appliances.
Through your studies in this diploma, you will learn how to construct models, impression trays, dentures, crown and bridge structures, oral splints and more. You'll also learn about infection prevention, first aid, workplace health and safety, recordkeeping, and communication and cultural safety services.
This diploma is delivered as both an apprenticeship program and a non-apprenticeship program.