WORLD AT WORK
Prosthodontics
World at work: Dental laboratory technicians
Clinical Center of Serbia, Institute of Occupational and Radiological Health, Deligradska 29, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
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Dr N Torbica
Clinical Center of Serbia, Institute of Occupational and Radiological Health, Deligradska 29, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro; torbica@eunet.yu
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Keywords: prosthodontics; orthodontics; occupational exposure; occupational diseases
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The dental health of the population has improved worldwide due to fluoridation of drinking water and improved preventive dental care. In recent years, full dentures are less commonly used, with a wider application of bridges or crowns. During the last few years, demand for cosmetic prostheses has risen, especially among the aging population.
Dentures are made by laboratory dental technicians. This is a job with relatively stable tasks and the process is used worldwide, but the occupational exposure can vary, according to working conditions and materials used.
Rough data indicate that there are around 3800 dental technicians in Serbia, of which 30% are men and 70% women.
Dentists send to the technicians a specification of the item (that is, crown, bridge, prosthesis, etc) to be made, along with an impression (mould) of the patient’s mouth or teeth. Dental technicians then create a model of the patient’s mouth by pouring
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