Digital Lab Manager: Tamaqua, PA

The Digital Dental Laboratory Manager for the Kornberg School of Dentistry will be responsible for working with Dental Faculty, residents, and students in creating various customized digital milled prostheses based on the individual patient. This will primarily be for our clinic in Tamaqua, PA, but will also work with our clinics in Philadelphia as well.

Primary responsibilities include:

• CAD/CAM design and scanning
• Preparation of casts
• Checking digital impressions
• Advising faculty
• Designing crowns and other prostheses
• Nesting, milling, staining and glazing, and finishing
• Demonstrating CAD/CAM techniques to dental students
• Providing administrative support for the lab
• Ordering and maintaining inventory of CAD/CAM materials
• Identifying new and efficient materials
• Designing and 3D printing surgical guides
• Maintaining lab equipment
• Allocating digital scanners to users
• Verifying work orders and digital scans sent to our outside laboratory

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a field with heavy CAD/CAM applications and at least 4 years of directly CAD/CAM experience
• Training will be provided for design and fabrication of dental prosthesis through digital methods
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Dental degree from a US or foreign dental school or a degree in a dental specific field
• Previous experience working in a digital dental lab

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to travel between our clinical locations in Philadelphia and Tamaqua as needed
• Ability to work with various CAD/CAM technologies and other lab equipment
• Good hand-eye coordination with the ability to work with small instruments
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organization and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work both individually and in a team environment
• Ability to multitask, prioritize work, and make independent decisions for non-complex issues
• Must be able to work with a diverse population of students, faculty, staff, and other external contacts
• Great attention to detail and sound judgments with the ability to make independent decisions

Essential Duties:

• Review and check digital impressions, design, mill, stain and glaze prostheses with dental faculty
• Design CAD/CAM crowns, bridges, nightguards, and surgical guides
• Manage flow of operations and provide administrative support for lab services, including assigning digital equipment to students
• Maintain printers, milling unit and other digital lab equipment
• Work alongside faculty, lecture, and demonstrate CAD/CAM techniques in advanced restorative courses
• Stay current with new techniques, provide input to faculty and administration on new technology, equipment or processes, and identify improvements to facilities, equipment, and procedures
• Order and maintain inventory of CAD/CAM materials and work with the department Chair to identify new, more efficient materials

Salary Range: $62,000 to $70,000 annual.

Benefits:

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• 11 paid holidays
• Tuition remission—eligible employees and their dependents can obtain a degree tuition‑free
• A generous retirement plan and additional benefits

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