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DENTURE THERAPIST [2 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2022-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Prosthetic Dentistry
OBS

Duties involve the taking of impressions or bite registrations for the purpose of making, producing, constructing, repairing any complete lower or upper prosthetic denture to be filled to an edentulous arch.

OBS

"denturist": According to Gregg Frederick, of the Denturists Association of Ontario, this neologism tends to be used more often.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Dentisterie prothétique
OBS

Personne qualifiée qui conçoit, fabrique, pose et répare des prothèses dentaires, en mesurant les mâchoires du client, prenant des empreintes, faisant des moules, et fabriquant ou faisant fabriquer les prothèses.

OBS

denturologiste : Au Québec, appellation officielle des spécialistes de la fabrication des prothèses dentaires, à partir de la prise des empreintes jusqu'à la pose.

OBS

[Le terme denturologiste] est mal formé puisque denture ne désigne pas la prothèse, mais bien les dents elles-mêmes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Prótesis dental
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