Dental
Laboratory Technology
What is Dental Laboratory Technology?
A career in dental laboratory
technology can offer you many rewards and opportunities. Acquiring a
formal education in dental laboratory technology from Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry (LSUSD) can help
to maximize these opportunities. This education can make you an
important member of a very specialized health care team consisting of a
dentist, dental hygienist, and dental laboratory technologist. As a
dental laboratory technologist, you will work closely with the dentist
in restoring a patient's lost or missing teeth caused by accidents,
dental decay or developmental abnormalities. Exciting new technology in
both materials and techniques will allow you to play a vital role in
changing patients' lives by helping to create beautiful smiles and
optimum oral health. With this formal education, you will become a
skilled technician giving you the opportunity to work in private dental
offices, small or large commercial dental laboratories, dental schools
or dental manufacturing companies.
What are the advantages of a career in dental
laboratory technology?
- High earning potential.
- Ability to own and operate your own
business.
- Ability to work in a variety of
dental-related areas.
- Ability to work anywhere in the
United States.
- Enjoy work that expresses your
creative and artistic abilities.
- Enjoy helping people live happier
and healthier lives.
- Work in a field that is constantly
evolving due to ongoing research and technological advances.
What does LSUSD have to offer?
The LSUSD Dental Laboratory Technology
Program offers intensive training in all phases of fixed
prosthodontics, removable prosthodontics, orthodontics, and implant
restoration. The program is unique in the nation because its students
construct actual clinical cases for school patients. As an LSU dental
laboratory technology student, you will receive instruction in and work
with the most sophisticated equipment in one of the most modern
facilities in the United States. In addition, you will receive
instruction from teachers who are certified in their specialties and
who, through years of experience, excel at teaching dental laboratory
technology. The LSU program is the only dental laboratory technology
program in the nation that is fully integrated as part of a dental
school's program in dentistry. Therefore, you will work with
world-renowned clinicians at LSUSD, one of the most highly respected
dental schools in the nation.
Student life at the Louisiana State
University School of Dentistry combines the best of two worlds: the
excitement of a great city and a close-knit university family working
together on a beautiful campus. The school is on 20 acres in a
residential section of New Orleans, next door to beautiful City Park,
and five minutes from the interstate, Lake Pontchartrain, the Jazz and
Heritage Festival, Mardi Gras parades, shopping, the French Quarter and
thousands of available apartments.
Understanding your needs is a priority
at the school. Some of the services you will appreciate are housing
assistance, a complete dental library, a bookstore and gift shop, a
fitness center, and a snack bar. Your academic work will be demanding,
but you will still find time to participate in intramural sports,
student government, social events, or part-time employment.
How can LSU assist you in reaching your career goal?
LSUSD offers two programs in Dental
Laboratory Technology: an Associate of Science degree and a Bachelor of
Science degree.
For more information contact:
Leonard Aucoin, Jr., CDT. MEd
Program Coordinator
Program in Dental Laboratory Technology
Telephone (504) 941-8085
E-mail laucoi@lsuhsc.edu
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