ABOUT THE BOARD

CHARTER

The Dental Technicians Registration Board was established under the provisions of the Dental Technicians Registration Act 1975 to exercise the powers, authorities, duties and functions necessary to implement the Act.

Dental Technicians are involved in all laboratory aspects of the construction of removable and fixed appliances to restore function to the human mouth. Although there have been a number of technological advances in this field, it is still a craft oriented profession as all such appliances are made largely by hand to a clinician's prescription.

Training for the profession is presently a two year full time Diploma course at the Randwick Institute of Technology followed by two years full time work in an approved dental laboratory or a four year part time course while working full time in an approved environment. Registration examinations are conducted by the Board and by TAFE.

Dental Prosthetists are technicians who have completed a further two and a half years of part time study which qualifies them to deal directly with a patient for the construction of removable prosthetic appliances.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

• To maintain a Register of qualified dental technicians and an Index of qualified dental prosthetists entitled to practise in New South Wales;

• To arrange examinations and determine the standards to be achieved in those examinations for eligibility to practise as dental technicians or dental prosthetists;

• To promote the establishment in New South Wales of courses of training for persons wishing to become dental technicians or dental prosthetists;

• To inquire into the competence of registered dental technicians and dental prosthetists to practise and suspend or cancel registration or practising certificates, as appropriate.

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