32110 Denturists

What this occupation covers

Denturists examine patients and design, construct and repair removable dentures. Most denturists work in private practice. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 10 main duties for this code.

• Measure patients' jaws to determine size and shape of dentures required
• Make impressions of patients' teeth, gums and jaws
• Design and construct dentures or direct other workers to construct dentures
• Insert, fit and modify new dentures
• Repair dentures
• Reline, rebase and adjust dentures
• Fabricate mouth protectors, anti-snoring prostheses and removable prostheses on implants
• May order radiographs
• May prepare partial dentures
• May perform denture whitening and cleaning.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 10 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 33100 Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants
• 32111 Dental hygienists and dental therapists
• 32112 Dental technologists and technicians
• 31110 Dentists

Excluded from this code

• Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants (See 33100 Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants)
• Dental hygienists and dental therapists (See 32111 Dental hygienists and dental therapists)
• Dental technologists and technicians (See 32112 Dental technologists and technicians)
• Dentists (See 31110 Dentists)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

apprentice dental mechanic · dental mechanic · dental mechanic apprentice · denture mechanic · denture technician · denture therapist · denturist · denturologist · student dental mechanic · student denturist

Employment requirements

• Completion of a two- or three-year college program in denturism/denturology is required.
• An internship in a registered denture clinic may be required.
• Licensing by a provincial or territorial regulatory body is required.