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Job Title: Cad Cam Designer – 3shape/ Exocad
Location: Indiana/Kentucky
Salary: 27-35 per hour – DOE
Full Benefits
We are seeking a highly skilled Dental CAD/CAM Designer to join our digital laboratory team. This role is at the heart of our production, requiring a blend of dental anatomy expertise and technical mastery. You will be responsible for transforming digital scans into high-quality dental restorations, ensuring perfect fit, function, and aesthetics for our clinical partners.
The ideal candidate is a “digital craftsman” who is deeply familiar with the nuances of dental morphology and can navigate complex restorative cases with precision.
Key Responsibilities
- Digital Design: Execute full-contour designs for crowns, bridges, inlays/onlays, and veneers using industry-leading software.
- Implant Cases: Design custom abutments and screw-retained implant crowns, ensuring proper emergence profiles and structural integrity.
- Diagnostic Wax-ups: Create digital diagnostic wax-ups to assist clinicians in treatment planning and to provide patients with a “preview” of their final smile.
- Anatomical Accuracy: Apply a deep understanding of occlusion, morphology, and functional tooth movement to every design.
- Workflow Management: Manage the digital intake of STL files and prepare completed designs for milling or 3D printing.
- Collaboration: Communicate effectively with technicians and doctors to refine designs based on specific case requirements or feedback.
Required Technical Skills
- Software Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in 3Shape and/or exocad is mandatory. You should be comfortable navigating the specialized modules for each.
- Dental Anatomy: A comprehensive understanding of tooth morphology and the ability to replicate natural aesthetics digitally.
- Precision Tooling: Ability to set parameters for cement gaps, minimum thickness, and connector strengths to ensure restoration longevity.
Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a dental laboratory setting, specifically focused on CAD/CAM.
- Detail Oriented: An “eagle eye” for margins and occlusion to minimize chairside adjustments for the dentist.
- Adaptability: Ability to keep up with software updates and new digital materials (Zirconia, E.max, PMMA, etc.).