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L36A Dental Laboratory Technician (Basic)

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

A basic dental laboratory technician performs basic and intermediate prosthetic laboratory procedures to fabricate and finish complete dentures, removable partial dentures, and other prescribed intraoral appliances. The technician repairs, reconstructs, and relines dental prostheses and conducts routine and prescribed equipment maintenance.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Complete and removable partial denture fabrication
  • Dental prosthesis repair, reconstruction, and relining
  • Protective and restorative intraoral appliance fabrication
  • Routine dental laboratory equipment maintenance

Civilian Career Paths

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Dental Laboratory Technicians

Fabricating and finishing complete and removable partial dentures, along with repairing and relining prostheses, directly supports civilian dental laboratory work.

How to prepare: Prepare a work-sample portfolio without patient identifiers showing denture fabrication, finishing, repair, and relining for applications to removable-prosthetics laboratories.

What the civilian work involves
  • Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
  • Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC L36A

    [1] NEC entry "L36A - Dental Laboratory Technician (Basic)"; cached text line 8142; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Complete and removable partial denture fabrication, Dental prosthesis repair, reconstruction, and relining, Protective and restorative intraoral appliance fabrication, Routine dental laboratory equipment maintenance, Dental Laboratory Technicians (O*NET 51-9081.00)

  2. O*NET: Dental Laboratory Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Dental Laboratory Technicians (O*NET 51-9081.00)

Defense contractor jobs for L36A

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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