NOC 2021 · 33100 · TEER 3
Dental assistants and dental laboratory assistants
Unit group 33100 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Dental assistants assist dentists, dental hygienists and dental therapists during the examination and treatment of patients and perform clerical functions. Dental laboratory assistants assist dental technologists and technicians in preparing and fabricating dentures and other dental devices. Dental assistants work in dentists' offices, community health centres, clinics and in educational institutions. Dental laboratory assistants are employed in dental laboratories.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- ceramic denture caster
- ceramic denture mechanic
- ceramic denture moulder
- certified dental assistant
- certified intra-oral dental assistant
- chair-side assistant - dental
- dental aide
- dental assistant
- dental clinical assistant
- dental laboratory assistant
- dental laboratory bench worker
- dental laboratory technician assistant
- dental technician assistant
- denture bench moulder
- denture finisher
- denture framework finisher
- denture packer
- denture setter
- denture trimmer-polisher
- denture wax pattern former
- intra-oral dental assistant
- licensed dental assistant
- occlusion rim former - dentures
- orthodontic band maker
- plaster moulder - dentures
- preventive dental assistant
- registered dental assistant
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.