the UK, the oral health therapy scope does not exist there. Dental technologists Dental technologists or dental technicians are dental professionals who fabricate dental appliances: removable protheses including dentures and orthodontic retainers, and fixed restorative work such as crown and bridges for the dental operator to insert. Denturists or clinical dental technologists or technicians are dental technicians with postgraduate training who see patients to fabric and fit dentures. Orthodontic auxiliaries Orthodontic auxiliaries are oral health professionals who work exclusively under the direction of an orthodontist or dentist providing orthodontic treatment. Under supervision they place and remove orthodontic brackets, wires, bands, and appliances on patients, as treatment-planned by the orthodontist or dentist, in order to improve efficiency. See also Dentistry Dental assistant References Dentistry occupations