Senior Dental Laboratory Quality Specialist

Job Title: Senior Dental Laboratory Quality Specialist

Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Work Arrangement: 100% Remote — Work From Home

Level: Senior

About the Role

The Senior Dental Laboratory Quality Specialist is responsible for providing technical quality oversight, documentation review, and process improvement support for dental laboratory operations and the manufacture of dental prostheses and appliances. The role focuses on quality management systems, product conformity, material traceability, digital dental workflows, manufacturing documentation, and compliance with applicable dental device standards. Working fully remotely, the specialist collaborates with dental technicians, laboratory managers, dentists, suppliers, and quality teams to assess product quality records, investigate nonconformities, and promote consistent manufacturing standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Review quality management procedures and technical documentation for dental laboratory processes.
• Assess quality records relating to crowns, bridges, veneers, dentures, implant-supported restorations, and orthodontic appliances.
• Review manufacturing documentation for fixed and removable dental prostheses.
• Evaluate product conformity records against approved prescriptions, specifications, drawings, and design requirements.
• Review documentation for dental materials, including ceramics, zirconia, dental alloys, acrylic resins, composites, and impression-related materials.
• Assess material certificates, supplier documentation, batch traceability, and relevant material specifications.
• Review digital dental workflow records involving intraoral scans, CAD designs, CAM manufacturing files, and restoration specifications.
• Evaluate quality control records for milling, printing, casting, finishing, and other dental manufacturing processes.
• Review dimensional accuracy, fit assessment, shade documentation, surface finish, and other applicable product quality evidence.
• Assess nonconformance reports involving defects, remakes, fractures, marginal discrepancies, and material inconsistencies.
• Support root-cause investigations and review corrective and preventive action plans.
• Monitor laboratory quality indicators, including remake rates, rejection trends, turnaround performance, and customer complaints.
• Review equipment maintenance, calibration, and process verification records associated with dental laboratory production.
• Evaluate infection prevention and contamination-control documentation relevant to laboratory workflows.
• Review work authorization, prescription records, production instructions, and final inspection documentation for completeness.
• Support supplier quality assessments and review incoming material inspection records.
• Coordinate remotely with dental technicians and laboratory teams to clarify technical findings and resolve documentation discrepancies.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, quality checklists, inspection templates, and controlled records.
• Support internal audits, external quality assessments, and regulatory documentation reviews.
• Monitor relevant dental device regulations, quality management standards, and technical guidance.
• Recommend improvements to laboratory workflows, product traceability, process controls, and quality assurance practices.
• Prepare periodic quality reports and communicate trends, risks, and improvement opportunities to management.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Dental Technology, Dental Laboratory Science, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in dental laboratory operations, dental device quality assurance, dental technology, or medical device quality management.
• Strong understanding of fixed and removable dental prostheses and common dental laboratory manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with crowns, bridges, veneers, dentures, implant-supported restorations, and orthodontic appliances.
• Knowledge of dental materials, including ceramics, zirconia, metal alloys, polymers, acrylics, and composite materials.
• Experience reviewing dental laboratory work orders, prescriptions, production records, and final inspection documentation.
• Understanding of digital dentistry workflows, including CAD/CAM systems, intraoral scanning, milling, and additive manufacturing.
• Familiarity with dental device quality requirements and applicable standards, including ISO 13485 and relevant dental material standards.
• Knowledge of material traceability, supplier qualification, nonconformance management, CAPA, and change control.
• Experience reviewing product quality indicators, remake trends, complaints, and manufacturing deviations.
• Understanding of equipment calibration, maintenance documentation, and process verification requirements.
• Familiarity with electronic quality management systems, laboratory management platforms, and digital dental software.
• Strong analytical, technical review, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent written communication and technical documentation skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple quality review activities.
• Ability to work independently and coordinate effectively with international dental laboratory teams in a fully remote environment.

What We Offer

• Fully remote working arrangement within the stated UAE-based role framework.
• Opportunity to support quality improvement in dental laboratory and dental device manufacturing.
• Collaboration with dental technicians, laboratory managers, healthcare professionals, and quality specialists.
• Exposure to digital dentistry, advanced dental materials, and modern manufacturing technologies.
• Opportunities for professional development in dental technology and medical device quality management.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV highlighting their dental laboratory experience, quality assurance expertise, dental materials knowledge, and familiarity with relevant manufacturing and quality standards.

Application Subject: Application – Senior Dental Laboratory Quality Specialist (UAE Remote)

• Candidates should confirm applicable employment arrangements, residency requirements, and work authorization before accepting an offer. This is a fully remote technical oversight, quality documentation review, manufacturing data assessment, and process improvement role. Physical dental impressions and scans, prosthesis fabrication, milling, printing, casting, finishing, material testing, product fitting, and laboratory inspections must be performed by qualified local dental laboratory personnel. Clinical treatment decisions, patient assessments, prescription approvals, regulated product release decisions, and formal quality or regulatory sign-offs must be completed by appropriately licensed or authorized professionals.