Can a Dental Prosthetist fill or extract teeth?

🦷 What a Dental Prosthetist can do

  • Denture treatment — full and partial dentures
  • Implant‑retained overdentures (prosthetic phase only)
  • Repairs and relines
  • Mouthguards
  • Direct patient care for removable prosthetics
  • Home tooth bleaching

They are focused in removable prosthetic appliances, not surgical or restorative dentistry.


🛑 What a Dental Prosthetist cannot do

  • Extractions — surgical removal of teeth
  • Fillings — restorative dental treatment
  • Root canals
  • Crowns/bridges
  • Prescribe medications

Please read about collaboration between Dentists and Dental Prosthetist here at the Bulleen Denture Clinic