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Dental Laboratory Technology

🇺🇸 United States · Medicine & health
First to lose entry-level jobsAmong the riskiest 8% of 220 majors

My Major Lifespan

1 yr 5 mo
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until AI starts shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates
Mar 24, 2028 · 545 days left

Likely range now – 3 yrs 5 mo
Based on associate degree graduates
Class of 2030: the hiring decline may start before you graduate
Intraoral scanning and AI-driven automated prosthetic design are taking over the model making and design work once handled by new hires, and there is no licensing barrier. Much of the lab work already lost went to overseas labs and milling machines.

Major lifespan is the time left until AI is expected to start shrinking hiring of this major’s graduates. It doesn’t mean the major will disappear or that everyone will lose their job.

AI vs Humans: whose side are you on?

Entry-level hiringShrinking
Among majors16 / 220
Growth 24–34−6%

Where graduates go

2030

Career paths · time left at graduation in 2030

Dental TechnicianVery highAI replacement may begin before graduationMar 2028Dental AssistantLow11 yrs 3 moSep 2041
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