Repair medical or dental assistive devices.

Repair medical or dental assistive devices. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 4 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Maintain medical equipment or instruments. in Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Fabricate, alter, or repair dental devices, such as dentures, crowns, bridges, inlays, or appliances for straightening teeth. · Dental Laboratory Technicians · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Rebuild or replace linings, wire sections, or missing teeth to repair dentures. · Dental Laboratory Technicians · importance 4.6 · no direct exposure
• Adjust lenses and frames to correct alignment. · Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Repair, modify, or maintain medical supportive devices, such as artificial limbs, braces, or surgical supports, according to specifications. · Medical Appliance Technicians · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Repair broken parts, using precision hand tools and soldering irons. · Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Repair damaged frames. · Opticians, Dispensing · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Dental Laboratory Technicians
• Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
• Medical Appliance Technicians
• Opticians, Dispensing

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-repair-medical-or-dental-assistive-devices,
  title  = {Repair medical or dental assistive devices.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/repair-medical-or-dental-assistive-devices}
}