Busan to Boost 'Dental Prosthetics Industry'... Full-Scale Support for 'Smart Dental Laboratories and Customized Dental Technicians'

Selected 4 Sites for Support in Improving Comfortable Work Environments and Digital System Equipment

Supporting Local Youth in Discovering Specialized Talent in Dental Technology and Creating Jobs with New Hiring

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-jun) is set to actively promote the ‘Smart Environment Improvement Pilot Project for Dental Laboratories’ to revitalize the dental prosthetics industry.

The Smart Environment Improvement Pilot Project for Dental Laboratories aims to improve the outdated working environments of dental laboratories and expand smart dental laboratories through support for digital systems. This year, the project was divided into on-site production system improvements and working environment enhancements for selection.

Starting with the project announcement and application period (April 1?16) last month, a field survey was conducted (April 19?23), receiving applications from 7 sites for production system improvements and 5 sites for working environment improvements. On May 13, a final selection evaluation was held, choosing 4 sites.

Selected dental laboratories will receive support of 15 million KRW each for 2 sites improving production systems and 5 million KRW each for 2 sites improving the environment. The project will officially commence from the end of May.

Currently, there are about 400 dental laboratories in the Busan area, with approximately 2,000 registered dental technicians, making it the region with the largest workforce and number of businesses nationwide, excluding Seoul and Gyeonggi.

Busan City forecasts great potential for future development in the dental prosthetics industry by combining excellent infrastructure such as industrial conditions, workforce, and educational institutions.

This year, Busan City launched the ‘Customized Youth Job Support Project for Dental Laboratories’ for the first time, aimed at discovering and nurturing dedicated personnel tailored to dental prosthetics and providing stable jobs for local youth.

Currently, 19 young people are employed. In the future, by combining the customized dental technician support project and smart dental laboratories, Busan aims to secure the competitiveness of dental laboratories in the region.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun of Busan said, “We plan to promote the linkage between Busan’s excellent dental industry conditions and the dental prosthetics industry to develop it as a new growth engine industry for the region,” adding, “We will support the establishment of outstanding local dental prosthetics industry infrastructure to grow Busan’s dental industry.”

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