Job Duties for Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants

• Design, fabricate or repair dental devices including full or partial dentures, orthodontic appliances, crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, clasps and bands, and implants
• Prepare plaster models and moulds from dental impressions
• Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
• Cast gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases
• Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
• Mould wax over denture set-up to form full contours of artificial gums
• Make orthodontic bands from gold, silver, stainless steel or other metals
• Finish metal framework of dentures and polish and buff dentures to obtain natural finish
• May consult with dentists or other specialists on problematic dental cases
• May train and supervise other dental technicians and dental laboratory assistants in fabricating dentures and other dental devices
• May perform administrative functions for the dental laboratory.

Working Conditions for Dental technologists, technicians and laboratory assistants

Work in performed in a dental office or laboratory, where instruments or power tools that could be a source of injury.

Alternate Job Titles

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• Denture Wax Pattern Former
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• Metal Dental Technician
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