How do they match: Dental Laboratory Technicians

  • Model Tech
  • Model Technician
  • Model and Dye Person
  • Metal Finisher
  • Metal Room Dental Tech
  • Metal Room Dental Technician
  • Dental Instrument Maker
  • Dental Mold Maker
  • Ortho Band Maker
  • Orthodontic Band Maker

  • Create a model of patient's mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set.
  • Load newly constructed teeth into porcelain furnaces to bake the porcelain onto the metal framework.
  • Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatuses.
  • Place tooth models on an apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
  • Prepare metal surfaces for bonding with porcelain to create artificial teeth, using small hand tools.
  • Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.
  • Remove excess metal or porcelain and polish surfaces of prostheses or frameworks, using polishing machines.
  • Shape and solder wire and metal frames or bands for dental products, using soldering irons and hand tools.

  • Melt metal, plastic, or other materials to prepare for production.
  • Shape metal workpieces with hammers or other small hand tools.