How do they match: Dental Laboratory Technicians

  • Build and shape wax teeth, using small hand instruments and information from observations or dentists' specifications.
  • Create a model of patient's mouth by pouring plaster into a dental impression and allowing plaster to set.
  • Melt metals or mix plaster, porcelain, or acrylic pastes and pour materials into molds or over frameworks to form dental prostheses or apparatuses.
  • Prepare metal surfaces for bonding with porcelain to create artificial teeth, using small hand tools.
  • 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.