How do they match: Dental Laboratory Technicians

  • Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.

  • Load newly constructed teeth into porcelain furnaces to bake the porcelain onto the metal framework.
  • Place tooth models on an apparatus that mimics bite and movement of patient's jaw to evaluate functionality of model.
  • Read prescriptions or specifications and examine models or impressions to determine the design of dental products to be constructed.

  • Construct customized assistive medical or dental devices.
  • Direct operational or production activities.