How do they match: Dental Laboratory Technicians

  • Metal Finisher
  • Metal Room Dental Tech
  • Metal Room Dental Technician
  • Crown and Bridge Dental Lab Tech
  • Crown and Bridge Dental Laboratory Technician
  • Crown and Bridge Tech
  • Crown and Bridge Technician
  • Dental Equipment Installer and Servicer
  • Model and Dye Person
  • Orthotic and Prosthetic Tech
  • Orthotic and Prosthetic Technician

  • 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.
  • Prepare metal surfaces for bonding with porcelain to create artificial teeth, using small hand tools.
  • 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.

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