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General duties include:

• working closely with dentist on fabricating prosthetics

• constructing partial or full dentures; fabricating crowns and bridges

• manufacturing implant supported prostheses

• repairing dental prosthetics and appliances

• preparing models and molds from dental impressions

• preparing wax bite-blocks and custom impression trays

• casting and finishing gold or metal alloys for bridges and denture bases

• packing plastic material in molds to form full or partial dentures

• molding wax over denture set-ups to form full contours of artificial gums

• making orthodontic bands from gold, silver, stainless steel or other metals

• finishing metal framework of dentures and polishing and buffing dentures

• training and/or supervising other dental technicians or dental laboratory workers as appropriate

• improving quality results by studying, evaluating, redesigning processes for fabricating prosthetics

• maintaining the knowledge and skills required to successfully manage computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing technology

• documenting and maintaining records, preparing reports, correspondence and billing based on the work performed

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