EDUCATION

• Other trades certificate or diploma

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking

EXPERIENCE

• 2 years to less than 3 years

• Prepare patients for dental examinations
• Prepare plaster models and moulds
• Prepare dental instruments and filling materials
• Sterilize and maintain instruments and equipment
• Educate patients concerning oral hygiene
• Prepare wax bite-blocks and impression trays
• Pack plastic material in moulds to form full or partial dentures
• Perform intra-oral duties
• Take and develop X-rays
• Make orthodontic bands from metal and alloys
• Record dental procedures performed on patients
• Fabricate and place temporary crowns and restorations
• Take preliminary impressions for diagnostic casts