Job Description:

• 1) Forms wax bite blocks and impression trays used by DENTIST to take impressions of patients' teeth and adjacent portions of jaw, using molding equipment and handtools: Softens plastic or shellac wafer shaped material, using heated press or gas burner.

• 2) Spreads and shapes wafer over model of preliminary impression to form tray, using flat-bladed molding tool.

• 3) Imbeds metal strip in soft material for convenience in handling.

• 4) Presses soft wax over plaster model of denture to form bite block.

• 5) Trims excess wax from mold and smooths surface, using knife, spatula, and gas burner.

• 6) Immerses mold in water to harden wax.

• 7) Trims and smooths edges and surfaces of trays and bite blocks, using bench lathe equipped with grinding and buffing wheels.

• 8) Rubs finished piece with cotton to obtain lustrous finish.