A professional who applies coating of opaque porcelain over cast metal tooth cap, using brush. Responsibilities include:

• Mixes porcelain of specified color and water to required consistency.
• Brushes porcelain mixture over surfaces of metal cap.
• Places cap in electric oven for specified time to dry and harden porcelain.
• Removes cap and examines cap to ensure even application and smoothness of coating.
• Routes workpiece to specified department for application of finish porcelain.
• May grind and shape dried porcelain to contours of metal cap, using abrasive wheels.
• May measure dimensions of tooth cap and verify occlusion, using gauges and articulator.