A professional who fabricates metal bands used for dental products, such as braces, inlays, crowns, and bridges. Responsibilities include:

• Examines specification sheet to determine dimensions and physical characteristics of band.
• Cuts and rolls gold ingot to specified size and thickness, using handtools.
• Melts specified amount of gold, silver, or other metal and pours molten material into molds to cast inlays, crowns, and fixed bridges, using casting equipment.
• Solders or welds metal pieces together to form band, using soldering iron.