Medical and dental prosthetic technicians Jobs in Cayman

Tasks include - (a) examining, interviewing, and measuring patients in order to determine their appliance needs, and to identify factors that could affect appliance fit; (b) conferring with medical and dental practitioners in order to formulate specifications and prescriptions for devices and appliances; (c) interpreting prescriptions or specifications to determine the type of product or device to be fabricated, and the materials and tools that will be required; (d) making or receiving casts or impressions of patients' torsos, limbs, mouths or teeth for use as fabrication patterns; (e) designing and making orthotic and prosthetic devices using materials such as thermoplastic and thermosetting materials, metal alloys and leather, and hand and power tools; (f) fitting appliances and devices onto patients, testing and evaluating them, and making adjustments for proper fit, function and comfort; (g) repairing, modifying and maintaining medical and dental prosthetic and supportive devices, according to specifications; (h) bending, forming, and shaping fabric or material so that it conforms to prescribed contours needed to fabricate structural components; (i) fabricating full and partial dentures and constructing mouth guards, crowns, metal clasps, inlays, bridgework and other aids; (j) instructing patients in the use and care of prosthetic or orthotic devices.