Voices from The Bench

A Dental Laboratory Podcast

About the show

A weekly podcast dedicated to the dental laboratory industry. Featuring anyone associated with the profession from all over the world. Host are in their own dental laboratory every day making teeth and interviewing people from the industry on their time off. New episodes every Monday morning.

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Episodes

  • 349: The Culture of Diamondhead Dental Lab with Darin & Mike Swartz

    December 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins
    archibald, building relationships, cerec, culture, culture camp, dental, dentist, education, foundation, full arch smart people, growth, hands-on, hearts, high end, in-office, ios, laboratory, north star, opportunities, partner, passion, podcast, saying no, scanner program, technician, trust, voices from the bench, waxing, yearly retreat

    Two brothers, that both went through the John Archibald apprenticeship program, eventually come together to open Diamondhead Dental Lab focusing on creating a culture of partnership and quality while always guided by their "north star".

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    Episode 348: The DNA of 3D Printing with Mike Gordon & 3DNA Dental

    November 25th, 2024  |  1 hr 3 mins
    3d printing, ai, aligners, bands, carbon, collaboration, dental, electronics, focus on equipment, growth cycle, hawaii, it support, laboratory, metal printing, mill, one click, partner, podcast, powders, recycle, refinement, shape memory, snoring devices, technician, value, voices from the bench

    Joining the podcast this week is Mike Gordon from 3DNA Dental. Mike talks about his journey into dental, getting into 3D printing, the advances in AI treatment planning, and the benefits of direct to print clear aligners

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    347: A Stack of Nerds Talking About Surgical Guides with Alan Banks from GuidedSMILE

    November 18th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins
    angles screw chambers, blue sky bio, bone reduction, cbct, chairside, chrome, clicks, communication, conversion, custom mua, dental, dme, dual scan, fda, geometry, guided, implants, laboratory, metal printing, nerd, oem, podcast, printer, roe, sleeveless, smart denture conversion, stl, surgical guides, technician, treatment planning, university, voices from the bench

    What happens when two implant nerds talk about stackable surgical guides? Well find out as Elvis has a chat with Alan Banks from GuidedSMILE about how they use RealGuide to streamline the workflow and obtain more predictable results.

  • 346: Easing the Pain of Case Entry with Randy Berry & Jessica Wallen

    November 11th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins
    72 hours, call, code books, communication, dental, departments, enty, hold, ios, laboratory, metal printers, outsourcing, partials, phone, photos, podcast, printing, production software, remote, shades, sick days, technical, technician, ups, voices from the bench, waiting

    This week we talk to Randy Berry and Jessica Wallen who have taken on the task of doing remote case entry and invoicing for labs. With their company Certaineed Consulting, they can log in the incoming work while you concentrate on doing the incoming work.

  • 345: The Golden Age of Photogrammetry with Kamil Zborowski

    November 4th, 2024  |  59 mins 49 secs
    consulting, conversions, dental, dentures, design software, early cad cam, europe, exocad, full arch, healing abutments, immediate load, intraoral, laboratory, lava, mill temporaries, podcast, scan bodies, service, spain, teaching, technician, voices from the bench, workflow

    This week we learn all about the camera that gets implant placement from outside the mouth, Photogrammetry. Kamil Zborowski from WTI Dental Concepts talks about the history, the how, the why, and how to go about getting into this fascinating full arch workflow.

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    344: Stephenie Who? with Stephenie Goddard the CEO of Glidewell Laboratories

    October 28th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins
    510k, banks, bruxzir, celebrate cultures, ceo, chinese new year, christmas party, culture shock, dental, eduction, fds, fusion, hiring, human resources, introvert, laboratory, leadership development, medical manufacturing, model room finance, office, podcast, radiant, respect the vision, technician, training cdt, voices from the bench, who, wwjgd

    This week we get to meet the person that took over as CEO of Glidewell Laboratories 3 years ago, Stephenie Goddard. Stephenie talks about her 18 year history with the company, helping them grow in technicians and technology, and creating their leadership program that has allowed the lab to scale to the size it is today.

  • 343: From Analog Bench to Digital Chair with Dr. Timothy Royer

    October 21st, 2024  |  1 hr 22 secs
    3shape, all-on-x, analog, art, biomedical sciences, dental, digital, draw, education, exocad, fixed, hot water heater, immediacy protocol, in-office, ios, kid at heart, laboratory, mardi gras, masters, mission trip, monolithic prints, nadl, options, paper, podcast, printing, technician, texas, training, videos, voices from the bench, zest

    This week we meet Dr. Timothy Royer from Elite Dentures who started as a dental technician. Dr. Royer talks about finding dental technology, becoming a dentist because he could do better, the immediacy protocol, and providing proper care and proper treatments to edentulous patients.

  • 342: The Right People, The Right Time with Tom Heusing, Bob Hadley, and Erica DiManna from Aidite North America

    October 14th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins
    china, dealer summit, dental, europe, exocad, expectations, fitness, full gambit, furnaces, grow 3x, history, inlab, kol, lab day, laboratory, marketing, material technology company, mills, norbert, nowak, podcast, printers, right time, samples, scanners, scientist, sirona, smile plan, social media, stock exchange, technician, training, translucency, voices from the bench, youtube, zirconia, zubler

    This week we meet most of the team for Aidite North America. Tom Heusing, Bob Hadley, and Erica DiManna come on to talk about running a successful division of Adite by providing quality products and working with good people and partners.

  • 341: Higher Quality Without the Higher Price with Dr. Ben Kellum

    October 7th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min
    affordable, career, communication, dental, dental school, donations, drug recovery, education, exocad, ideal treatment, implants, iv sedation, laboratory, megagen, mill, nonprofit, podcast, residency, technician, texting, university of oklahoma, voices from the bench, workflow

    This week we meet Dr. Ben Kellum, Co-Owner of Transcend Dental Clinic, a Christian Based Clinic in Huntsville, Alabama focused on Full Arch Implant Dentistry for the less fortunate without compromising quality of treatment.

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    340: All Levels of Collaboration with Don Bell from Ivocar

    September 30th, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins
    academy, analog, clinical, cool, corn seed, covid, cyber attacks, dental, denture teeth, dentures, digital, emax, feedback, final restorations, globally, ivobase, laboratory, meetings, podcast, pressing, printing, promotions, sprint ray, strategic plans, technician, voices from the bench, year end

    After an update with Barb about the hurricane and a EXCITING announcement, we have a great conversation with Don Bell from Ivoclar North America. Don gives a great overview perspective of all things dental, including dentures, printable emax, customer feedback, and so much more.

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    339: The Jewel of Canadian Dentures with Jade Connors

    September 23rd, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins
    all-on-x, authority, braces, canada, curious, dental, dentist, denturist, extrovert, generation, graphic art, laboratory, mental health, natural, nda, paper, photography, podcast, retread, speaker, synchronize swimming, technician, voices from the bench

    This week we meet Canadian Denturist, Jade Connors. Jade talks about her journey from art to dental to eventually denturism. It took coming to terms of herself before she could eventually find the career that is both rewarding and satisfying.

  • 338: More Units Don't Always Mean More Profits with David Lesh

    September 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins
    average doctor value, break even, budget, charge, cogs, contribution margins, dental, fedex, financials, gross margins, growth planner, income statements, laboratory, lemonade, lineal, p&l, percentage, podcast, profit, rushes, sales, tax, technician, time, voices from the bench

    We welcome back to the podcast, David Lesh from 8&9 Consulting. David dives deep into the financials that labs need to understand to be profitable. Don't worry, he explains it like a 3rd grader so Elvis can even understand it.

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    337: When Teeth and Art Come Together with Charlie Barbour

    September 9th, 2024  |  56 mins 32 secs
    bright colors, dental, designing, doodling, education, exocad, foundation degree, free time, graphic design, homework ipad, lab to lab, laboratory, milling center, ortho, pilot, podcast, radio therapy, royal family, scanning, seating and adjusting, straumann, studying, technician, tooth libraries, university, voices from the bench

    When your love of art and your love of teeth can come together, wonderful things can happen. That is exactly what Charlie Barbour did as he talks about his journey in dental technology, learning about tooth anatomy, and turning it into amazing, detailed, and colorful art.

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    336: A FREE Jamie Stover with Every Carbon Printer

    September 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins
    3d printing, bates technical college, bench work, carbon, cdt, communication, delivery driver, dental, digital dentures, digital workflow, education, fixed, get involved, gps, handwritten, helping, knowledge, laboratory, management, nadl university, nbc, podcast, removable, sharing, technician, technology, voices from the bench, washington state

    This week we talk to ex-delivery driver, ex-bench tech, ex-lab manager, ex-operations manager, to current Senior Manager of Application Strategy and Integration with Carbon Printer and current Chair of the National Board of Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology.

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    335: Wealth from Remake Warranties with Jack Manno, Kim Solomon, and Max Zanan

    August 26th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins
    5 years, car insurance, concept of risk, dental, exit plan, investing, laboratory, loss revenue, podcast, remakes, retaining accounts, retirement, same day claims, taxes, technician, underwriting, voices from the bench, warranty

    How can we make remakes less painful? How about a way to warranty everything the lab does for 5 years, while the lab gets reimbursed, and the lab builds wealth. Jack Manno, Kim Solomon, and Max Zanan will tell you how.

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    334: Optimizing Your Workflow Through Automation with Kris Wouters & OQCAM

    August 19th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 secs
    3d printing, ai, artificial intelligence, automation, belgium, cloud based, computer power, dental, implants, labels, laboratory, optimize, organize, orientation strategy, podcast, prioritize, scaling, simplant, technician, value, voices from the bench

    Nobody enjoys the boring work in a lab. This week we meet Kris Wouters, the CEO of OQCAM. OQCAM is looking at using AI to help automate many of the tasks associated in a dental lab's digital workflow and allow labs more time to do better work. All size labs can benefit from this service.