Voices from The Bench

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

345 episodes of Voices from The Bench since the first episode, which aired on April 1st, 2018.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 333: Success in Florida with Dany Sakr, Nick Azzara, Ifet Ahmeti, & Whitney Courtney

    August 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 11 mins
    3shape, adite, ah ha moments, analog to digital, attachments, cdt, dental, digital, education, email, employees, exocad, framework, generous, high end, imetric, implant, in-office, jensen dental, laboratory, lou, management, millbox, miyo, on-site, partials, podcast, prince, removables, sales person, simulate situations, size matters, solution, teaching, technician, trade shows, voices from the bench, wife

    We wrap up our trip to the FDLA 2024 Symposium thanks to the WONDERFUL people at Jensen Dental with conversations with Dany Sakr, Nick Azzara, Ifet Ahmeti, and Whitney Courtney

  • 332: WYSIWYG with Jensen Dental at the FDLA with Terry McQuiston, Juston Gates, and Nina Rapuano

    August 5th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins
    ah ha, alloy, argen, bars, chemistry, customer service, dental, education, empowerment, fortune teller, foundation, framework, giving back, global, high end, imagination, jelenko, jensen dental, laboratory, labs only, love, mia, microstar, miyo, model resin, nail polish, pankey institute, podcast, race for the future, ring toss, sales, technical miyo, technician, voices from the bench, vp, wine

    We are back in the wonderful Jensen booth at the FDLA 2024 Symposium. This week we are joined by MIYO expert Terry McQuiston, the new VP of Global Sales Juston Gates, and the always helpful Nina Rapuano from Jensen Dental.

  • 331: Fun in the Sun at the FDLA with Enja Dorchuluun, Bart Cothran, & Fernando DeLeon

    July 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 15 mins
    aacd, aidite, automation, board, bubbles, captek, ceramist, change growth, copier, dental, digital dentures, duplexes, evident, facd, farm, giving back, heat, heygears, hr, hybrids, jensen dental, kol, laboratory, learning curve, miyo, owner, pm7, podcast, president, pucks, reflection, shade, structure, teaching, technician, voices from the bench, wine, wine toss, zircon zahn

    Thanks to the amazing people at Jensen Dental, we got to set up at the Florida Dental Laboratory Symposium in Orlando, Florida back in June. This week brings three wonderful conversations with Enja Dorchuluun, Bart Cothran, & Fernando DeLeon

  • 330: The Final More From exocad Insights 2024 with Chuck Genco, Yousef Ibrahim, Maher Al Hanfeish, Jen Ludwig, and Lindsey Rowan

    July 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins
    10k, 5k, ai, all-on-4, cdt, cheerleading, corus, dental, digital, dso, dtx, efficiency, exocad, fort worth, fundraising, grants, implants, ivoclar, laboratory, leadership, miyo, podcast, raising money, scanning, solutions, sponsorships, support, technician, texas, time to teeth, triathlon, van hook, voices from the bench, warranty, workflow, zirconia

    All good things must end as we wrap up the final conversations from exocad Insights 2024 with Chuck Genco, Yousef Ibrahim, Maher Al Hanfeish. Then we tack on a conversation about the Race For the Future with Jen Ludwig and Lindsey Rowan.