Episode Archive
370 episodes of Voices from The Bench since the first episode, which aired on April 1st, 2018.
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146: Absolutely No Secrets with Conrad Rensburg and Jack Marrano
January 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
argen, carbon printer, dental, dentsply sirona, facebook, laboratory, lmt lab day, north carolina, podcast, technician, voices from the bench
If you've been on social media over the last year, you have probably seen Conrad Rensburg and Jack Marrano putting out some amazing videos. They come on the podcast to talk about meeting for the first time and taking Absolute Dental Services to the next level. From in-lab training to 3D printed dentures, from creating a better experience for their clients to participating in the dental laboratory industry, these two are doing everything and they come on to share it all!
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145: The Framework to a Good Partnership: Tim Bertram from Bertram Dental Lab
January 4th, 2021 | 55 mins 33 secs
3shape, alloy, dental, flexibles, frameworks, laboratory, micron, partials, podcast, printing, slm, technician, voices from the bench, welding
Tim Bertram from Bertram Dental Lab comes on the podcast to talk about taking over a family lab that has specialized in metal frames from the '70s. Currently Tim and his crew are printing SLM frames directly from a lab's design along with flexibles and surgical guides along with a traditional workflow. They now grow to support more labs for this much needed service in our industry.
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144: Raising the Bar with the Panthera Master Cup: Béatrice Robichaud & Jeffrey Luk
December 28th, 2020 | 1 hr 39 secs
amann girrbach, artex articulators, bar, canada, dental, denturist, dolder, emile encinar, ioulianos moustakis, laboratory, mark wiliamson, overdenture, pekton, podcast, technician, vita, voices from the bench
We end 2020 with a great conversation about the Panthera Master Cup. Co-founder of Panthera Dental, Béatrice Robichaud joins us along with the 2nd place winner, Jeffrey Luk from the Shaw Dental Group in Canada. They talk about the contest, the criteria to make the top 10 and then the top 3, and how anyone can participate in this ultimate best of the best competition.
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143: Printing a Future: Jimmy Stegall with Dentsply Sirona
December 21st, 2020 | 57 mins 56 secs
3shape, carbon, carded teeth, dental, digital, discontinued, eclipse, goo, inlab, laboratory, podcast, printing, resin, technician, truexpression, voices from the bench, workflow
Long time "lab guy" Jimmy Stegall with an opportunity to work with and help labs optimize their digital workflow by joining the Dentsply Sirona team. Jimmy talks about training labs on the Lucitone Digital Printed Denture using the Carbon printer and answers some question laboratories have had about some recent changes with Dentsply Sirona.
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142: Keep On Trackin': Richard Pickard From Inventrix and LabTrac
December 14th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 secs
3shape, dental, due date, fedex, intra oral scanners, itero, laboratory, medit, podcast, schedule, software, steps, technician, templates, trios, ups, voices from the bench, zimbis
Lab production software is not talked about very often, but it should be. It's important and crucial for many labs to have software to make them more efficient. Richard Pickard from Inventrix comes on the podcast to talk about the history of LabTrac, how and why it works, and what they are working on for the future.
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141: The Art of Constant Change: Jim Glidewell CDT
December 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
argen, bruxzir, california, cdt, ceramist, covid-19, dental, emax, laboratory, lithium disilicate, mailers, milled, obsidian, podcast, pressed, technician, voices from the bench
It's not very often you get to chat with the owner of the biggest dental lab. Jim Glidewell comes on to talk about going from a one-person dental lab to over 5,000 technicians, the development of their materials and products, advertising, his personal battle with COVID, and his new book "Constant Change".
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140: Prime Innovation and Ivotion: Don Bell from Ivoclar Vivadent
November 30th, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
blueline, dental, denture teeth, emax, laboratory, milled, monolithic, p7, pmma, podcast, supply chain, technician, voices from the bench, zirconia
Ivoclar Vivadent has been providing stellar materials to our industry for decades. And that continues into the decades to come as Don Bell from Ivoclar comes on the podcast to talk about Ivotion, Prime, the shutdown, and listening to labs to make everything better.
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139: Live, Not Live From the DLAT Part 3: Jason Stubbs, Bianka Nethery, & Mel Thorp
November 23rd, 2020 | 54 mins 32 secs
argen, carpenter, cdt, dental, dentist, digital dentures, dlat, in-person, laboratory, miyo, podcast, porcelain, preat, regulation, technician, texas, thanksgiving, voices from the bench
Our last set of conversations we got at the Dental Laboratory Association of Texas from the Argen booth. This week we talk to the DLAT secretary Jason Stubbs, one-woman lab owner Bianka Nethery, and 45 year+ CDT Mel Thorp. Great stuff Live, not live!
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138: Live, Not Live From the DLAT Part 2: Larry Mercadel & Scott McGaha
November 16th, 2020 | 57 mins 11 secs
dental, hawley retainers, in-house, itero, night guards, orthodontics, podcast, technician, texas, voices from the bench
We are back, not back, live, not live from the Argen booth at October's DLAT meeting. This episode we talk with Larry Mercadel CDT who is full of passion for the industry even after retirement and Scott McGaha who owns a ortho lab talking about technology.
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137: Live, Not Live From the DLAT Part 1: Matthew Douglas, Lauren Blanton, and Dr. John Buie
November 9th, 2020 | 56 mins 56 secs
cdt, covid, dental, foundation, grants, laboratory, masks, moonray, overdenture, podcast, prosthodontist, technician, texas, voices from the bench
While most dental laboratory conferences got shut down and rescheduled until 2021, Texas pushed their March show to October and still pulled it off. While we couldn't attend, Argen set up a computer and microphone and we still got to chat with some attendees. This week we have Matthew Douglas, Lauren Blanton, and Dr. John Buie.
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136: The Don of Liquid Ceramic: Don Cornell with Jensen Dental
November 2nd, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
ceramics, dental, e.max, glaze, laboratory, layering, miyo, pink gum, podcast, smoke, stain, storm, straw, technician, voices from the bench, zirconia
One man and his team saw a way to take the number one selling restoration in our industry and make it better. Don Cornell is not new to the layering of crowns, but he found a better way to improve the monolithic zirconia crown by introducing a liquid ceramic called MIYO.
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135: The Voyage of the Bad To The Bone Dental Vessel: Allen "Patch" Garcia and Dr. Jack Bell
October 26th, 2020 | 58 mins 28 secs
3shape, chairside, dental, dentist, full arch, gothic arch, laboratory, mill, podcast, print, roland, teamwork, technician, voices from the bench
Coming into port to tell their tale is Allen "Patch" Garcia and Dr. Jack Bell from Family Dental Associates in Warner Robins, Georgia. This in-office dental lab along with a progressive dentist is "killing" it on workflow and technology. Their voyage is bringing Bad To the Bone Dental restorations to everyone with "land legs".
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134: A True Measurement of Dental Laboratory Passion with Josef Kolbeck
October 19th, 2020 | 58 mins 2 secs
costa rica, dental, dentures, education, golden proportions, laboratory, occlusal scheme, occlusion, podcast, prosthodontist, retromolar pad, setting teeth, sharing, technician, voices from the bench
Josef Kolbeck is a removable technician full of passion and a desire to help everyone get better at doing what they love to do. Josef comes on the podcast to talk about his introduction into the industry, the development on the OMP, Phi tool-guide, and taking it all to the next level with "Webinar-in-a-box"
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133: The (Virtual) Reality of Our Future: Vincent Silva and Jed Archibald
October 12th, 2020 | 58 mins 44 secs
augmented reality, cdt, covid-19, dental, dhc, goggles, laboratory, no legs, podcast, repair, technician, training, vhs, virtual reality, voices from the bench, vr
Strap on some VR goggles and get ready to take the dental laboratory industry to the next level. Vincent Silva and Jed Archibald come on the podcast to talk about allowing labs to train, educate, troubleshoot, and repair, all within virtual reality.
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132: Coast to Coast with Denturism: Eric Hansen and Patrick Allen
October 5th, 2020 | 56 mins 52 secs
cdt, covid, dental, denturist, indian reservation, laboratory, native americans, nda, patients, podcast, removable, technician, voices from the bench, washington state
Eric Hansen and Patrick Allen are two denturists from opposite sides of the country talking about bringing together an industry for the great good of the patient. They talk about practicing during COVID, helping other states get regulated, and their annual conference that is going virtual this year.
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131: Altering the Future of Dental Education with Professor Daniel Alter MSc, MDT, CDT
September 28th, 2020 | 59 mins 52 secs
3d printers, bachelor program, dental, digital dentures, education, growth, helping, laboratory, learning, podcast, teaching, technician, voices from the bench
Daniel Alter is a professor at the New York City College of Technology and also the Executive Editor for Inside Dental Technology. Daniel has a passion to help the industry, assist labs be successful, and mold the graduating students so they are ready for today's labs.