Episode Archive
316 episodes of Voices from The Bench since the first episode, which aired on April 1st, 2018.
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268: Inspiration from the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Katie Rinaldo, Mandy Arena, Jen Ludwig, & Jim Collis
May 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
ada, back, bill, caring, covid, cry, dental, denturist association, emotional, facebook, friends, funding, getting better, give, grassroots, healing, illinois, ivoclar, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, ladies of the mill, podcast, proud, removables, representative, school, speaking, st. louis, surgery, technician, voices from the bench
Back again with more amazing conversations we got while in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023. This time we talk to Katie Rinaldo and Mandy Arena who are trying to make Denturism legal in Illinois, CDT of the Year Jen Ludwig, and seasoned educator Jim Collis.
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267: Celebrating Traditions Digitally From the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Chet Spivey and Esther Schwenning
May 8th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
100 years, asiga, beer, bleaching, bonding, brewery, buffalo, canada, dental, dentures, denturism, denturist, digital, education, emax, insurance, ivoclar, ivotion, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, las vegas institute, lips, marketing, northern lights, partials, pm7, podcast, printing, suction, technician, travel agent, variolink, vivascan, voices from the bench
This week we are back in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with two more conversations. First up is Senior Vice President of Sales for Ivoclar, Chet Spivey. Then we chat with Esther Schwenning, the rock star denturist from Canada.
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266: Living It Up From the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Alan Banks, Millie Tang, and Monica Buchanan
May 1st, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
ace, asc, chrome, dental, duplicate, education day, family, fraternity, geometry, intraoral scanner, ivoclar, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, lucky, medit, mimosa, multilayer, nobel procera, podcast, prime, scan bodies, screw, solder, success, surgical guide, technician, trios, verification jig, voices from the bench, weather balloon, wisconsin, zygo
Back in the days of snow, we recorded in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago. This week we bring you Alan Banks from Roe Dental Lab, Millie Tang from Vsmile, and Monica Buchanan an ortho CDT.
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265: More From the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Tobias Specht, Eiron Simmons, Olivia Davis, Crystal Heung, Christina Heaslip, Dora Rodrigues
April 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
blue block, boothless, church, conversions, dental, diastemas, digital dentures, disruption, emax, family, first time, laboratory, liechtenstein, lips, masquerade party, mill, outsourcing, p7, passion, podcast, pool party, portugal, press, product manager, public speaking, removables, technician, voices from the bench
We are back in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with 4 more conversations! We talk to Tobias Specht from Ivoclar, Eiron Simmons and Olivia Davis from Oaks Dental Design, Crystal Heung from Sunmc Dental Lab in China, and Christina Heaslip from Digital Dental Laboratory and Dora Rodrigues from ID Dental Lab.
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264: Dancing in the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Patric Frank, Jess Mashewske, and Randi & Scott James
April 17th, 2023 | 59 mins 25 secs
3d printing, 3shape, architect, bench test, bleaching, construction, customer service, dental, dso, electronics, german, hair salon, heart, innovation, ivoclar, laboratory, moving, new york, podcast, removable, technician, training, voices from the bench
We bring you 3 great conversations from the Ivoclar Grand Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023. We talk to Patric Frank, the CMO for Ivoclar. Then we chat to Jess Mashewske who runs a lab for a small DSO, and finish up with the tradition of talking to Randi and Scott James.
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263: Teaching the Right Things for the Right Reasons with Allie Williamson at Lab Day Chicago 2023
April 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
anatomy, artistic, cdt, chicago, dental, education, florida, function, group, ivoclar, knowledge, lab, lab day, laboratory, learning, onsight training, ottawa, passion, periodontist, podcast, ptc, solo, study club, support, technician, trainer, training, voices from the bench
We begin our collection of conversations we recorded in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with Allie Williamson. Allie joins us to talk about what she’s been up to, and her new, exciting, and MUCH NEEDED training program called DLT Training and Education.
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262: 78 Going On 40 with Brian Binnie
April 3rd, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
ai, canada, cerec, curing box, dental, engineer, flex strength, hobby, inlab, ivoclar, laboratory, passionate, podcast, printing, resings, retirement, secret service, sirona, technician, vita, voices from the bench, walmart, williams gold
This week we catch up with a gentleman that has been around in the industry for years, being a part of many introductions of pivotal materials. Brian Binnie talks about his journey from growing up in a lab to his new role at Pac-Dent.
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261: A CDT of DLT at LSU with Tracy Graham
March 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 49 secs
anatomy, balance, cdt, college, courses, dental, dentures, education, exocad, family, kids, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, lsu, new orleans, ortho, podcast, rg, technician, teeth, vision 21, voices from the bench
This week Elvis and Barb talk to current dental lab student from LSU, Tracy Graham. Tracy talks about the program, building her life after school, juggling that with a family, and why she loves teeth so much.
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260: The Students Become the Teachers with Renata Budny and Oscar & Natalie Galvis
March 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
2nd generation, dental, dentures, family, females, full arch, implants, laboratory, lecturing, part time, podcast, removables, students, technician, videos, voices from the bench, work/life
As we celebrate 5 straight years of doing the podcast, Elvis and Barb welcome back the first guest Renata Budny from the New York City College of Technology Restorative Dentistry program and past students and current adjunct professors Oscar and Natalie Galvis.
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259: You Have the Right to Remain in a Digital Restoration with Raul Garcia
March 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
3 shape, 3d scanning, animation, blue sky, cad/cam, cop, dental, exocad, laboratory, pixar, podcast, research, security, self-teaching, surgical planning, teaching, technician, voices from the bench
This week brings us police officer turned dental technician, Raul Garcia. Raul has an interesting path that took him from patrolling the streets to doing the digital work for the students at the University of Oklahoma School of Dentistry.
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258: Love At First Tooth with Lola and Mark Welch
March 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
all-on-4, all-on-x, anaxdent, asiga, ceramic designs, dental, dtg, full arch, gc, headhunter, hybrids, implants, instagram, ivoclar, keystone, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, london, models, nexa3d, open source, pink composite, plant bases, podcast, social media, technician, trees, uk, voices from the bench
This week we talk to the Welch's. Lola and Mark meet while both working at dental labs in the UK. Together they talk about getting into the industry, falling in love, getting married, continuing to work together, and what amazing things they are doing today.
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257: A Nation Full of Full Arches with Dr. Mark Nation
February 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
airway, all-on-4, baby boomers, bruxism, cbct, christmas, clenching, dental, dry mouth, farm living, hybrid, implant failure, implants, iti, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, medication, mouth breather, occlusion, patient expectation, podcast, sleep apnea, technician, trauma, voices from the bench
This week we talk to Prosthodontist Dr. Mark Nation out of Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Nation spends a lot of time fixing bad "All-on-Xs", so he's seen the good and bad. Dr. Nation talks about the why patients’ teeth fail and the proper way to address the issues before restoring the teeth.
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256: Destined to Tell His Story with Anas Afana
February 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
ace, athletic, basement, burnout oven, dental, electric waxer, email, empress, equipment, esl, football, friends, gold, iowa, jordan, kirkwood, lab day, laboratory, lincoln supply, lmt lab day chicago, monster, nowak, podcast, siblings, soccer, sudan, technician, voices from the bench, waxing
This week we are joined by Anas Afana, owner of Ace Dental Lab and author of the book "Destined to Fail". Anas talks about growing up in Jordan and Sudan as the son of a diplomate, coming to America to learn dental technology, working at various labs, and eventually opening up his own.
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255: A Century worth Celebrating with Ivoclar: Laura Gilbert & Dr. David Rice
February 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
apologize close, bad impressions, clinical, communication, dani farago, dental, dentsply, denturists, ed mclaren, emotions, eric kukucka, esther schwenning, florida, hugo herbert, ibm, influencers, jed archibald, jenelle tabakovic, lab day, laboratory, lee culp, lmt lab day chicago, mackenzie mayer, materials, micheal roberts, non teachable, podcast, teachable, technician, trends, turn around times, voices from the bench, yuki momma
This week we ask the hard questions to Dr. David Rice, who will be at the Ivoclar Ballroom during Lab Day Chicago 2023. Also joining us is Laura Gilbert, the marketing director for Ivoclar, to talk about their BIG 100 year celebration going on all weekend!
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254: The Full Story of Full Contour with Rob Laizure
February 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
3shape, argen integration, artificial intelligence, cole bishop, dental, dental wings, dentures, digital, dropdental, family, itero, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, milling centers, night guards, outsource, partials, photography, podcast, relationships, surgical guides, technician, training, trios, value, voices from the bench
One of the largest design services in our industry is Full Contour and the president Rob Laizure comes on the podcast to tell us the story of scaling and growing to become what they are today along with their new partnership with 3shape
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253: Getting Candid About Candulor with Alexander Ewert
January 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
acrylic, advertising, colored wax, dental, dentures, germany, ids, lab day, laboratory, milk, molds, monomer, podcast, shade 34, swiss, technician, teeth, vision 21, voices from the bench
This week we talk to Alexander Ewert, the Director of Marketing & Education at the Swiss company Candulor. Alexander talks about the early days of Candulor, his past in dental labs, all the products they carry, and their dedication to removable education.