Voices from The Bench

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.

329: Three More From exocad Insights 2024 with Dr. Marcus White, Ashley Bryne, & Seth Potter

July 15th, 2024  |  1 hr 12 mins

application, canada, ceramist, certified, conversion, cow shed, crowns, dental, dental therapist, digital, dominican republic, drake dental lab, excel, exocad, focus, free hand implants, freelance, full arch, group, implant planning, implants, indeed, ios scans, itero, laboratory, laptop, loyalty, luggage, milling center, night guards, podcast, printing, remote, share concepts, spain, synergy, technician, test, together, trainer, vacation, voices from the bench, workflow

Back on the island of Mallorca Spain at exocad Insights 2024 with 3 fantastic conversations including Dr. Marcus White, Ashley Bryne, & Seth Potter

328: More & More From exocad Insights 2024 with Beth Collington, Luis Saraiva, and Nuno Borrego

July 8th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

Back to the Beach this week with more conversations at exocad Insights 2024 with the President of exocad North America, Beth Colington, Portugal lab owner Luis Saraiva, and Nuno Borrego who is connection designers around the world with work that needs done.

327: Even More from Exocad Insights 2024 with Kristina & Margarita Vaitelyte and Cat Edney

July 1st, 2024  |  1 hr 12 mins

aligners, analog, bright white, can't numb, communication, dental, digital, direct access, direct restorations, direct to patients, drill and fill, efficacy, exocad, exocad art, implants, itero, ivoclar, laboratory, lithuanian, miyo, no walls, partnership, podcast, restorative hygienist, scotland, speaker, teamwork, technician, video, voices from the bench, whatsapp

We are back with even more conversations from Exocad Insights 2024 from the island of Mallorca, Spain! This week we talk to sister's Kristina Vaitelyte, the CAD expert and Margarita Vaitelyte, the Ceramist. Then we find out what a Dental Therapist is with Cat Edney.

326: Exocad Insights 2024 with Jaime Moreno, Saulius Janusevicius, Alex Chabachevitch, Pinhas Adar

June 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins

air force manual, army, ceramic, dental, dentures, digital, drawing, exocad, fixed, hotlanta, laboratory, movie star, pen 3d, perceived value, podcast, prices, printing, procera, spain, stratus, technician, test, trainer, ukraine, university, voices from the bench, willy gellar

We start off our collection of conversations from exocad Insights 2024! This week features Jaime Moreno from Spain, Saulius Janusevicius from Lithuania, Alex Chabachevitch from Canada, and Pinhas Adar from the US.

325: For the Love of Teeth and Industry with Sabine Mayer & Denise Burris

June 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

analog dinosaur, career, cdt, dental, denver, germany, grants, ids, inspire, italy, jensen, job, laboratory, layering social media, love, miyo, nightshift, passion, podcast, race for the future, scholarships, smile line, technician, voices from the bench

This week we meet Sabine Mayer, expert ceramist that was in a production lab for 28 years before finding love and a passion for her work. Then we have a great conversion with the President of the NADL, Denise Burris, who we sat down with at the FDLA Symposium.

324: A Raw Look at Full Arch with Dr. Ryan Dunlop and Dr. Johnathan Abenaim

June 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins

artist, change, communication, courses, dark side, dental, dental implants, digital, do it right, foundation, full arch, hands on, implants, innovating, laboratory, learning, mindset, podcast, teaching, team, technician, truthful, unfiltered, unsponsored, voices from the bench

This week we dive deep into full arch dentistry with Dr. Ryan Dunlop and Dr. Johnathan Abenaim. They both teach their own courses, but soon they will partner up on stage to give the clinicians, the staff, and the dental technicians a RAW look into this ever-growing procedure.

323: Answering Opportunity with Thomas Brainsky

June 3rd, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

aptitude, attitude, babies, carbon, dental, different, digital jay collins, employees, entrepreneur, failures, faster, hired, laboratory, lessons, marketing, not my job, podcast, problem solver, salespeople, scalability, taxes, technician, trucking, twins, voices from the bench, warped sense of humor, wellness program

This week we get to know Entrepreneur Thomas Brainsky. Thomas bought a lab 12 years ago with no knowledge of dental labs. He has since sold his lab and shares everything he learned along the way. The good and the bad.

322: The Full "Arch-Bishop" of 3shape Design with Cole Bishop

May 27th, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins

1600, 3shape, ai, all-on-x, arrowhead, artificial intelligence, asia, cnc, cosmetic, costa rica, dental, full contour, laboratory, lmt, lucid, management, menu, model, phoenix, podcast, post and core, preferences, profiles, public speaking, quality, redesign, technician, treasure dental studio, voices from the bench, waxing

This week we chat to the Global Head of Design Quality with 3Shape Design Services, Cole Bishop. Cole talks about his journey into digital design, his time at Full Contour, the transition to 3shape, and being a part of the team that developed their AI services called Automate.

Getting a Grip on Hybrids with Shaana Gripp

May 20th, 2024  |  1 hr 1 min

anax, assisting, business, cerc designing, communication, contour, dental, emax, evolved, exocad, green state, hybrids, implants, laboratory, photography, podcast, practice, printing, technician, upstairs, voices from the bench, vortex

This week we meet Shaana Gripp, a dental assistant turned dental technician who taught herself exocad and ceramics to becomes an in-office technicians specializing in full arch hybrids.

320: Making It Your Own with Kevin Mahan and Kite Saito

May 13th, 2024  |  1 hr 2 mins

adapting, alloy, arkansas, blues, colors, dental, don cornell, fdla, florida, full arch, fusion, hands on, japan, jensen, laboratory, layering, make it your own, mixing, monolithic, neighbors, podcast, presentation, saturation, slate, smoke, social media, structure, table clinic, technician, voices from the bench, waxer

This week we get to learn about Jensen Dental and all things MIYO with Kevin Mahan and Kite Saito. They talk about the story behind the name, Kite's story into dental, and some amazing tips and trick to "Make It Your Own"

319: The Benefit of Providing Benefits for Dental Technicians with Michael Clark

May 6th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins

accidents, alloy, anton woolf, argen, bodybuilding, broker, cancer, colonial life, cybersecurity, delta dental, dental, disability, discipline, dso, harvest dental, helping, hr, insurance, laboratory, life insurance, long term, payroll, podcast, reduce, short term, technician, the dental lab, voices from the bench, voluntary benefits, workman's comp

This week we talk to Michael Clark, who after being a pivotal member of Argen as they went from an alloy company to a digital solutions partner, has embarked on a goal of providing good insurance benefits to those in the dental community.

318: Lab Day Chicago 2024 Act 5 with Carrie Ling, Randi James, David Lesh, Nitasha Rizvi, Beth Brown, Lola Welch, & Julia Glancey

April 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins

3d arm, chicago, cost of good sales, dental, dso, friends, gross profit margins, harvard, husband / wife, hygiene, international, ivoclar, journey, lab day, laboratory, ladies of the mill, learning, london, on stage, podcast, profitability, roundtables, sales, school, sprint ray, support, surgery new york, teaching, technician, technician of the year, travel, voices from the bench

We wrap up all of Lab Day Chicago 2024 with a collection of 4 conversations from the Ivoclar Ballroom. Carrie Ling & Randi James talk about friendship, David Lesh talks about profit, Nitasha Rizvi talks about teaching at Harvard, and Beth Brown, Lola Welch, and Julia Glancey chat about coming to America for the show.