Andreas Klie
Special guest
Andreas is a Registered Dental Technologist with 40 years of experience in the dental field. Andreas graduated as an RDT in South Africa in 1986. He founded La Lucia Dental Laboratory in 1991 and operated it until he came to Canada in 2001. In 2005, he became an RDT in Ontario. Andreas plays a major role in Panthera Dental’s strategy to incorporate more technical guides, articles and education into its portfolio through the Panthera Academy. His experience as a dental technologist, combined with his field experience, allows him to offer customers precise and detailed solutions on a more technical level.
Andreas Klie has been a guest on 1 episode.
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416: Lab Day Chicago 2026 Part 2 with Rob Fletcher, Don Bell & Andreas Klie
March 16th, 2026 | 1 hr 26 mins
aces, ai, automation, bottlenecks, case entry, ceramart, chicago, collaboration, data entry, dental, dental labs, dental technicians, digital workflow, education, efficiency, full arch, fusion bar, implant bars, industry partnerships, innovation, ivoclar, lab day, lab management systems, lab technology, laboratory, lean manufacturing, materials, milling centers, ocr, panthera, photogrammetry, process improvement, productivity, prosthetics, rx scanning, technician, voices from the bench, workflow, zirconia, zirconia veneers
Live from the stage at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2026, the podcast talks with Rob Fletcher about ACES, an AI-powered system that reads handwritten prescriptions and automatically enters cases into a lab management system—helping labs eliminate one of their biggest workflow bottlenecks. Then Don Bell and Andreas Klie join the conversation to discuss the collaboration between Ivoclar and Panthera Dental, exploring how Fusion Bar technology and new materials are streamlining full-arch restorations while expanding education for technicians and clinicians.