Chris Bradley
Special guest
Chris Bradley is the CEO and owner of Smile Line USA, Inc. She started the company in February of 2008 as the exclusive distributor of Smile Line products in USA and Canada. The company continues to stay at the forefront of innovation providing high quality unique dental laboratory and clinical products to enhance the daily work of the dental artist.
Chris holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemistry from Colorado State University and a Masters in Business Administration from University of Colorado at Denver. Her first professional position was as a Product Engineer in industrial ceramics at Coors Ceramics in Golden, CO. She worked in zirconia and alumina development, specifically in the biomedical division. Beginning in April 1997, she joined Vident as an outside sales representative in the dental industry. After four years of sales at Vident and three boys later (now 27, 25, & 23), she was hired to manage the Colorado Dental Laboratory Association, a position with an at home office. Here Chris learned all of the other facets of the dental laboratory industry; education, vendors, key opinion leaders, and planning a dental laboratory meeting. Those ten years provided excellent training and expertise while establishing amazing connections. During that time, an opportunity to start Smile Line USA happened and it has been non stop fun ever since.
Chris Bradley can be found somewhere in the Colorado Rocky Mountains fishing, canoeing, hiking, biking, skiing, paddle boarding, or just enjoying
Chris Bradley has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Episode 434: From FDLA 2026: Chris Bradley, Richard Wodzinski, Dawn Roniger, & Kaveh Shams
July 20th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
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From the FDLA Symposium, Elvis and Barb welcome Chris Bradley, Richard Wodzinski, and Dawn Roniger to discuss the latest in shade matching, ceramics, and the technology helping labs achieve more predictable results. Then Kaveh Shams from Zirkonzahn Canada shares his journey into digital dentistry while talking milling, education, and the philosophy that's made Zirkonzahn a leader in the industry.
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160: Keeping Your Smile In Line: Chris Bradley & Smile Line USA
April 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 23 secs
carving, cdt, coors, dental, dr. ed mclaren, ids, kolinsky brush, laboratory, ladies of the mill, podcast, preat, shade tabs, technician, try before you buy, voices from the bench, zirconia
Joining us on this episode is Chis Bradley from Smile Line USA. Chris talks about her history with the industry, getting connected with the dental lab instrument manufacturer out of Switzerland, and a amazing service call "My Bench Box"