Marlin graduated from a Dental Arts College in San Jose Calif. with a degree in Dental Technology. After graduation, he worked as a Dental Technician for 25 years in California while running his own lab for 17 years. Marlin received his CDT in Ceramics in 1979 through the National Board of Certification. In 1997, he joined one of the largest dental laboratories in the U.S. as a Team Leader, he focused on consistency, doctor retention and reducing remakes thru training of his technicians. Marlin eventually became Regional General Manager of the Western Division. He also worked in Business Development, creating new accounts and organizing international seminars.
Joining the Argen team as technical education manager in 2009, he has traveled nationally and internationally lecturing and assisting laboratories with technical issues. In his free time, Marlin enjoys Surfing and deep-sea fishing,
Marlin Gohn CDT has been a guest on 3 episodes.
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426: DLAT 2026 Part 3 with Tiffany Prater, Sydney Ribera, Marlin Gohn
May 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 2 mins
acrylic, acrylic designs, acrylic pouring, aesthetic dentistry, analog dentistry, anterior crowns, argen, bonding, cad/cam, calibration, cantonese, conference lectures, continuing education, crown aesthetics, crown failures, crown milling, crown retention, custom retainers, dental artistry, dental assisting, dental business, dental cad, dental cements, dental collaboration, dental community, dental conference, dental craftsmanship, dental creativity, dental digital transformation, dental education, dental equipment, dental finishing, dental frameworks, dental future, dental humor, dental industry, dental innovation, dental lab, dental lab podcast, dental labs in china, dental lectures, dental manufacturing, dental materials, dental materials science, dental mentors, dental mentorship, dental milling, dental networking, dental podcast, dental presentations, dental regulations, dental stories, dental support, dental technician, dental technicians, dental technology, dental technology trends, dental troubleshooting, dental workflow, digital dentistry, digital dentures, digital workflow, dlat, easyrx, entrepreneurship, fda, full arch zirconia, furnaces, glow in the dark acrylic, gradient translucency, gt zirconia, guangzhou, hands-on learning, hawley retainers, hygiene school, implant crowns, implant dentistry, implant platforms, incisal translucency, industry trends, invisalign, jbc acrylics, lab efficiency, lab life, lab management, lab owner, lab technology, laser welder, laser welding, mandarin, mentorship, milled gold crowns, milling burs, milling machines, milling strategies, multilayer zirconia, nesting, nesting supports, occlusion, org, ortho community, ortho tech, orthodontic appliances, orthodontic conference, orthodontic creativity, orthodontic education, orthodontic lab, orthodontic mentorship, orthodontic resource group, orthodontic retainers, orthodontic workflow, orthodontics, pfm, polishing, porcelain fused to metal, posterior crowns, primers, printed dentures, printed models, private labs, private practice, public speaking, restorative dentistry, retainers, saline cleaning, selective laser melting, sintering, slm, small business, soldering, texas freeze, tie-dye retainers, training, translators, translucency, vendor booths, voices from the bench, wire bending, zirconia, zirconia crowns, zirconia discs
At the 2026 DLAT meeting, Tiffany Prater and Sydney Ribera talk about mentorship, orthodontic lab work, and blending creativity with today’s digital workflows. Then Marlin Gohn from Argen shares insights on new zirconia technology, milling strategies, and what labs around the world are doing to stay ahead.
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162: Don’t Mess with Texas Part 1: DLAT 2021-Cade Tippet, Marlin Gohn, Fernando Sanchez Jr, Gary Osborn, Spencer Watkins
May 3rd, 2021 | 51 mins 23 secs
3shape, alaska, argen, cdt, dental, dentist, dlat, fema, laboratory, live stream, masks, podcast, printing, technician, texas, va, voices from the bench
Great fun from Texas! The Dental Laboratory Association of Texas (DLAT) held the first in-person meeting of the year! We were there, not there - live, not live at the Argen booth. This episode has us talking to Cade Tippet, Marlin Gohn, Fernando Sanchez Jr, Gary Osborn, and Spencer Watkins.
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58: LMT Lab Day Chicago 2019 Interview Showcase Part 2
May 6th, 2019 | 51 mins 37 secs
argen, chicago, data, dental laboratory, dentist, fdla, lmt lab day, nowak, podcast, preat, technician, voices from the bench
Elvis and Barb bring you three more excellent interviews from LMT Lab Day Chicago 2019. Joining the podcast are Brandi Nowak from Nowak Dental Supplies, Nelson Rego CDT from Smiles Designs by Rego, and Marlin Gohn from Argen.