Michael Tanaka
Special guest
Michael Tanaka has been apart of the dental industry for 17 years. Tanaka Dental Lab a Family owned lab was established 1973. Michael started training on the bench using the traditional lab procedures, but over the last 12 years has lead the lab into the digital age. Specializing in Implants and Digital technology. Tanaka Dental Lab has become well know in the Los Angeles, CA area and now branching out nation wide.
Starting with pouring models progressing to finishing porcelain and every thing in between. Michael does prefer the digital work. Managing the day to day business of Tanaka Dental lab as well as designing on 3shape Michael has really enjoyed the ever changing dynamic of the Lab industry.
Working with our partner companies and surgical groups, Michael has become know as one of the most knowledgeable implant technicians.
Michael Tanaka has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Episode 48: Four Technicians Talking About 3D Printing - A Roundtable Discussion Part 2 (VFTB48)
February 25th, 2019 | 33 mins 36 secs
3d printing, ackuretta, asiga, bego, cal-lab, carbon, dental, dental laboratory, dentist, kulzer, lmt lab day, miicraft, podcast, resins, stratasys, technician, voices from the bench
We continue last week's Roundtable discussion about 3D printing. They talk about outsourcing to other labs, how printing effects labor, what they would recommend, and what's next for them and their labs.
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47: Four Technicians Talking About 3D Printing - A Roundtable Discussion Part 1 (VFTB47)
February 18th, 2019 | 36 mins 32 secs
3d printing, ackuretta, asiga, bego, cal-lab, carbon, dental, dental laboratory, dentist, kulzer, lmt lab day, miicraft, podcast, resins, stratasys, technician, voices from the bench
This week brings back the Roundtable discussion. Four dental technicians gather around the table to talk about 3d printing in their labs. Real technicians using different printers every day on real cases.