Renata Budny, CDT, TE
Special guest
Renata Budny is a Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), part of the City University of New York. With over 25 years of experience in the dental laboratory profession, Professor Budny has built a career marked by both academic achievements and professional certifications.
She earned an Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Dental Laboratory Technology, a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Management, and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Banking and Finance. In addition to her academic credentials, Professor Budny holds multiple professional certifications, including Certified Dental Technician (CDT) in Crown & Bridge and Ceramics, Certified Dental Technologist, Master Dental Technician (MDT), ASMDT, and NGSAMG Technical Fellow.
Active in numerous professional organizations, Professor Budny serves on various boards and contributes her expertise to advancing dental technology. Her current and past affiliations include the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), the Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology (FDLT), the National Association of Dental Laboratories (NADL), the Northeastern Gnathological Society Academy of Multidisciplinary Dentistry (NGSAMD), the American Society of Master Dental Technologists (ASMDT), and the Greater New York CDT Study Group (GNYCDTSG).
Professor Budny has published extensively in prominent industry magazines and journals such as the Journal of Dental Technology, Inside Dental Technology, Dimensions of Dental Hygiene, Decisions in Dentistry, and Lab Management Today, Additionally, she serves as an Editorial Board member for Inside Dental Technology (IDT), published by Conexiant.
Her contributions to the field have earned her numerous accolades. In 2011, Dental Products Report named her one of the "Top 25 Women in Dentistry." She was honored as the NADL Educator of the Year in 2014, and in 2015, she was recognized as one of "10 Professors Changing Dental Technology" by MedicalTechnologySchools.com.
Renata Budny, CDT, TE has been a guest on 9 episodes.
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364: 7th Year Anniversary: International Style with Renata Budny, Sevastiani Perselis, and Rebca Nikedemos
March 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 7 mins
acrylic, coda, communication, covid, dental, digital, ethiopia, externship, family, first, food, greece, laboratory, mistakes, new york, outsource, patience, patients, semester, smell, starting over, technician, voices from the bench, workflow
Celebrate 7 years of the podcast as we welcome back our very first guest again, Renata Budny. As a teacher at CUNY, Renata brings with her two international students, Sevastiani Perselis from Greece and Rebca Nikedemos from Ethiopia.
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312: From Tight Pants to Milling Burs with Renata Budny & Paul Beck
March 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
burs, car accident, coda, covid, dental, donations, education, google, grow, improvements, jaws, lab day, laboratory, milling tools, mills, new york, partial, patience, perfection, podcast, rg, skills, students, talent, teach, technician, voices from the bench, waiting list, waxing lululemon, zoom
We are celebrating 6 years of Voices From the Bench! Every year we are joined by Professor Renata Budny from the Restorative Dentistry Program at the New York City College of Technology. This year she brings along graduate Paul Beck, who has taken his knowledge to Sierra Dental Tools.
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260: The Students Become the Teachers with Renata Budny and Oscar & Natalie Galvis
March 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
2nd generation, dental, dentures, family, females, full arch, implants, laboratory, lecturing, part time, podcast, removables, students, technician, videos, voices from the bench, work/life
As we celebrate 5 straight years of doing the podcast, Elvis and Barb welcome back the first guest Renata Budny from the New York City College of Technology Restorative Dentistry program and past students and current adjunct professors Oscar and Natalie Galvis.
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208: Providing an Opportunity of Education with Renata Budny and Jamie Rubin
March 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
3shape, anatomy, ceramist, coda, dental, dental wings, education, laboratory, manhattan, morphology, occlusion, podcast, roland mills, teaching, technician, voices from the bench
We celebrate our 4th year of the podcast by bringing back the very first guest Renata Budny from the Dental Technology program at New York City College of Technology. She is joined by past student turned professor, Jamie Rubin.
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156: Dental Lab Schoolhouse Rock: Renata Budny, Jeffry Tobon, & Aneeza Hussain
March 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
cdt, chairside solutions, college, dental, dentist, digital design, education, laboratory, new york, podcast, technician, voices from the bench
We are celebrating our 3rd year of doing the podcast and we welcome back on our very first guest Renata Budny. She teaches at the New York City College of Technology in the dental lab department and she is joined by two graduates of the program, Jeffry Tobon and Aneeza Hussain.
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104: Talking About Dentist From Voices of Dentistry Part 1: Jordon Comstock, Craig Cody, Dr. Zak Allmand, and Renata Budny
March 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 21 mins
cdt, corvid-19, credit cards, dental, dental insurance, dentist, dlat, laboratory, podcast, taxes, technician, technology schools, texas, voices from the bench
Episode 104 marks the 2nd year anniversary of the podcast! After an update about the COVID-19 and how it is affecting the Dental Laboratory Industry from Bennett Napier, we get to business as usual with three conversation we got to from the Voices of Dentistry. We talk to Jordon Comstock, Craig Cody, Dr. Zak Allmand, and because we talk to her every year, Renata Budny from LMT Lab Day Chicago.
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52: One Year Anniversary Spectacular! LMT Lab Day Chicago interviews with Renata Budny CDT, TE & Elias Asevedo
March 25th, 2019 | 32 mins 27 secs
chicago, data, dental laboratory, dental technology school, dentist, dlat, fdla, lmt lab day, nowak, podcast, technician, the city university of new york, voices from the bench
Elvis and Barb celebrate your 52nd episode marking our first full year of Voices From the Bench. Joining us again but this time LIVE from LMT Lab Day Chicago is our first guest ever Professor Renata Budny CDT, TE and one of her students Elias Asevedo from The City University of New York.
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Episode 2: Never too cool for Dental Technology School - Interview with Prof. Renata Budny Part 2 (VFTB2)
April 9th, 2018 | 22 mins 53 secs
cdt, dental, dentist, nadl, new york, school, technology
A podcast dedicated to the dental laboratory industry
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Episode 1: Never too cool for Dental Technology School - Interview with Prof. Renata Budny Part 1 (VFTB1)
April 1st, 2018 | 23 mins 20 secs
cdt, dental, dentist, new york, school, technology
A podcast dedicated to the dental laboratory industry