Richard Wills grew up in a small farming community north of Abilene, Texas. After graduating from high school in 1884, he went off to college for a couple of years.
He joined the United States Air Force in October of 1988. After learning the trade at Sheppard AFB, he spent the next 6 years on the beach in Florida and then 3 1/2 more in Anchorage Alaska. He then decided to get out of the military and enjoy civilian life in October of 1998.
He started hid civilian dental lab career in a couple of different labs in Texas, working in Crown and Bridge and Removables. He received his CDT in Complete Dentures in the spring of 2002.
In The summer of 2007, he opened a denture lab, Duece Dental Service, with a business partner. By 2011, he had ventured out by himself and Duece Dental LLC was formed.
His lab has grown to 8 employees and is a full-service lab with Milling and 3D services as well as the conventional techniques.
Richard is a big supporter of the DLAT and wants to be involved as much as possible in the organization. He believes that we should all want to do "Our Part" for the organization that we have representing us in the Dental community.
Richard Wills, CDT has been a guest on 3 episodes.
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215: Finally Live, Live From Texas with Wade Davenport, Richard Wills, & AJ Sheek
May 9th, 2022 | 1 hr 8 mins
3rd generation, board members, ceramics, dental, family, giving back, laboratory, membership, origin b&d, passion, peter pizzi, podcast, president, production, r&d credit, tax savings, technician, tradeshows, vendors, vita, voices from the bench
We are so happy to be back in Texas (physically) at the DLAT conference. This episode we talk to Wade Davenport, Richard Wills, and AJ Sheek.
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Episode 17: Setting Up a Good Bond with Removable Technicians - Part 2 Roundtable (VFTB17)
July 23rd, 2018 | 33 mins 5 secs
dental, dental laboratory, dentist, digital dentures, removable, technician
We are back with the Removable Roundtable. Thomas, Brian, and Richard talk about how they did marketing when they started, why there is a lack of new removable technicians, and so much more!
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Episode 16: Setting Up a Good Bond with Removable Technicians - Part 1 Roundtable (VFTB16)
July 16th, 2018 | 31 mins 56 secs
dental, dental laboratory, dentist, digital dentures, removable, technician
Three gentlemen from "Full Service" Removable Labs join the Roundtable to discuss how they got into the industry and where they see the whole digital denture "un-revolution" going.