Tobias Specht
Special guest
Mr. Specht has been with Ivoclar since 2000. He is mostly concentrating on the growth of the Global Business Unit Labside Digital. The focus here has been on the establishment of Ivoclar workflows and products. Since 2021 Mr. Specht is holding the position of Senior Director Global Business Unit Labside Digital.
His team has around 20 employees.
Mr. Specht has been highly involved in the concept and launch of the IPS e.max all-ceramic portfolio. The IPS e.max family has revolutionised modern dentistry and Tobias Specht has substantially contributed to continuously evolve the promise of all ceramic, all you need. Furthermore, he has been involved in the launch of the Ivoclar Digital Platform (incl. hardware, software and materials) as well as the Ivotion Denture System. Mr. Specht has been contributing his expertise in various topics since 2000.
Highest level of education
Freiburg im Breisgau : Master of Dental Technician (MDT)
Professional career
Senior Director Global Business Unit Labside Digital: since 01/2021
Director Global Labside Digital: 06/2019 – 12/2020
Director Marketing Fixed Prosthetics: 07/013 – 05/2019
Business Unit Manager All-Ceramics – CAD/CAM: 07/2007 – 06/2013
Product Manager All-Ceramics – CAD/CAM: 06/2003 – 06/2007
Tobias Specht has been a guest on 3 episodes.
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430: exocad Insights 2026 Part 4: Dr. Zhiqiang Luo, Alyson Bravo, & Tobias Specht
June 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 7 mins
analog skills, ann arbor, bite finder, brazil, cad/cam, career development, career journey, case planning, china, clinical faculty, clinical instructor, clinical scientist, clinician, clinicians, collaboration, communication, community, community building, conference highlights, continuing education, countryside of brazil, cross-functional collaboration, customer feedback, customer support, customer-driven development, data acquisition, dental care, dental conference, dental convention, dental craftsmanship, dental designer, dental ecosystem, dental education, dental industry, dental innovation, dental lab, dental laboratory, dental leadership, dental manufacturing, dental materials, dental professionals, dental software, dental students, dental technology, dentures, design software, digital adoption, digital center, digital communication, digital dentistry, digital dentures, digital future, digital solutions, digital transformation, digital workflow, dream trip, education, education and training, education programs, event experience, exhibition hall, exocad, exocad insights 2026, exocad reseller, fixed restorations, fixed workflows, friendships, future clinicians, future of dentistry, glam night, global connections, global dentistry, global travel, hands-on learning, hong kong, ids, ids germany, implementation, industry partnerships, industry trends, innovation, innovation culture, innovation pipeline, inspiration, international attendees, international dental community, ivoclar, ivotion, keynote, laboratory communication, laboratory excellence, laboratory owner, laboratory partnerships, laboratory workflow, learning, lectures, lifelong learning, majorca, mallorca, mentorship, milling, motivation, networking, paraguay, paraná, passion for dentistry, podcast community, podcast listener, presentations, problem solving, product development, product integration, product launches, professional growth, professional inspiration, professional networking, prosthetics, remote design, removable prosthetics, removable workflows, restorative dentistry, restorative solutions, scanners, self-taught, siosp, social media, software integration, software training, spain, speaker, são paulo, teamwork, technician, technician training, technicians, technology adoption, technology leadership, training, travel, university of michigan, user feedback, voices from the bench, work ethic, workflow efficiency, workflow integration, workflow optimization, workflow refinement
This week from exocad Insights 2026 in Mallorca, Elvis and Barb sit down with Dr. Zhiqiang Luo to discuss how dental education is evolving alongside rapidly advancing digital workflows and why strong analog fundamentals still matter. They also meet Alyson Bravo, a dental technician from Brazil whose journey to the event highlights the power of digital dentistry, global connections, and lifelong learning. Rounding out the episode, Tobias Specht from Ivoclar shares insights into the company's latest innovations, its ongoing collaboration with exocad, and how customer feedback continues to shape the future of digital dental technology.
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377: IDS 2025 & exocad Part 3 with Dr. Manish Chhabra & Tobias Specht
June 16th, 2025 | 1 hr 25 secs
3shape, cad, cam, cerec, consulting, customer service, dental, dentist, design center, digident, digital dentures, dubai, emax, exocad, faster, follow up, hard reline, headset, ids, india, ivoclar, ivotion, laboratory, milling center, muscle memory, patients, prevention and care, printable wax, programill, quality, reline, repairing, scalability, scaling, speakers, technician, technology, training, unlearn, virtual reality, voices from the bench, vr
This week Elvis and Barb bring you two more conversation from the exocad booth at IDS 2025. First up is Dr. Manish Chhabra who ran a 300 person design center in India and is now training people with VR. Then we chat with Tobias Specht from Ivoclar all about what they have been working on, what’s new, and how they do a massive show in Germany.
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265: More From the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Tobias Specht, Eiron Simmons, Olivia Davis, Crystal Heung, Christina Heaslip, Dora Rodrigues
April 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
blue block, boothless, church, conversions, dental, diastemas, digital dentures, disruption, emax, family, first time, laboratory, liechtenstein, lips, masquerade party, mill, outsourcing, p7, passion, podcast, pool party, portugal, press, product manager, public speaking, removables, technician, voices from the bench
We are back in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with 4 more conversations! We talk to Tobias Specht from Ivoclar, Eiron Simmons and Olivia Davis from Oaks Dental Design, Crystal Heung from Sunmc Dental Lab in China, and Christina Heaslip from Digital Dental Laboratory and Dora Rodrigues from ID Dental Lab.