Barbara Warner Wojdan, CDT, AAACD
Co-Host of Voices from The Bench
President of Knight Dental Group in Oldsmar, Florida
2018 Treasurer on the board of the National Association of Dental Laboratories
An accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD)
Barbara Warner Wojdan, CDT, AAACD has hosted 372 Episodes.
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310: Enhancing Analog with Digital and Artistry with Aleksandra Polczynski
March 4th, 2024 | 58 mins 30 secs
analog, artist, ceramist, consultations, dental, digital, dtg, exocad, face scanner, full arch, hands-on, immediate load, in-office, indiana, kois, lab day, laboratory, opti glaze, painter, podcast, poland, printing, speaker, teaching, technician, treatment planning, voices from the bench, waxing, workshops, zirkonzahn
This week Elvis and Barb talk to Aleksandra Polczynski, who was raised in Poland, but her art got her into a US dental lab. Aleksandra talks about her journey, becoming a ceramist, running an in-office lab, and teaching around the country full arch layering and staining.
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309: Positive Reinforcement with John Rano
February 26th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
analog skills, attitude, canada, clear choice, conversion, dental, devalue, digital jig, discouraged, encouragement, feedback, florida, lab day, laboratory, love their job, podcast, scanners, self awareness, setting teeth, technician, train, traveling technician, voices from the bench
Meet John Rano. Son of a dental technician from Argentina. After working for his dad, John sets off on his own and eventually opens Unique Solutions Dental Lab specializing in full arch and he talks about helping to improve the next generation of technicians with a little positive reinforcement.
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308: Harvesting Your Lab's Value with Rob Laizure and Sasha Der Avanessian
February 19th, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins
ai, artificial intelligence, brand identity, cal-lab, communication, dental, differentiate, engaging, ez gum, intangible, journaling, lab day, laboratory, leadership, lmt, logo, marketing messaging, pizza, podcast, rescheduling, solving a problem, strength, tangible, technician, therapist, value, voices from the bench, whiteboard
This week we talk to two giants in our industry, Rob Laizure and Sasha Der Avanessian. They have come together to help labs find their value and to create a message that will allow labs to differentiate themselves in an industry of commodity products.
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307: A Youth's Excursion into Conversions with Tyler McCabe
February 12th, 2024 | 1 hr 32 secs
1099, airport, analog, blood, books, breakage, cdt, clearning, colorado, dental, denturist, denver, digital, eyes, fake teeth, lab day, laboratory, multi units, podcast, production lab, removable, repair, straumann, surgery, surgical guides, technician, templates, tonsillitis, traveling, voices from the bench
This week we talk to a young technician that started at the age of 13 and only 3 years later, is doing chairside conversions, Tyler McCabe. Tyler talks about his lab family, some of the labs he has worked at, and what the future holds for him.
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306: It's the Window into the Body with Jessica Love (Birrell) & Laura Gilbert
February 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
anatomy, artist, bench top heroes, biofilm, communication, dental, documentary, emax, heart, hygiene, in-house, lab day, laboratory, line angles, math, mormon, morphology, nutrition, plumber's crack, podcast, production, relationships, sassy teeth, science, smile design, teaching, technician, voices from the bench, y2k
This week we talk all about what's happening in the Ivoclar Ballroom during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2024. Good friend and General Manager of Ivoclar in Canada, Laura Gilbert talks about the room and special guest and a speaker during the weekend, Jessica Love (Birrell) talks about her journey to owning a clinic that see the mouth as the window into the body.
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305: Educating the Future of Digital Dentures with Dr. Wendy Clark
January 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
1937, a2, border molding, breakage, carbon, centric relation, dental, dentures, digital, fail, full color, gothic arch, ivotion, lab day, laboratory, partials, podcast, records, reference denture, removables, stratasys, technician, voices from the bench, workflow
This week we are joined once again by Dr. Wendy Clark who teaches removables at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Clark talks about what she has learned over the years with digital dentures, why the workflow clinically is better, how the outcome can be better, why they fail, and how understanding digital can help us all understand analog better.
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304: It's a Snowy Midnight Storm with MIYO and Amanda Carson
January 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
artist, bleach, ceramics, colors, dental, design, dtg, emax, ghost, gym, ivoclar, lab day, laboratory, linen, midnight, miyo, ovens, pm7, podcast, self-taught, stain, structure, table clinic, teacher, technician, texture, voices from the bench, waxing, zircad prime
This week we are talking to MIYO expert, Amanda Carson. Amanda talks about her journey, learning about and eventually teaching others about MIYO, tells Elvis how to use it, and her plans to open her own lab very soon.
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303: It's the Bobby and Blake Show! with Bobby Kenney and Blake Barksdale
January 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
army, bombed, conversions, culture, dan yoder, dental, full arch, implants, ivotion, laboratory, missiles, new teeth now, pm7, poached, podcast, removables, t-ball, technician, tempories, triathlon, voices from the bench
This week we are joined by two "gentlemen" who are doing great things in Huntsville, Alabama. Bobby Kenney comes on to talk about his journey in dental technology that has landed him back at Barksdale Dental Lab to help Blake Barksdale take the lab to the next level of digital dentistry.
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302: From Bait Shop to Metal Printing with Josh Williams
January 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
anneal, bait shop, burn out, chrome cobalt, corporate, dental, digital, electropolishing, gps, hand wax, laboratory, maintenance, micron, model room, mowing, ndx, octan, outsourcing, partials, podcast, print, printed resin, repairs, supports, team solutions, technician, titanium, voices from the bench, warping
This week we talk to an analog framework technician turned metal printing expert from GPS Digital RPD. Josh explains the process of getting into metal printing, some of the issues they have had, and what it took to perfect such new technology.
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301: Quality Over Quantity with Alina Ceclan
January 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 6 mins
bench test, changes, corporate, dental, family, full cast, growth, instagram, laboratory, layering, learning, love, miyo, old teeth, podcast, recruiter, self study, speed, structure, technician, tips, voices from the bench, work hard
This week we talk to ceramist Alina Ceclan from Qlab in London. Alina talks all about her journey from Romania, how she didn't like teeth at first, loving the MIYO system, and learning to make them look like teeth and not restorations.
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300: Mastering exocad with Marjorie Andrade
December 25th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
ai, analog, blender, ceramist, communication, creepy, dental, edit, exocad, fast learner, freelance, gamer, graphic design, idd, inlab, laboratory, microwaves, nerd, patients, podcast, technician, voices from the bench, work visa, workflow
We are celebrating the 300th episode on Christmas with special guest Marjorie Andrade, a Brazilian technicians working in New Zealand. Marjorie talks about her journey, school, learning digital, doing freelance design work, and putting together one of the best online exocad course.
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299: The Netflix of Digital Dentistry with Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny and iDD
December 18th, 2023 | 1 hr 21 mins
3d printing, blog, cerec, covid, dental, e4d, exocad, family, future, growth, hospital, ids, laboratory, netflix, podcast, printing, study club, super chill, technician, trios, voices from the bench
This week brings us a dentist all the way from New Zealand that is leading the way in digital dentistry, Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny. Dr. Ahmad created the Institute of Digital Dentistry, an online platform with a ton of content relevant to both clinicians and technicians.
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298: Turning Bad Experiences Into Good with Sam Talassinos and XYZ Dental
December 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
3d printing, adia, asiga, board member, certification, dental, deregulation, dg shape, exocad, grant, high jumping, install, laboratory, mes-icore, mill box, podcast, rag trade, relationships, second generation, technician, training, voices from the bench, whitepeaks
This week we chat with Sam Talassinos, who owns XYZ Dental in Australia specializing in selling what they use and using what they sell.
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297: Real Implant Talk with Joel Gonzales and MegaGen
December 4th, 2023 | 1 hr 10 mins
abutments, air force, bone reduction, connection, dallas, dental, education, electrician, fp1, fp2, fp3, full arch, laboratory, lifecore, morse taper, oem, platform, podcast, scan bodies, screws, surgical guides, team approach, technician, threads, voices from the bench
This week we get super nerdy with Joel Gonzales from MegaGen North America. Joel talks about his past with implants, why he educates rather than sells, all about surgery protocols, all about the MegaGen implant, and using the right tool for the right job.
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296: Igniting The Fire In Your Belly with Marina Caponigro
November 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
aidite, anax usa, cooking, courses, dental, dental assistant, elementary school teacher, food, gc america, hiring, laboratory, meatballs, multitasking, podcast, sin dental, teaching, technician, traveling, ukraine, voices from the bench
This week we talk to the ever-enthusiastic Marina Caponigro from the Smileology Group Dental Lab. Marina talks about coming to America, learning chairside and lab work, her passion for teaching others, and opening her own lab to help other labs.
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295: Growth Through Solution Based Sales with David Lesh
November 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
buying signals, cal-lab, captek, concert dental, crm, dale dental, dental, empress, follow up, gross margin, laboratory, podcast, role play, sales, technician, territory, top of mind, turn around times, voices from the bench
Even if you are not a "salesperson", everyone in the lab plays a part in the growth of the lab. This week David Lesh from 8 and 9 Consulting comes on to talk about his background, putting together a sales plan, the art of strategic pauses, and selling by providing solutions and not price.