Elvis Dahl
Co-Host of Voices from The Bench
2022 - current: Client Services Representative with Derby Dental Laboratory
2021 - 2022: District Sales Manager with the Preat Corporation
2008 - 2021: Director of Operation at Somer Dental Laboratories in Zionsville, IN
2018 - 2021: Laboratory Representative on the board of the National Association of Dental Laboratories
Elvis' passion for the Dental Laboratory Industry goes far beyond his lab. He feel that the "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one". And united, the industry can be stronger and better.
Elvis Dahl has hosted 383 Episodes.
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351: Swirling in a Vortex of Clinic and Lab with Dr. Danny Domingue
December 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 3shape, 510k, aim screw, angled driver, associate, blue sky bio, cal-lab, custom abutment, dental, engineering, exocad, family, fiducial marker, frustration, general dentist, hiring, hyperdent, karinia, laboratory, libraries, math, milling parameters, miscommunication, mission trip, miyo, podcast, preferences, producibility, residency, scan body, surgical guide, technician, training, uncle, voices from the bench, vortex
This week we meet Dr. Danny Domingue, dentist and lab owner that talks about understanding the miscommunication between the two and how we can improve it. Dr. Domingue also talks about his way of giving back to dentistry with his invention of the Vortex screw.
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Episode 350: DESS-cribing a Better Workflow with Jimmy Stegall & Saro Hatzakortzian
December 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
analogs, blanks, clear aligners, dental, dentsply, fda, gold coating, laboratory, loc, milling, molar city, mua, nadl, plug and play, podcast, production, sales, scan post, scanning, screw, software, spain, teach, technician, validated, voices from the bench
Two giants in our industry talk all about the parts, pieces, and workflow for the DESS Dental Solution. Jimmy Stegall from Here To Serve Dental and Saro Hatzakortzian from Alien Milling Technologies discuss why they choose DESS when picking implant components.
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349: The Culture of Diamondhead Dental Lab with Darin & Mike Swartz
December 2nd, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
archibald, building relationships, cerec, culture, culture camp, dental, dentist, education, foundation, full arch smart people, growth, hands-on, hearts, high end, in-office, ios, laboratory, north star, opportunities, partner, passion, podcast, saying no, scanner program, technician, trust, voices from the bench, waxing, yearly retreat
Two brothers, that both went through the John Archibald apprenticeship program, eventually come together to open Diamondhead Dental Lab focusing on creating a culture of partnership and quality while always guided by their "north star".
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Episode 348: The DNA of 3D Printing with Mike Gordon & 3DNA Dental
November 25th, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins
3d printing, ai, aligners, bands, carbon, collaboration, dental, electronics, focus on equipment, growth cycle, hawaii, it support, laboratory, metal printing, mill, one click, partner, podcast, powders, recycle, refinement, shape memory, snoring devices, technician, value, voices from the bench
Joining the podcast this week is Mike Gordon from 3DNA Dental. Mike talks about his journey into dental, getting into 3D printing, the advances in AI treatment planning, and the benefits of direct to print clear aligners
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347: A Stack of Nerds Talking About Surgical Guides with Alan Banks from GuidedSMILE
November 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
angles screw chambers, blue sky bio, bone reduction, cbct, chairside, chrome, clicks, communication, conversion, custom mua, dental, dme, dual scan, fda, geometry, guided, implants, laboratory, metal printing, nerd, oem, podcast, printer, roe, sleeveless, smart denture conversion, stl, surgical guides, technician, treatment planning, university, voices from the bench
What happens when two implant nerds talk about stackable surgical guides? Well find out as Elvis has a chat with Alan Banks from GuidedSMILE about how they use RealGuide to streamline the workflow and obtain more predictable results.
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346: Easing the Pain of Case Entry with Randy Berry & Jessica Wallen
November 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 2 mins
72 hours, call, code books, communication, dental, departments, enty, hold, ios, laboratory, metal printers, outsourcing, partials, phone, photos, podcast, printing, production software, remote, shades, sick days, technical, technician, ups, voices from the bench, waiting
This week we talk to Randy Berry and Jessica Wallen who have taken on the task of doing remote case entry and invoicing for labs. With their company Certaineed Consulting, they can log in the incoming work while you concentrate on doing the incoming work.
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345: The Golden Age of Photogrammetry with Kamil Zborowski
November 4th, 2024 | 59 mins 49 secs
consulting, conversions, dental, dentures, design software, early cad cam, europe, exocad, full arch, healing abutments, immediate load, intraoral, laboratory, lava, mill temporaries, podcast, scan bodies, service, spain, teaching, technician, voices from the bench, workflow
This week we learn all about the camera that gets implant placement from outside the mouth, Photogrammetry. Kamil Zborowski from WTI Dental Concepts talks about the history, the how, the why, and how to go about getting into this fascinating full arch workflow.
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344: Stephenie Who? with Stephenie Goddard the CEO of Glidewell Laboratories
October 28th, 2024 | 1 hr 2 mins
510k, banks, bruxzir, celebrate cultures, ceo, chinese new year, christmas party, culture shock, dental, eduction, fds, fusion, hiring, human resources, introvert, laboratory, leadership development, medical manufacturing, model room finance, office, podcast, radiant, respect the vision, technician, training cdt, voices from the bench, who, wwjgd
This week we get to meet the person that took over as CEO of Glidewell Laboratories 3 years ago, Stephenie Goddard. Stephenie talks about her 18 year history with the company, helping them grow in technicians and technology, and creating their leadership program that has allowed the lab to scale to the size it is today.
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343: From Analog Bench to Digital Chair with Dr. Timothy Royer
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 22 secs
3shape, all-on-x, analog, art, biomedical sciences, dental, digital, draw, education, exocad, fixed, hot water heater, immediacy protocol, in-office, ios, kid at heart, laboratory, mardi gras, masters, mission trip, monolithic prints, nadl, options, paper, podcast, printing, technician, texas, training, videos, voices from the bench, zest
This week we meet Dr. Timothy Royer from Elite Dentures who started as a dental technician. Dr. Royer talks about finding dental technology, becoming a dentist because he could do better, the immediacy protocol, and providing proper care and proper treatments to edentulous patients.
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342: The Right People, The Right Time with Tom Heusing, Bob Hadley, and Erica DiManna from Aidite North America
October 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
china, dealer summit, dental, europe, exocad, expectations, fitness, full gambit, furnaces, grow 3x, history, inlab, kol, lab day, laboratory, marketing, material technology company, mills, norbert, nowak, podcast, printers, right time, samples, scanners, scientist, sirona, smile plan, social media, stock exchange, technician, training, translucency, voices from the bench, youtube, zirconia, zubler
This week we meet most of the team for Aidite North America. Tom Heusing, Bob Hadley, and Erica DiManna come on to talk about running a successful division of Adite by providing quality products and working with good people and partners.
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341: Higher Quality Without the Higher Price with Dr. Ben Kellum
October 7th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
affordable, career, communication, dental, dental school, donations, drug recovery, education, exocad, ideal treatment, implants, iv sedation, laboratory, megagen, mill, nonprofit, podcast, residency, technician, texting, university of oklahoma, voices from the bench, workflow
This week we meet Dr. Ben Kellum, Co-Owner of Transcend Dental Clinic, a Christian Based Clinic in Huntsville, Alabama focused on Full Arch Implant Dentistry for the less fortunate without compromising quality of treatment.
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340: All Levels of Collaboration with Don Bell from Ivocar
September 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
academy, analog, clinical, cool, corn seed, covid, cyber attacks, dental, denture teeth, dentures, digital, emax, feedback, final restorations, globally, ivobase, laboratory, meetings, podcast, pressing, printing, promotions, sprint ray, strategic plans, technician, voices from the bench, year end
After an update with Barb about the hurricane and a EXCITING announcement, we have a great conversation with Don Bell from Ivoclar North America. Don gives a great overview perspective of all things dental, including dentures, printable emax, customer feedback, and so much more.
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339: The Jewel of Canadian Dentures with Jade Connors
September 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
all-on-x, authority, braces, canada, curious, dental, dentist, denturist, extrovert, generation, graphic art, laboratory, mental health, natural, nda, paper, photography, podcast, retread, speaker, synchronize swimming, technician, voices from the bench
This week we meet Canadian Denturist, Jade Connors. Jade talks about her journey from art to dental to eventually denturism. It took coming to terms of herself before she could eventually find the career that is both rewarding and satisfying.
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338: More Units Don't Always Mean More Profits with David Lesh
September 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 2 mins
average doctor value, break even, budget, charge, cogs, contribution margins, dental, fedex, financials, gross margins, growth planner, income statements, laboratory, lemonade, lineal, p&l, percentage, podcast, profit, rushes, sales, tax, technician, time, voices from the bench
We welcome back to the podcast, David Lesh from 8&9 Consulting. David dives deep into the financials that labs need to understand to be profitable. Don't worry, he explains it like a 3rd grader so Elvis can even understand it.
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337: When Teeth and Art Come Together with Charlie Barbour
September 9th, 2024 | 56 mins 32 secs
bright colors, dental, designing, doodling, education, exocad, foundation degree, free time, graphic design, homework ipad, lab to lab, laboratory, milling center, ortho, pilot, podcast, radio therapy, royal family, scanning, seating and adjusting, straumann, studying, technician, tooth libraries, university, voices from the bench
When your love of art and your love of teeth can come together, wonderful things can happen. That is exactly what Charlie Barbour did as he talks about his journey in dental technology, learning about tooth anatomy, and turning it into amazing, detailed, and colorful art.
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336: A FREE Jamie Stover with Every Carbon Printer
September 2nd, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
3d printing, bates technical college, bench work, carbon, cdt, communication, delivery driver, dental, digital dentures, digital workflow, education, fixed, get involved, gps, handwritten, helping, knowledge, laboratory, management, nadl university, nbc, podcast, removable, sharing, technician, technology, voices from the bench, washington state
This week we talk to ex-delivery driver, ex-bench tech, ex-lab manager, ex-operations manager, to current Senior Manager of Application Strategy and Integration with Carbon Printer and current Chair of the National Board of Certification in Dental Laboratory Technology.