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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.

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.

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.

335: Wealth from Remake Warranties with Jack Manno, Kim Solomon, and Max Zanan

August 26th, 2024  |  1 hr 9 mins

5 years, car insurance, concept of risk, dental, exit plan, investing, laboratory, loss revenue, podcast, remakes, retaining accounts, retirement, same day claims, taxes, technician, underwriting, voices from the bench, warranty

How can we make remakes less painful? How about a way to warranty everything the lab does for 5 years, while the lab gets reimbursed, and the lab builds wealth. Jack Manno, Kim Solomon, and Max Zanan will tell you how.

334: Optimizing Your Workflow Through Automation with Kris Wouters & OQCAM

August 19th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 secs

3d printing, ai, artificial intelligence, automation, belgium, cloud based, computer power, dental, implants, labels, laboratory, optimize, organize, orientation strategy, podcast, prioritize, scaling, simplant, technician, value, voices from the bench

Nobody enjoys the boring work in a lab. This week we meet Kris Wouters, the CEO of OQCAM. OQCAM is looking at using AI to help automate many of the tasks associated in a dental lab's digital workflow and allow labs more time to do better work. All size labs can benefit from this service.

333: Success in Florida with Dany Sakr, Nick Azzara, Ifet Ahmeti, & Whitney Courtney

August 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 11 mins

3shape, adite, ah ha moments, analog to digital, attachments, cdt, dental, digital, education, email, employees, exocad, framework, generous, high end, imetric, implant, in-office, jensen dental, laboratory, lou, management, millbox, miyo, on-site, partials, podcast, prince, removables, sales person, simulate situations, size matters, solution, teaching, technician, trade shows, voices from the bench, wife

We wrap up our trip to the FDLA 2024 Symposium thanks to the WONDERFUL people at Jensen Dental with conversations with Dany Sakr, Nick Azzara, Ifet Ahmeti, and Whitney Courtney

332: WYSIWYG with Jensen Dental at the FDLA with Terry McQuiston, Juston Gates, and Nina Rapuano

August 5th, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins

ah ha, alloy, argen, bars, chemistry, customer service, dental, education, empowerment, fortune teller, foundation, framework, giving back, global, high end, imagination, jelenko, jensen dental, laboratory, labs only, love, mia, microstar, miyo, model resin, nail polish, pankey institute, podcast, race for the future, ring toss, sales, technical miyo, technician, voices from the bench, vp, wine

We are back in the wonderful Jensen booth at the FDLA 2024 Symposium. This week we are joined by MIYO expert Terry McQuiston, the new VP of Global Sales Juston Gates, and the always helpful Nina Rapuano from Jensen Dental.

331: Fun in the Sun at the FDLA with Enja Dorchuluun, Bart Cothran, & Fernando DeLeon

July 29th, 2024  |  1 hr 15 mins

aacd, aidite, automation, board, bubbles, captek, ceramist, change growth, copier, dental, digital dentures, duplexes, evident, facd, farm, giving back, heat, heygears, hr, hybrids, jensen dental, kol, laboratory, learning curve, miyo, owner, pm7, podcast, president, pucks, reflection, shade, structure, teaching, technician, voices from the bench, wine, wine toss, zircon zahn

Thanks to the amazing people at Jensen Dental, we got to set up at the Florida Dental Laboratory Symposium in Orlando, Florida back in June. This week brings three wonderful conversations with Enja Dorchuluun, Bart Cothran, & Fernando DeLeon

330: The Final More From exocad Insights 2024 with Chuck Genco, Yousef Ibrahim, Maher Al Hanfeish, Jen Ludwig, and Lindsey Rowan

July 22nd, 2024  |  1 hr 7 mins

10k, 5k, ai, all-on-4, cdt, cheerleading, corus, dental, digital, dso, dtx, efficiency, exocad, fort worth, fundraising, grants, implants, ivoclar, laboratory, leadership, miyo, podcast, raising money, scanning, solutions, sponsorships, support, technician, texas, time to teeth, triathlon, van hook, voices from the bench, warranty, workflow, zirconia

All good things must end as we wrap up the final conversations from exocad Insights 2024 with Chuck Genco, Yousef Ibrahim, Maher Al Hanfeish. Then we tack on a conversation about the Race For the Future with Jen Ludwig and Lindsey Rowan.

329: Three More From exocad Insights 2024 with Dr. Marcus White, Ashley Bryne, & Seth Potter

July 15th, 2024  |  1 hr 12 mins

application, canada, ceramist, certified, conversion, cow shed, crowns, dental, dental therapist, digital, dominican republic, drake dental lab, excel, exocad, focus, free hand implants, freelance, full arch, group, implant planning, implants, indeed, ios scans, itero, laboratory, laptop, loyalty, luggage, milling center, night guards, podcast, printing, remote, share concepts, spain, synergy, technician, test, together, trainer, vacation, voices from the bench, workflow

Back on the island of Mallorca Spain at exocad Insights 2024 with 3 fantastic conversations including Dr. Marcus White, Ashley Bryne, & Seth Potter

328: More & More From exocad Insights 2024 with Beth Collington, Luis Saraiva, and Nuno Borrego

July 8th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

Back to the Beach this week with more conversations at exocad Insights 2024 with the President of exocad North America, Beth Colington, Portugal lab owner Luis Saraiva, and Nuno Borrego who is connection designers around the world with work that needs done.

327: Even More from Exocad Insights 2024 with Kristina & Margarita Vaitelyte and Cat Edney

July 1st, 2024  |  1 hr 12 mins

aligners, analog, bright white, can't numb, communication, dental, digital, direct access, direct restorations, direct to patients, drill and fill, efficacy, exocad, exocad art, implants, itero, ivoclar, laboratory, lithuanian, miyo, no walls, partnership, podcast, restorative hygienist, scotland, speaker, teamwork, technician, video, voices from the bench, whatsapp

We are back with even more conversations from Exocad Insights 2024 from the island of Mallorca, Spain! This week we talk to sister's Kristina Vaitelyte, the CAD expert and Margarita Vaitelyte, the Ceramist. Then we find out what a Dental Therapist is with Cat Edney.

326: Exocad Insights 2024 with Jaime Moreno, Saulius Janusevicius, Alex Chabachevitch, Pinhas Adar

June 24th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins

air force manual, army, ceramic, dental, dentures, digital, drawing, exocad, fixed, hotlanta, laboratory, movie star, pen 3d, perceived value, podcast, prices, printing, procera, spain, stratus, technician, test, trainer, ukraine, university, voices from the bench, willy gellar

We start off our collection of conversations from exocad Insights 2024! This week features Jaime Moreno from Spain, Saulius Janusevicius from Lithuania, Alex Chabachevitch from Canada, and Pinhas Adar from the US.

325: For the Love of Teeth and Industry with Sabine Mayer & Denise Burris

June 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

analog dinosaur, career, cdt, dental, denver, germany, grants, ids, inspire, italy, jensen, job, laboratory, layering social media, love, miyo, nightshift, passion, podcast, race for the future, scholarships, smile line, technician, voices from the bench

This week we meet Sabine Mayer, expert ceramist that was in a production lab for 28 years before finding love and a passion for her work. Then we have a great conversion with the President of the NADL, Denise Burris, who we sat down with at the FDLA Symposium.

324: A Raw Look at Full Arch with Dr. Ryan Dunlop and Dr. Johnathan Abenaim

June 10th, 2024  |  1 hr 5 mins

artist, change, communication, courses, dark side, dental, dental implants, digital, do it right, foundation, full arch, hands on, implants, innovating, laboratory, learning, mindset, podcast, teaching, team, technician, truthful, unfiltered, unsponsored, voices from the bench

This week we dive deep into full arch dentistry with Dr. Ryan Dunlop and Dr. Johnathan Abenaim. They both teach their own courses, but soon they will partner up on stage to give the clinicians, the staff, and the dental technicians a RAW look into this ever-growing procedure.

323: Answering Opportunity with Thomas Brainsky

June 3rd, 2024  |  1 hr 6 mins

aptitude, attitude, babies, carbon, dental, different, digital jay collins, employees, entrepreneur, failures, faster, hired, laboratory, lessons, marketing, not my job, podcast, problem solver, salespeople, scalability, taxes, technician, trucking, twins, voices from the bench, warped sense of humor, wellness program

This week we get to know Entrepreneur Thomas Brainsky. Thomas bought a lab 12 years ago with no knowledge of dental labs. He has since sold his lab and shares everything he learned along the way. The good and the bad.