Voices from The Bench

A Dental Laboratory Podcast

About the show

A weekly podcast dedicated to the dental laboratory industry. Featuring anyone associated with the profession from all over the world. Host are in their own dental laboratory every day making teeth and interviewing people from the industry on their time off. New episodes every Monday morning.

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Episodes

  • 162: Don’t Mess with Texas Part 1: DLAT 2021-Cade Tippet, Marlin Gohn, Fernando Sanchez Jr, Gary Osborn, Spencer Watkins

    May 3rd, 2021  |  51 mins 23 secs
    3shape, alaska, argen, cdt, dental, dentist, dlat, fema, laboratory, live stream, masks, podcast, printing, technician, texas, va, voices from the bench

    Great fun from Texas! The Dental Laboratory Association of Texas (DLAT) held the first in-person meeting of the year! We were there, not there - live, not live at the Argen booth. This episode has us talking to Cade Tippet, Marlin Gohn, Fernando Sanchez Jr, Gary Osborn, and Spencer Watkins.

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    161: Coming To America: John Orfanidis & Exocad

    April 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 20 mins
    3shape, cdt, dental, dental wings, digital dentures, haptic device, inlab, laboratory, podcast, scanners, smile design, stl, surgical guides, technician, tufts university, voices from the bench

    Do you want to know how Exocad came to America? John Orfanidis comes on the podcast to tell the story of growing up in a VERY dental family, opening a lab, being the first lab to have Exocad, and then taking it to the rest of the USA. John is and was a teacher, trainer, advocate, and Exocad evangelist.

  • 160: Keeping Your Smile In Line: Chris Bradley & Smile Line USA

    April 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 23 secs
    carving, cdt, coors, dental, dr. ed mclaren, ids, kolinsky brush, laboratory, ladies of the mill, podcast, preat, shade tabs, technician, try before you buy, voices from the bench, zirconia

    Joining us on this episode is Chis Bradley from Smile Line USA. Chris talks about her history with the industry, getting connected with the dental lab instrument manufacturer out of Switzerland, and a amazing service call "My Bench Box"

  • 159: 3Shape vs Exocad: Sevan Pulurian, Matt Mills, and Enja Dorjchuluun

    April 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins
    3shape, abutment, communicate, dental, exocad, full arch, gingival sculpting, laboratory, podcast, save function, scanners, support, technician, upgrades, voices from the bench, yearly fees, zirkonzahn

    Three technicians compare two design software the most labs use. This is 3Shape vs Exocad. Sevan Pulurian is from Team 3Shape. Matt Mills is from Team ExoCad. Enja Dorjchuluun is from Team "Uses Them All". They discuss the many pros and cons to each.

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    158: Printing a Family's Legacy: Justin Marks CDT and Printed Valplast

    April 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 43 secs
    3shape, additive manufacturing, cdt, claps, covid-19, dental, flexible, laboratory, podcast, printing, technician, try ins, voices from the bench

    A very common and popular partial option is the flexible partial. But for labs, they are not the easiest to make. Justin Marks from Arfona Printing is here to help. The grandson of the creator of Valplast has created a way to print a flexible partial and to make all of our lives better.

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    157: The Abstract Removable Technician: Tom Panei CDT

    March 29th, 2021  |  59 mins 28 secs
    abstract, cdt, chalk, dental, gc gradia, laboratory, oak, patients, podcast, set ups, technician, texas, vision 21, voices from the bench

    Tom Panei grew up loving art and music and by chance found himself making dentures for a solo dentist. Finding a balance with teeth, art, and music has allowed Tom to excel at all three. Tom talks about being a one-person lab, getting to work directly with patients, and how skills from one talent helps in another.

  • 156: Dental Lab Schoolhouse Rock: Renata Budny, Jeffry Tobon, & Aneeza Hussain

    March 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins
    cdt, chairside solutions, college, dental, dentist, digital design, education, laboratory, new york, podcast, technician, voices from the bench

    We are celebrating our 3rd year of doing the podcast and we welcome back on our very first guest Renata Budny. She teaches at the New York City College of Technology in the dental lab department and she is joined by two graduates of the program, Jeffry Tobon and Aneeza Hussain.

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    155: The Art of Making Ugly Teeth for Films: Gary Archer

    March 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins
    austin powers, blade, cameron diaz, cdt, dental, interview with a vampire, laboratory, midline, mike myers, mrs. doubtfire, owen wilson, podcast, robin williams, salma hayek, technician, tom cruise, vampire teeth, voices from the bench

    Imagine a dental technician's job where you get to make teeth look bad. But you get to do it on famous people for movies. That is exactly what Gary Archer does. He's a trained dental technician that also does special effects work for movies and TV. Hear him talk about some of the techniques he uses to turn a super white Hollywood smile into neglected teeth.

  • 154: Knock, Knock - Who's There - The FDA : Tim Torbenson and Evo820

    March 8th, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins
    cdt, dental, dlat, fda requirements, laboratory, mills, podcast, printers, quality management system, stacked porcelain, technician, texas, voices from the bench, zirconia

    With the dental laboratory industry getting more and more into automated machine made restorations, the FDA is taking notice and wants to make sure we are still making a safe product. Tim Torbenson from Evo820 comes on the podcast to talk about how he can help a lab be prepared for when they do come a-knockin'.

  • 153: Envisioning the Future of 3D Printing: Al Siblani and EnvisionTEC

    March 1st, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min
    air hockey, chairside printing, covid-19, dental, ears, laboratory, pirates movie, podcast, printed dentures, rings, swabs, technician, voices from the bench, water wash, z axis

    Al Siblani has been in the 3D printing business since the 90s. After disrupting the jewelry and hearing aid industries, Al and EnvisionTec entered the dental field. Al talks about how he had to adapt to a market that demanded accuracy and speed, how they helped during the early days of the pandemic, and what exciting things EnvisionTEC is working on now.

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    152: A Team Approach to a Family's Lab: Michael Farago and Concord Dental Lab

    February 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins
    2nd generation, 3shape, analog, association, associations, business consulting, cap, dental, india, laboratory, podcast, roland, technician, vision 21, voices from the bench

    Many labs are owned by technicians or past technicians but Michael Farago, a son of a technician, who has never made a dental restoration has successfully taken an analog lab and helped create a sustainable business that will grow with technology.

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    151: Creative Marketing in a Creative Industry: Tay Harvey and anaxdent North America

    February 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins
    3m, dental, flasking, gingiva composite, imtec, laboratory, pekkton, pmma, podcast, rapping, technician, voices from the bench

    Ever wonder how a company starts in our industry. Tay Harvey comes on the podcast to tell the interesting story of how she brought anaxdent to North America and took it from an unknown product line to one of the more unique companies in our industry. They are all that and a bag of chips (90s phrase).

  • 150: Getting In Bed (To Sleep) with Dr. Mark Murphy & ProSomnus® Sleep Technologies

    February 8th, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins
    apnea, cpap, dental, laboratory, microdental, milled pmma, nadl, oat medical device manufacturer, pankey institute, podcast, snoring, technician, voices from the bench

    Dr. Mark Murphy comes on the podcast to talk about all the terrible sleep we are getting. Luckily he and ProSomnus® Sleep Technologies have a solution. Mark talks about his journey from clinical dentistry, to dental laboratories, to sleep devices and all the fun he had along the way.

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    149: The Opulence From the Digital Workflow: Jesse Zamarripa from Opulent Digital Specialists

    February 1st, 2021  |  1 hr 49 secs
    cad, cam, cdt, covid-19, dental, digital, laboratory, mill, motion 2, nadl, podcast, printer, scanner, sprintray, technician, training, vision 21, voices from the bench

    After a quick update from Bennett Napier from the NADL, we talk with Jesse Zamarripa from Opulent Digital Specialists talking about taking labs on a digital workflow journey. Either starting a lab with everything they need or improving a current lab’s options, Opulent can help with a dedicated team 24/7.

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    148: A Better Fit with Friction with Arian Deutsch

    January 25th, 2021  |  1 hr 8 secs
    bar, dental, denturist, dtg, espresso, laboratory, miyo, overdenture, podcast, removable, substructure, technician, voices from the bench, zirconia

    Arian Deutsch joins the podcast this week to talk about finding his way to Arizona to almost be a denturist, creating a lab that does only the work he wants to do, and mixing CAD/CAM and art to produce telescopic bridges with the use of friction fitted gold copings.

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    147: The Need for (the Curve of) Spee with Steffen Rohrbach and the Swiss School of Prosthetics

    January 18th, 2021  |  55 mins 8 secs
    courses, dental, fundamentals, germany, injection, laboratory, occlusion, podcast, process, set ups, technician, teeth, voices from the bench

    Someone saw the need for good education for removable technicians and did something about it. Steffen Rohrbach from Edmonds Dental Prosthetics comes on to talk about teaming up with Candulor to become the first teacher in the US for the Swiss School of Prosthetics.