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

  • 284: Ladies of the Mill 2023 with Jessica Scott, Mandy Arena, Rachel Luoma, Jill Swafford, Christina Heaslip, Angelika Roseberry, Joetta Dixon, Amy Joers, and Becca Williams

    September 4th, 2023  |  1 hr 23 mins
    change, daughter, dental, denturism, digital workflow cdt, growing, iowa, kirkwood school, laboratory, on stage, podcast, renfert, speaker's retreat, speed dating, technician, theme song, voices from the bench, work wife

    This week is a BUNCH of conversations from the Ladies of the Mill Summit. Our first ever live on stage recording with Jessica Scott and Mandy Arena, then a conversation with Rachel Luoma, followed by "speed recording" with Jill Swafford, Christina Heaslip, Angelika Roseberry, Joetta Dixon, Amy Joers, and Becca Williams.

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    283: Their Digital Design Evidence is Evident with Guy Menzies

    August 28th, 2023  |  56 mins 20 secs
    24 hour, ai, cad, crown and bridge, dedicated team, dental, dental share, design, evident, exocad, full arch, implants, invoicing, ios integration, lab-to-lab, laboratory, new zealand, partials, podcast, productivity, profile, removable, shining 3d, smile design, technician, trends, voices from the bench

    This week is all about outsourcing digital designs with Evident. Guy Manzies, VP of Digital Design Services, comes on to talk about what it takes to handle all the different lab preferences with other 350 designers and keep constancy.

  • 282: A Spotlight On the Nightshift with Nina Frketin, Deppa Bharakhda, and Emily & Eleanor Pittard

    August 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min
    anax, articles, boards, clinical, dental, encourage, england, facebook, hand-on, instagram, lab day, laboratory, ladies of the mill, panthera, podcast, share, speaking, spotlight, support, swag, symposium, technician, tips, tour, uk, voices from the bench

    Working the Night Shift. We've all been there, but to 4 female technicians it's a way to support and encourage others to be their best. Nina Frketin, Deppa Bharakhda, and Emily & Eleanor Pittard talk all about their new group Nightshift.

  • 281: A Symposium of Talent with Von Grow, Hugo Hebert, and Firas Dahbour

    August 14th, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins
    4 by 4, alsip, around the world, dental, dtg magazine, french, gc america, gum battle, hands-on, improving, laboratory, late night, name drop, passionate workflow, photography, podcast, speaking, teaching, technician, technique, travel, voices from the bench

    To celebrate the return of the DTG Symposium in September, this week we talk to the founder of the DTG, Von Grow who joined by two speakers Hugo Herbert from Canada and Firas Dahbour from Jordan.

  • 280: Getting Smart About Conversions with Dr. Brandon Kofford

    August 7th, 2023  |  1 hr 7 mins
    air force, all-on-4, all-on-x, better quality, block out, break, conversions, dam it, dental, divergance, england, full arch, implants, laboratory, less time, locator, multi unit abutment, occlusion, overdenture, pick up, podcast, screws, separate, taper, technician, voices from the bench

    If you do conversions, are thinking about doing conversions, or just want to learn more, this is the episode for you. We talk to Dr. Brandon Kofford, a prosthodontist that developed the Smart Denture Conversions system that saves time and produces a better restoration.

  • 279: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 5 with Glen Smith and Gary Archer

    July 31st, 2023  |  1 hr 3 mins
    all-on-4, asiga, auctions, austin powers, auto wash, british teeth, broken teeth, cdt, dental, diastema, digital, fangs, genesis, interview with a vampire, ivoclar, lab day west, laboratory, lock down, passion, podcast, printing, te, technician, teeth, training, try in, ugly, voices from the bench, vulcanite, wax, whitney houston, workflow

    This week we wrap up the conversions from LMT Lab Day West 2023 thanks to Ivoclar. First up is Glen Smith from the Apex Dental Lab Group talking about digital denture workflow and the “movie toothmaker” Gary Archer talks about what recent movies and shows he has worked on.

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    278: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 4 with Chad Brox and Eddie Corrales

    July 24th, 2023  |  57 mins 11 secs
    3shape, cerec, dental, empress, facebook, family, ivoclar, lab day west, laboratory, las vegas, management software, marketing, mcxl, model work, omnicam, patterson, perfectionist, photography, podcast, primescan, same day, spain, stain and glaze, strippers, technician, treatment acceptance, voices from the bench, zirprime

    Once again, we are back with more conversations from LMT Lab Day West thanks to our friends at Ivoclar. This week we talk to 3rd generation lab owner Chad Brox and Same Day Chairside Smile Maker Eddie Corrales.

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    277: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 3 with Amber Rodriguez and Robert & Ardith Berger

    July 17th, 2023  |  54 mins 29 secs
    abutments, bars, dental, digital workflow, dipping wax, electronic waxer, handmade, implants, improving, ivoclar, kerr, lab day west, laboratory, packing porcelain, podcast, president of aaed, public speaking, table clinics, technician, tissue level, tri-lobe, voices from the bench

    We are back with Ivoclar at the LMT Lab Day West where we talk to Amber Rodriguez from Preat and two living legends Robert & Ardith Berger talking about the legacy of Belle de St. Claire.

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    276: Racing For Our Industry's Future with Martha Martin, Lindsey Rowan, and Nicole Jackson

    July 10th, 2023  |  1 hr 2 mins
    biking, cdt, chicago, dental, fundraising, grants, laboratory, nadl university, podcastast, running, scholarships, sponsors, swimming, technician, triathlon, voices from the bench

    This week we are bringing on 3 guests that are just as passionate as we are about The Race for the Future, The Foundation For Dental Laboratory Technology, and helping to make our industry better through education and opportunities. Joining us are Martha Martin, Lindsey Rowan, and Nicole Jackson.

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    275: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 2 with Heather Voss and Daniel Serrago

    July 3rd, 2023  |  59 mins 23 secs
    dental, digital specialty, fdlt, fix, french horn, furnaces, handpieces, ivoclar, lab day west, laboratory, mills, nbc, next generation, pfm, podcast, public awareness, recruiting, repair, small lab, social media, surveys, technician, vision 21, voices from the bench, zirconia

    Back again at LMT Lab Day West thanks to Ivoclar! This week brings us the current President of the NADL, Heather Voss and the owner of Garland Dental Services, Daniel Serrago.

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    274: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 1 with Calvin Song and Sevan Pulurian

    June 26th, 2023  |  59 mins 49 secs
    24/7, ada, ai, business development, cal-lab, cosmetic, custom tray, dental, dental lab network, diagnostic wax ups, facebook, grassroots, laboratory, milling center, model, model builder express, night guards, podcast, sales tax, support, technician, voices from the bench

    Back in May, Elvis and Barb took the podcast to LMT Lab Day West thanks to our good friends at Ivoclar. This week we talk to Calvin Song from Creodent about New York wanting to tax veneers and Sevan Pulurian who updates us on all things 3shape.

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    273: Showing Some Love to the Model Room with Marsha Mais

    June 19th, 2023  |  1 hr 16 secs
    appreciate, assistance, cdt, dental, distilled water, externship, hygiene, laboratory, ortho, podcast, pro pay, removable, technician, toaster oven, vaccine, vacuum mixer, voices from the bench

    Let's all show some love to our friends in the model room! This week Marsha Mais joins the podcast to talk about her journey to a dental laboratory, some nice tips and tricks, and how we all need to stop and appreciate those that do model work.

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    272: A Custom Partnership for All the Abutments with Ruben Arebalo & Jon Barnes

    June 12th, 2023  |  1 hr 5 mins
    510k, abutments, analogs, cad, clear aligners, crystal ultra, dental, digital library, fda, identification, implant id, implants, laboratory, locators, mill machines, overdentures, podcast, scan bodies, tech calls, technician, temporary cylinders, ti bases, toothpaste, voices from the bench

    Wanting to do custom abutments in your lab? Save some time and money? Find out how Ruben Arebalo from Preat and Jon Barnes from Digital Dental have partnered up to bring you an FDA compliant workflow that will keep your lab milling.

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    Episode 271: A Chat about the Craft of Making a Crozat with Jay Work III

    June 5th, 2023  |  1 hr 10 secs
    alf appliance, apartment, bird beak pliers, crib, dental, hydrogen, lab, laboratory, orthodontics, palate expanders, podcast, solder, sprint ray, teaching, technician, temporary anchor devices, voices from the bench, wire bending

    Owning a lab that makes only one appliance, Jay R. Work III is only one of four technicians in the US to make the Crozat device. Hear the story of him discovering it, what a Crozat is, and how it fits into a crowded ortho world.

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    270: Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain with Daniel Hassler

    May 29th, 2023  |  48 mins 3 secs
    air force, cdt, dental, denturist, dream sheet, ears, fivr, gro3x, high end, ivoclar, jimmy johns, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, manual, marketing lab next, maverick, noses, podcast, post graduate, remote testing, technician, voices from the bench, wizard of oz

    This week Voices From the Bench talks to the owner of Wizards of the Bench, Daniel Hassler. Daniel talks about learning in the Airforce, working in a few labs in a few states and eventually opening a lab that is busy right out of the gate.

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    269: Wrapping It All Up at the Ivoclar Ballroom From Lab Day Chicago with Susan van Kinsbergen, Neal Allen, Julio Munoz, Zack Wojdan

    May 22nd, 2023  |  1 hr 4 mins
    ai design, all-on-4, artistic, builder, carbon, ceramics, chairside, conversions, dani, daughter, dental, drivers, flexible, glaze, high end, hybrids, immediate load, implants, issaquah, ivoclar, knight, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, leadership, manager, milling, miyo, opaque, open door, pfm, photography, podcast, printing, removables, screws, shipping, technician, teeth, thanksgiving, voices from the bench, welu, zimvie

    Elvis and Barb wrap up all the amazing recordings from the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Susan van Kinsbergen, Neal Allen, Julio Munoz, and Zack Wojdan