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
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258: Love At First Tooth with Lola and Mark Welch
March 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 6 mins
all-on-4, all-on-x, anaxdent, asiga, ceramic designs, dental, dtg, full arch, gc, headhunter, hybrids, implants, instagram, ivoclar, keystone, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, london, models, nexa3d, open source, pink composite, plant bases, podcast, social media, technician, trees, uk, voices from the bench
This week we talk to the Welch's. Lola and Mark meet while both working at dental labs in the UK. Together they talk about getting into the industry, falling in love, getting married, continuing to work together, and what amazing things they are doing today.
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257: A Nation Full of Full Arches with Dr. Mark Nation
February 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
airway, all-on-4, baby boomers, bruxism, cbct, christmas, clenching, dental, dry mouth, farm living, hybrid, implant failure, implants, iti, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, medication, mouth breather, occlusion, patient expectation, podcast, sleep apnea, technician, trauma, voices from the bench
This week we talk to Prosthodontist Dr. Mark Nation out of Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Nation spends a lot of time fixing bad "All-on-Xs", so he's seen the good and bad. Dr. Nation talks about the why patients’ teeth fail and the proper way to address the issues before restoring the teeth.
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256: Destined to Tell His Story with Anas Afana
February 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
ace, athletic, basement, burnout oven, dental, electric waxer, email, empress, equipment, esl, football, friends, gold, iowa, jordan, kirkwood, lab day, laboratory, lincoln supply, lmt lab day chicago, monster, nowak, podcast, siblings, soccer, sudan, technician, voices from the bench, waxing
This week we are joined by Anas Afana, owner of Ace Dental Lab and author of the book "Destined to Fail". Anas talks about growing up in Jordan and Sudan as the son of a diplomate, coming to America to learn dental technology, working at various labs, and eventually opening up his own.
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255: A Century worth Celebrating with Ivoclar: Laura Gilbert & Dr. David Rice
February 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
apologize close, bad impressions, clinical, communication, dani farago, dental, dentsply, denturists, ed mclaren, emotions, eric kukucka, esther schwenning, florida, hugo herbert, ibm, influencers, jed archibald, jenelle tabakovic, lab day, laboratory, lee culp, lmt lab day chicago, mackenzie mayer, materials, micheal roberts, non teachable, podcast, teachable, technician, trends, turn around times, voices from the bench, yuki momma
This week we ask the hard questions to Dr. David Rice, who will be at the Ivoclar Ballroom during Lab Day Chicago 2023. Also joining us is Laura Gilbert, the marketing director for Ivoclar, to talk about their BIG 100 year celebration going on all weekend!
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254: The Full Story of Full Contour with Rob Laizure
February 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
3shape, argen integration, artificial intelligence, cole bishop, dental, dental wings, dentures, digital, dropdental, family, itero, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, milling centers, night guards, outsource, partials, photography, podcast, relationships, surgical guides, technician, training, trios, value, voices from the bench
One of the largest design services in our industry is Full Contour and the president Rob Laizure comes on the podcast to tell us the story of scaling and growing to become what they are today along with their new partnership with 3shape
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253: Getting Candid About Candulor with Alexander Ewert
January 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
acrylic, advertising, colored wax, dental, dentures, germany, ids, lab day, laboratory, milk, molds, monomer, podcast, shade 34, swiss, technician, teeth, vision 21, voices from the bench
This week we talk to Alexander Ewert, the Director of Marketing & Education at the Swiss company Candulor. Alexander talks about the early days of Candulor, his past in dental labs, all the products they carry, and their dedication to removable education.
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252: The Family That Creates Smiles: Wayne Szara Sr, Mike Capps, Wayne Szara Jr, Steve Szara, and Erin Szara
January 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 9 mins
biomet 3i, christmas, dental, dental school, family, growing up in a lab, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, navy, orthodontics, podcast, students, technician, tiktok, triton college, vision 21, voices from the bench, whopper, youtube, zimmer
We have a full house on today's episode with multiple generations of a family all in dental technology. Joining us first is the one who started it all, Wayne Szara Sr. He pulled in his brother-in-law, Mike Capps. But also, his two sons, Wayne Szara Jr and Steve Szara. Now Steve's daughter Erin Szara is starting dental school. It's a big family of smile creators!
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251: A BIG Heart for Dental with Marithe Baclagon
January 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
anax usa, assisting, ceramist, dental, digital, ear, exocad, formlabs, full arch, gc america, icam, in-office lab, ivocalr, lab day, laboratory, master dental technician, nadl university, phd, podcast, printed jaw, technician, vision 21, voices from the bench
This week features a conversation with Marithe Baclagon, who’s passion for dental and teaching has guided her on a journey that you need to hear to believe. The amazing adventure starts chairside and goes on to teaching techniques to dentist.
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250: From In Office to In Lab with Tra' Chambers
January 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
blue cam, business, cerec doctor, dental, dental assistant, hammer, insurance payments, ivoclar, laboratory, labstar, lmt lab day chicago, omnicam, outsourcing, podcast, primescan, same day, seminars, sintering oven, technician, vision 21, voices from the bench, zirconia
Celebrating our 250th episode with a great conversation with Tra' Chambers from Express Dental Laboratory. Tra' talks about learning the clinical side of office management before owning a digital leading lab.
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249: A Feather In Your CAP with Rob Nazzal and icortica
January 2nd, 2023 | 58 mins 57 secs
3m, bar graphs, bob cohen, cam, crm, culture, dental, laboratory, lava, lmt lab day chicago, mentors, mills, podcast, roland, scanner, tech support, technician, true definition scanner, vision 21, voices from the bench
We are joined by co-creator and past CEO of CAP (Custom Automated Prosthetics), Rob Nazzal. Rob talks about getting into the dental industry, starting and running CAP, and his new venture of using data and analytics to grow labs with icortica.
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248: The Law(yer) of Printed Splints with Ira Rosenau and Keystone Industries
December 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
3d printing, 510k, beauty industry, carbon, clear splints, cure box, dental, fda, happy new year, ivoclar, laboratory, lawyer, lmt lab day chicago, models, mouthguards, nightguards, podcast, printers, printing, sugical guides, technician, voices from the bench
This week we chatted with a lawyer that helped set the bar for printed splints. Ira Rosenau from Keystone Industry talks about creating, developing, validating, and marketing the Keysplint resin and changing 3D printing in our industry forever.
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247: A Rural Technician for Rural Dentists with Anne Koelzer
December 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
dental, dentsply, ds world, family, flexcera, inlab, laboratory, ladies of the mill, lmt lab day chicago podcast, lugs, miyo, north dakota, patterson, salespeople, siblings, south dakota, technician, training, voices from the bench, wet and dirty
This week we venture to the middle of nowhere and talk with the owner of AMK Dental Lab in Nebraska, Anne Koelzer. Anne talks about working with her family that is full of dentists, building a lab, going digital, and how she learns and how she teaches all while in the middle of nowhere.
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246: The Colorful Life of a Removable Technician with Ashleigh Henderson
December 12th, 2022 | 57 mins 27 secs
aspen, bench assessment, blood, clear aligners, dental, digital, implants, instagram, laboratory, locators, models, overdentures, patient expectations, podcast, repairs, sameday, social media, surgery, technician, training, voices from the bench, workflow
This week brings us our first technician from Affordable Dentures and Implants. Ashleigh Henderson talks about life in Affordable’s lab, working directly with patients, same days, and so much more.
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245: Whip Mix Digital Forum 2022 Part 3: Step Toothmaster Bay & James Mahan from PTC
December 5th, 2022 | 1 hr
advanced, basic, casino, chairside, dental, dtg, education, framework, gc america, hands on, in-office, jelenko, john ness, laboratory, online, podcast, poker, steps, technician, testing, training, vision 21, voices from the bench, wagner rotary
This week we wrap up our conversations from the Whip Mix Digital Forum with two amazing people. Frist up is Step Toothmaster Bay talking about all things ceramics and then James Mahan from the PTC talking about training.
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244: Whip Mix Digital Forum 2022 Part 2: Jill Swafford, Eiron Simmons, Todd Hydock, & Dr. Michael Scherer
November 28th, 2022 | 59 mins 20 secs
cuff height, dental, dentures, education, folgers, full arch, housing, implants, inserts, laboratory, learning, leather pants, locator, lotm, new employees, podcast, removal tool, shade, technician, voices from the bench, zirconia
Back again with more conversations from the 2022 Whip Mix Digital Forum. This time with Jill Swafford, Eiron Simmons, Todd Hydock, and Dr. Michael Scherer.
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243: Whip Mix Digital Forum 2022 Part 1: Chris Wilson from Zubler USA, Blake Barksdale, Sandra Ramsey, and Bob Iulino
November 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 4 mins
ceramic, dental, dentures, glidewell, janitor, laboratory, ovens, podcast, porcelain, second generation, sintering, suction units, technician, voices from the bench, zirconia
We start our collection of conversations recorded LIVE LIVE at the Whip Mix Digital Forum 2022 with Chris Wilson from Zubler USA, Blake Barksdale, Sandra Ramsey, and Bob Iulino.