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

  • 242: Minimally Invasive Veneers to the MAX! with Jorgen Gad and Vincent Silvia

    November 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins
    bulimic, certified, clear aligners, competitive learning, contacts, cutback, dental, ed mclaren, education, invisalign, laboratory, milling center, no prep, noritake, norway, oslo, podcast, porcelain, technician, voices from the bench

    This week we talk to Vincent Silvia that went to the UCLA Center of Esthetic Dental Design and brings on Jorgen Gad from Norway to talk about what he is doing in the way of minimally invasive veneers.

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    241: Well Crafted at Pro-Craft with Cirenia Tobon & Dylan Schubert

    November 7th, 2022  |  58 mins 59 secs
    2nd generation, 3 shape, cad/cam, colorblind, conversion, dental, dentures, digital dentures, exocad, hawaii, ipad, laboratory, lmt lab day, pfm, podcast, technician, teeth, timer, tooth set up, training, voices from the bench

    This week we talk to a fantastic removable technician from Pro-Craft Dental Laboratory, Cirenia Tobon. Cirenia learned the trade in Mexico before bringing her talents to California. Dylan Schubert is the second generation lab owner building a lab on good training and interesting marketing.

  • 240: The Views From Mt. Aspen with Tiffany Carroll & Amanda Shelley

    October 31st, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins
    aspen, dental, dental assistant, dentures, instagram, laboratory, likes, military, partials, pod leader, podcast, relines, repairs, social media, technician, teeth, texas roadhouse, tiktok, views, voices from the bench

    This week Aspen Dental technicians Tiffany Carroll and Amanda Shelley join us to talk about life at Aspen and creating a TikTok account that gets MILLIONS of views.

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    239: Finding a Better Digital Removable Solution with John Madden

    October 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins
    3shape, acetal, claps, dental, dentures, education, exocad, laboratory, metal frames, partials, podcast, psychology, roland, school, technician, valplast, voices from the bench

    Digital dentures is all the rage. One great technician working on perfecting all digital removable prosthetics is John Madden CDT. John talks about the early days of digital, when to do them, how to do them, the successes and the struggles.

  • 238: The Best of Both Worlds in Removables: Jeremiah Naas and Finlay Sutton

    October 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins
    bite blocks, dental, denturism, denturist, education, implants, impressions, laboratory, mentors, national denturist, overdentures, patients, podcast, prosthetics, records, technician, treatment planning, voices from the bench

    This is a week of removable technique both clinical and technical. Jeremiah Nass, denturist from Maine and Finlay Sutton, prosthetic mastermind from England come together to talk about difficult patients, good techniques, and their upcoming live patient course that will cover the A to Z of obtaining removable records.

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    237: Chairside Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Austin Vetter

    October 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 29 secs
    3shape, anne koelzer, dental, desktop health, digital, einstein, evolve dentistry, exocad, green state, jack marrano, laboratory, miyo, podcast, technician, trios, vhf, voices from the bench

    This week we are joined by Dr. Austin Vetter, a dentist that has taken "in-office lab" to a whole new level. Dr. Vetter has multiple mills, printers, uses AI, and applies Miyo to his zirconia. Not to save a lab bill, but for efficiency. It's a look at how a lab can still work with these super GPs that like all the technology.

  • 236: Creating Magic with Removables with Mark Samuel Chan

    October 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins
    attachments, dental, denturism, denturist, education, hader bar, hurricane, implants, laboratory, partials, podcast, preat, prosthetics, scope of practice, screw retained, technician, treatment planning, voices from the bench

    We welcome Canadian Denturist Mark Samuel to the podcast. Mark talks about getting into this “crazy” profession, how a IDS visit changed the path, teaming up with Swiss NF Metals, and finding the best magic to use dealing with chairside removables

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    235: All About Zirconia (and other big words) with Dr. Rella Christensen & Jay Emirzian

    September 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 4 mins
    b&d technologies, bruxzir, burs, cement, clinical studies, dental, fractures, glidewell, laboratory, mills, podcast, stain and glaze, technician, tetragonal, trac research, voices from the bench, zubler usa

    Sure zirconia is the most used material in most dental labs. But do you really know about zirconia? If you thought you did, you will find out you probably didn't as we learn all about it with Dr. Rella Christensen and Jay Emirzian.

  • 234: The Digital Denturist Duo - Luke LaRocque-Walker & Paul Imperius

    September 19th, 2022  |  1 hr 8 mins
    2nd generation, 3shape, asiga, blue sky bio, cochrane, dental, dentist, denturism, exocad, feed the beast, hockey, implants, ivoclar, laboratory, medit, nextdent, p7, partials, podcast, sprint ray, technician, voices from the bench

    Pairing an amazing Denturist with a talented technician, both pushing for a digital workflow, only great things can happen. Luke LaRocque-Walker & Paul Imperius from True North Dentures and Implants Center come on to talk about their partnership for a better workflow and a better result.

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    Episode 233: Open Your Eyes and Learn More with Ocularist Zach Hetzler

    September 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins
    acrylic, customization, david bowie, dental, eyeballs, family, globes, laboratory, ocular prosthesis, orbital implant, pmma, podcast, prosthetic eye, scleral shell, second generation, suction, technician, voices from the bench

    Taking a break from teeth, Elvis and Barb welcome Zach Hetzler to the program to talk about eyes. Not his eyes, but the eyes he makes. Zach is a Board Certified Ocularist and he comes on to explain the industry, the process, and we discover the similarities to our own industry.

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    232: The Greatest Dentures of All Time (That Suck) with Paul McNally

    September 5th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins
    3shape, apprenticeship, carlow, carpenter, conversions, dental, dentist, denturism, exocad, gothic arch tracing, impressions, ivoclar, japan, laboratory, partials, patrick allen, podcast, public speaking, records, technician, voices from the bench

    Have you heard about mandibular suction dentures? Paul McNally, a denturist from Ireland, comes on the podcast to talk all about this amazing technique that he has learned and is now teaching to technicians, denturist, and dentist.

  • 231: LIVE from LOMT with Kelly Simpson, Jen Ludwig, Ashley Boggs, Mark Ferguson, and Jeremy Wohlers.

    August 29th, 2022  |  1 hr 9 mins
    3shape, alabama, birmingham, case in a box, conversions, dental, dentist, dme, elos, exocad, lab owner, laboratory, partials, podcast, public speaking, star trek, technician, that guy, travel, voices from the bench

    We are back with more amazing conversations from the Preat booth at the Ladies of the Mill Summit 2022. This week we talk to Kelly Simpson, Jen Ludwig, Ashley Boggs, Mark Ferguson, and Jeremy Wohlers.

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    230: The Ladies Take Over: Carrie Ling, Sandra Nohava, Courtney Bennett, Dani Farago, MacKenzie Mayer, Katie Boteler, Nina Frketin, & Jenelle Tabakovic

    August 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins
    3shape, ceramics, deepa, dental, exocad, female power, inspiration, instagram, kelly weliky, lab owners podcast, laboratory, lotm, mary valentine, minnesota, motivation, nashville, photography, removables, technician, texas, voices from the bench

    LIVE from the Ladies of the Mill Summit, Elvis talks to 3 great lab ladies (Carrie Ling, Sandra Nohava, Courtney Bennett) and 5 more (Dani Farago, MacKenzie Mayer, Katie Boteler, Nina Frketin, & Jenelle Tabakovic) talk amongst themselves about what they are up to, the meeting, and the power of support.

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    229: Blending Dental and Technology with Wolfgang & Michael Teiniker

    August 15th, 2022  |  1 hr 8 mins
    3shape, australia, bars, blender, cad cam, copings, crowns, custom abutments, dental, engineering, exocad, laboratory, libraries, new zealand, podcast, printing, technician, twins, voices from the bench

    Most labs use some sort of design software within their workflow. Did you know there is an affordable, fully capable, ever growing one out there made and run by technicians. Meet brothers Wolfgang & Michael Teiniker who brought us Blender For Dental.

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    228: Bringing Sexy Back to Dental Labs in the UK with Steve Campbell RDT

    August 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins
    analog, anne koelzer, apprenticeship, dental, dental share, digital, exocad, goverment, hugo sousa, laboratory, podcast, speaking, technician, training, voices from the bench

    All the way from the UK, the President of the Dental Laboratory Association, Steve Campbell joins the podcast. Steve talks about learning the craft, going digital, the history of dental technicians in the UK, and how we need to make dental technology "sexier" for the next generation.

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    227: Alakazam and Presto! It’s Tony Prestipino!

    August 1st, 2022  |  1 hr 10 mins
    all-on-4, all-on-x, biomet, confidence, dental, digital design, encode, laboratory, oem, pankey, partnership, podcast, porcelain abutment, technician, twins, voices from the bench, zimmer, zimvie

    This week we are joined by Tony Prestipino from Artifex Dental Laboratory. Tony talks about family, family lab life, and life with family out of the lab, and lab life with family. Also implants, conversions, and patents.