Displaying 5 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "aidite".
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442: Michael Wandling: The Long Road to CDT of the Year
September 14th, 2026 | 1 hr 12 mins
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This week on Voices From the Bench, we finally sit down with the 2025 CDT of the Year, Mike Wandling! Mike shares his journey from starting as a dental technician in 2001 to becoming an educator, Master CDT, examiner, NBC Board member, lab owner, and now Operations Manager at Summit Horizon Dental Laboratory. We talk certification, education, the future of the CDT program, his “A-Team” partnership with Barb, and what it means to give back to the dental laboratory industry.
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403: Live from Lab Fest 2025: Duff Wilson and the Importance of Good Vendor Relationships with Aidite
December 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 18 mins
CAD/CAM, aidite, crown and bridge, dental, dental laboratory, dental technology, dentures, design services, digital dentistry, full arch, implant restorations, lab associations, lab efficiency, lab ownership, laboratory, lean workflow, mentorship, milling center, relationship, relationships, removables, support, technician, technician education, voices from the bench, zirconia
Duff Wilson shares his unconventional journey through dental technology—from getting thrown into high-volume removables at a major lab to building a lean, relationship-driven lab that’s thrived for over two decades. Along the way, he breaks down why mentorship, smart workflows, and trusting the right people and products matter more than hype, trends, or chasing volume in today’s dental lab world.
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331: Fun in the Sun at the FDLA with Enja Dorchuluun, Bart Cothran, & Fernando DeLeon
July 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 15 mins
Wine, 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 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
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296: Igniting The Fire In Your Belly with Marina Caponigro
November 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
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This week we talk to the ever-enthusiastic Marina Caponigro from the Smileology Group Dental Lab. Marina talks about coming to America, learning chairside and lab work, her passion for teaching others, and opening her own lab to help other labs.
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168: Reaching A New Summit: Norbert Ulmer and Gro3X
June 14th, 2021 | 58 mins 9 secs
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Joining the podcast this week is Norbert Ulmer. Norbert has a long history with Sirona and our industry. He talks about the early days selling in Europe, connecting with Sirona, bringing it to the US, and his new company Gro3X.