Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 15 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag “analog”.
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368: From the 40th Lab Day 2025 Part 4 with Eric Kukucka, Chelsea Homire, & Brittany Mitchell
April 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
3d printing, 3shape, 4 days, adhesive, analog, art, aspen, associates, cerec, customized, d3 splint, dental, dentures, design, digital, donate, drawing, exocad, expanded function, facebook, front desk, implants, in-house, in-office, ivobase, laboratory, luciton, mesh mixer, partners, patients, protocols, quality, removable, signature elite, skill, sprint ray, st. louise, technician, the office, trade school, training, vhf mill, voices from the bench
We are back again in the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago 2025. This week we talk to Eric Kukucka from Aspen Dental, Chelsea Homire a dental assistant turned lab tech, and Brittany Michell, a lab tech that does digital dentures in a 12 doctor group.
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362: Josie Schmitz-Burchartz is Marinating in Denture Goodness
March 3rd, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
analog, border molding, canada, cleaning, clear dentures, dental, dentures, edentulous, function, impressions, ivoclar, laboratory, marinade, newspapers, passionate, patient care, plaster, podcast, practical, practice, psychology, referrals, small town, suction, technician, university, voices from the bench, work life balance
This week, we sit down with Josie Schmitz-Burchartz, a dedicated denturist from British Columbia, who shares her incredible journey from cleaning her father's lab to running her own thriving practice. Josie discusses the importance of patient relationships, the challenges of the profession, and her commitment to providing exceptional care.
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354: John Isherwood & Pat Coon From Ivoclar Are Creating Memories For Lab Day Chicago 2025
January 6th, 2025 | 59 mins 22 secs
3shape, academy, analog, ballroom, chicago, dental, digital, digital dentures, education, emax, globally, instagram, ivoclar, kol, laboratory, lectures, lips, lmt, lounge, mascots, memory, panel, podcast, prime, programs, public relations, sprint ray, technical, technician, training, voices from the bench
Some great people from Ivoclar come on the podcast this week to talk about celebrating 20 years of e.max at this year's LMT Lab Day Chicago 2025. John Isherwood and Pat Coon tell their story, share some Ivoclar history, and give us all the details of what's happening in their ballroom during Lab Day.
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353: Dr. Nilo Hernandez & John Orfanidis are Solving Full Arch Problems with the SiOS System
December 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
analog, beacons, best for patient, chairside, dental, easy, eliminates steps, eyeballing, full arch, guided, implants, lab day, laboratory, matchmaker, mill, occlusion, partnership, pmma, podcast, printing, problems, quest, solving, super gp, technician, titanium bar, voices from the bench, workflow
A dentist and technician have gotten together to streamline the process of restoring full arch implants. Dr. Nilo Hernandez & John Orfanidis have created the SiOS Dental System that allows you to streamline your workflow with any implant system.
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352: Carmel Vickers-Wall is Making a Good First Impressions with Patients
December 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
agency, analog, art, assistant, carver, clinical dental technician, dental, dentures, denturist, don't over sell, ear plugs, edentulos, education, focus, gagging, green stick, horror, implants, impressions, instagram, insurance, laboratory, learning, newspaper, nurse, patients, podcast, salt, school, shade, teaching, technician, tooth selection, torch, trays, voices from the bench
At the age of 16, Carmel Vickers-Wall was a Dental Nurse (Assistant), after discovering the dental lab she eventually decided to combine the two and become a Clinical Dental Technician. Carmel provides many insights into seeing patients and making their dentures.
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343: From Analog Bench to Digital Chair with Dr. Timothy Royer
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 22 secs
3shape, all-on-x, analog, art, biomedical sciences, dental, digital, draw, education, exocad, fixed, hot water heater, immediacy protocol, in-office, ios, kid at heart, laboratory, mardi gras, masters, mission trip, monolithic prints, nadl, options, paper, podcast, printing, technician, texas, training, videos, voices from the bench, zest
This week we meet Dr. Timothy Royer from Elite Dentures who started as a dental technician. Dr. Royer talks about finding dental technology, becoming a dentist because he could do better, the immediacy protocol, and providing proper care and proper treatments to edentulous patients.
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340: All Levels of Collaboration with Don Bell from Ivocar
September 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
academy, analog, clinical, cool, corn seed, covid, cyber attacks, dental, denture teeth, dentures, digital, emax, feedback, final restorations, globally, ivobase, laboratory, meetings, podcast, pressing, printing, promotions, sprint ray, strategic plans, technician, voices from the bench, year end
After an update with Barb about the hurricane and a EXCITING announcement, we have a great conversation with Don Bell from Ivoclar North America. Don gives a great overview perspective of all things dental, including dentures, printable emax, customer feedback, and so much more.
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327: Even More from Exocad Insights 2024 with Kristina & Margarita Vaitelyte and Cat Edney
July 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 12 mins
aligners, analog, bright white, can't numb, communication, dental, digital, direct access, direct restorations, direct to patients, drill and fill, efficacy, exocad, exocad art, implants, itero, ivoclar, laboratory, lithuanian, miyo, no walls, partnership, podcast, restorative hygienist, scotland, speaker, teamwork, technician, video, voices from the bench, whatsapp
We are back with even more conversations from Exocad Insights 2024 from the island of Mallorca, Spain! This week we talk to sister's Kristina Vaitelyte, the CAD expert and Margarita Vaitelyte, the Ceramist. Then we find out what a Dental Therapist is with Cat Edney.
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310: Enhancing Analog with Digital and Artistry with Aleksandra Polczynski
March 4th, 2024 | 58 mins 30 secs
analog, artist, ceramist, consultations, dental, digital, dtg, exocad, face scanner, full arch, hands-on, immediate load, in-office, indiana, kois, lab day, laboratory, opti glaze, painter, podcast, poland, printing, speaker, teaching, technician, treatment planning, voices from the bench, waxing, workshops, zirkonzahn
This week Elvis and Barb talk to Aleksandra Polczynski, who was raised in Poland, but her art got her into a US dental lab. Aleksandra talks about her journey, becoming a ceramist, running an in-office lab, and teaching around the country full arch layering and staining.
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307: A Youth's Excursion into Conversions with Tyler McCabe
February 12th, 2024 | 1 hr 32 secs
1099, airport, analog, blood, books, breakage, cdt, clearning, colorado, dental, denturist, denver, digital, eyes, fake teeth, lab day, laboratory, multi units, podcast, production lab, removable, repair, straumann, surgery, surgical guides, technician, templates, tonsillitis, traveling, voices from the bench
This week we talk to a young technician that started at the age of 13 and only 3 years later, is doing chairside conversions, Tyler McCabe. Tyler talks about his lab family, some of the labs he has worked at, and what the future holds for him.