Displaying 6 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "anatomy".
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423: Kent Kohli is Always in Pursuit of a More Excellent Way
May 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 9 mins
100-hour weeks, aacd, accreditation, accuracy, all-ceramics, analog to digital, anatomy, anterior aesthetics, artistry, boutique lab, bunsen burner, burnout, cad/cam, career growth, case planning, casting, ceramics, chairside experience, clinical education, coaching, communication, continuing education, contour, craftsmanship, creation porcelain, crown and bridge, crown council, dedication, dental ceramics, dental community, dental conventions, dental lab, dental school, dental technician, dental technology, dentist-technician relationship, digital dentistry, e.max, efficiency, efficiency vs artistry, electric waxer, empress 2, entrepreneurship, european technique, excellence, feldspathic veneers, finishing, full contour, giving back, global dentistry, hands-on training, high-end dentistry, hornbrook group, impressions, in-house lab, incisal edge, indirect bonding, industry giants, industry leaders, innovation, inspiration, ips empress, ivoclar, jensen, key opinion leader, kol, lab business, lab culture, lab day chicago, lab education, lab evolution, lab ownership, lab workflow, lab-to-clinic collaboration, layering, lifelong learning, liquid ceramics, materials science, mentorship, mentorship impact, metal frameworks, micro-layering, microscopes, microstar, milling, models, morphology, networking, next generation, noritake, occlusion, ortho lab, orthodontics, partnerships, passion, perseverance, pfms, plaster, platinum foil, polishing, posterior restorations, precision, pricing strategy, productivity, pursuit of excellence, quality over quantity, race to the bottom, refractory technique, servant leadership, shade matching, smile design, social media, startup lab, surface texture, symposiums, teaching, time management, trade school, vita, waxing, work ethic, workflow optimization, youtube learning, zubler
Kent Kohli shares how an unexpected path—from pre-dental student to passionate lab technician—led him to fall in love with ceramics and the artistry of dental technology. Guided by mentors and fueled by relentless self-education, he chose quality and growth over high-volume burnout, shaping a long, rewarding career. Now with Ivoclar, Kent is focused on giving back by helping bring hands-on education and foundational techniques to the next generation of technicians.
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422: Renata Budny, Roberto Rossi, & Eugene Vega: The Never Ending Education in a Dental Lab
April 27th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
3d printing, aesthetics, analog dentistry, anatomy, artistry, asiga, bench work, boutique lab, cad/cam, career development, career growth, career pathways, case acceptance, case planning, ceramics, city tech, collaboration, communication, continuing education, cosmetic dentistry, craftsmanship, crown and bridge, custom shade, dental, dental education, dental industry, dental lab life, dental materials, dental milling, dental printers, dental school, dental students, dental technician, dental technology, dentist relationships, dentures, diagnostic wax-up, digital dentistry, digital impressions, digital transition, digital workflow, efficiency, emax, employee culture, entrepreneurship, exocad, experience vs education, finishing, fixed prosthetics, full arch, future of dentistry, graduation, hands-on training, high-end lab, hiring, implant restorations, implants, impressions, industry challenges, innovation, lab efficiency, lab environment, lab growth, lab management, lab owner, lab perks, lab startup, lab to doctor, lab workflow, laboratory, layering, leadership, mentorship, mentorship in dentistry, milling, model work, morphology, motivation, new york city college of technology, occlusion, patient experience, polishing, porcelain, problem solving, production lab, productivity, prosthodontics, qc, quality control, removable, scaling a lab, scanning, shade matching, small business, smile design, synergy, team culture, teamwork, technician, technician retention, technician shortage, technology adoption, time management, training, troubleshooting, voices from the bench, wax-up, work ethic, work-life balance, workflow management, zirconia
Elvis reunites with Renata Bundy alongside lab owner Roberto Rossi and technician Eugene Vega for a conversation that connects education to real-world lab life. They share how technicians often start with little experience, face early challenges, and need the right mentorship and environment to grow. Roberto highlights building a quality-driven lab while navigating digital workflows, and Renata reflects on preparing students for those realities.
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306: It's the Window into the Body with Jessica Love (Birrell) & Laura Gilbert
February 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
anatomy, artist, bench top heroes, biofilm, communication, dental, documentary, emax, heart, hygiene, in-house, lab day, laboratory, line angles, math, mormon, morphology, nutrition, plumber's crack, podcast, production, relationships, sassy teeth, science, smile design, teaching, technician, voices from the bench, y2k
This week we talk all about what's happening in the Ivoclar Ballroom during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2024. Good friend and General Manager of Ivoclar in Canada, Laura Gilbert talks about the room and special guest and a speaker during the weekend, Jessica Love (Birrell) talks about her journey to owning a clinic that see the mouth as the window into the body.
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263: Teaching the Right Things for the Right Reasons with Allie Williamson at Lab Day Chicago 2023
April 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
anatomy, artistic, cdt, chicago, dental, education, florida, function, group, ivoclar, knowledge, lab, lab day, laboratory, learning, onsight training, ottawa, passion, periodontist, podcast, ptc, solo, study club, support, technician, trainer, training, voices from the bench
We begin our collection of conversations we recorded in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with Allie Williamson. Allie joins us to talk about what she’s been up to, and her new, exciting, and MUCH NEEDED training program called DLT Training and Education.
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261: A CDT of DLT at LSU with Tracy Graham
March 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 49 secs
anatomy, balance, cdt, college, courses, dental, dentures, education, exocad, family, kids, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, lsu, new orleans, ortho, podcast, rg, technician, teeth, vision 21, voices from the bench
This week Elvis and Barb talk to current dental lab student from LSU, Tracy Graham. Tracy talks about the program, building her life after school, juggling that with a family, and why she loves teeth so much.
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208: Providing an Opportunity of Education with Renata Budny and Jamie Rubin
March 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
3shape, anatomy, ceramist, coda, dental, dental wings, education, laboratory, manhattan, morphology, occlusion, podcast, roland mills, teaching, technician, voices from the bench
We celebrate our 4th year of the podcast by bringing back the very first guest Renata Budny from the Dental Technology program at New York City College of Technology. She is joined by past student turned professor, Jamie Rubin.