Displaying 10 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "asiga".
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422: Renata Bundy, 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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421: Katherine Steinbock-Dyke: From Girl Scout Cookies to CEO of Whip Mix
April 20th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
3d printing, analog dentistry, analog vs digital, articulators, asiga, australia, bench culture, bench work, business evolution, cad cam, career growth, ceo, collaboration, continuous improvement, corporate culture, customer relationships, dealer network, dental, dental community, dental education, dental equipment, dental industry, dental lab, dental labs, dental manufacturing, dental materials, dental resins, dental schools, dental technician, dental technicians, dental technology, digital dentistry, employee benefits, entrepreneurship, europe, family business, furnaces, future of dentistry, global markets, gypsum, heritage, hr, human resources, hybrid workflow, ids, industry insights, industry trends, innovation, innovation strategy, international business, katherine steinbock-dyke, lab day, lab life, lab owners, lab workflow, laboratory, large labs, latin america, leadership, legacy, management, materials science, mentorship, mixers, model trimmers, networking, next generation, operations, partnerships, podcasts, polymers, product development, production, relevance, small business, storytelling, succession planning, team building, technician, technicians life, trade shows, voices from the bench, whip mix, win program, workflow efficiency
This week we chat with Katherine Steinbock-Dyke of Whip Mix about growing up in a family-run dental company and unexpectedly working her way to CEO. She shares her path from HR and corporate roles into operations, product development, and ultimately leadership—highlighting the balance between tradition and innovation in today’s evolving lab landscape. The episode mixes stories of continuous improvement, digital transitions, and industry travel, all wrapped in the perspective of someone focused on keeping a legacy company relevant for the future.
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298: Turning Bad Experiences Into Good with Sam Talassinos and XYZ Dental
December 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
3d printing, adia, asiga, board member, certification, dental, deregulation, dg shape, exocad, grant, high jumping, install, laboratory, mes-icore, mill box, podcast, rag trade, relationships, second generation, technician, training, voices from the bench, whitepeaks
This week we chat with Sam Talassinos, who owns XYZ Dental in Australia specializing in selling what they use and using what they sell.
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279: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 5 with Glen Smith and Gary Archer
July 31st, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
all-on-4, asiga, auctions, austin powers, auto wash, british teeth, broken teeth, cdt, dental, diastema, digital, fangs, genesis, interview with a vampire, ivoclar, lab day west, laboratory, lock down, passion, podcast, printing, te, technician, teeth, training, try in, ugly, voices from the bench, vulcanite, wax, whitney houston, workflow
This week we wrap up the conversions from LMT Lab Day West 2023 thanks to Ivoclar. First up is Glen Smith from the Apex Dental Lab Group talking about digital denture workflow and the “movie toothmaker” Gary Archer talks about what recent movies and shows he has worked on.
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267: Celebrating Traditions Digitally From the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Chet Spivey and Esther Schwenning
May 8th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
100 years, asiga, beer, bleaching, bonding, brewery, buffalo, canada, dental, dentures, denturism, denturist, digital, education, emax, insurance, ivoclar, ivotion, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, las vegas institute, lips, marketing, northern lights, partials, pm7, podcast, printing, suction, technician, travel agent, variolink, vivascan, voices from the bench
This week we are back in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with two more conversations. First up is Senior Vice President of Sales for Ivoclar, Chet Spivey. Then we chat with Esther Schwenning, the rock star denturist from Canada.
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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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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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178: LIVE at LOTM Part 2: Mary Valentine, Emily Valentine, Sherri Weatherby, Cassandra Dombrowski, Mary Nosal
August 23rd, 2021 | 53 mins 4 secs
asiga, barn, dental, hand wax, kids, laboratory, louisville, management, michigan, nobel biocare, podcast, porcelain, procera, roland mill, technician, voices from the bench, whip mix
We are back at the Ladies of the Mill Summit. This week we talk to mother/daughter team Mary and Emily Valentine, then from Whip Mix we chat with Sherri Weatherby and Cassandra Dombrowski, and then we wrap up the episode with Mary Nosal.
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Episode 48: Four Technicians Talking About 3D Printing - A Roundtable Discussion Part 2 (VFTB48)
February 25th, 2019 | 33 mins 36 secs
3d printing, ackuretta, asiga, bego, cal-lab, carbon, dental, dental laboratory, dentist, kulzer, lmt lab day, miicraft, podcast, resins, stratasys, technician, voices from the bench
We continue last week's Roundtable discussion about 3D printing. They talk about outsourcing to other labs, how printing effects labor, what they would recommend, and what's next for them and their labs.
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47: Four Technicians Talking About 3D Printing - A Roundtable Discussion Part 1 (VFTB47)
February 18th, 2019 | 36 mins 32 secs
3d printing, ackuretta, asiga, bego, cal-lab, carbon, dental, dental laboratory, dentist, kulzer, lmt lab day, miicraft, podcast, resins, stratasys, technician, voices from the bench
This week brings back the Roundtable discussion. Four dental technicians gather around the table to talk about 3d printing in their labs. Real technicians using different printers every day on real cases.