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436: Alyse Hifko & Martin Schmid Take Us Inside the Ivoclar Academy
August 3rd, 2026 | 48 mins 10 secs
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Ivoclar is taking education to the next level with the new Ivoclar Academy, and Elvis sits down with Martin Schmid and Alyse Hifko to learn what makes these hands-on courses a game changer for today's dental technicians. From creating lifelike esthetics with Ceram Art to unlocking powerful features hidden inside ProgramMill CAM software, this episode is packed with practical tips that can help any lab improve its workflow, no matter their experience level.
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Episode 434: From FDLA 2026: Chris Bradley, Richard Wodzinski, Dawn Roniger, & Kaveh Shams
July 20th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
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From the FDLA Symposium, Elvis and Barb welcome Chris Bradley, Richard Wodzinski, and Dawn Roniger to discuss the latest in shade matching, ceramics, and the technology helping labs achieve more predictable results. Then Kaveh Shams from Zirkonzahn Canada shares his journey into digital dentistry while talking milling, education, and the philosophy that's made Zirkonzahn a leader in the industry.
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425: DLAT 2026 Part 2 with Tony Aliatim, Rebekah Serrago, Chris Wilson, Antoine Coppens, & Christian Saurman
May 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 13 mins
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At the Dental Laboratory Association of Texas Meeting 2026, Elvis and Barb sat down with Tony Aliatim from Axis Dental Milling, Rebekah Serrago and Chris Wilson from Garland Dental Services, and Antoine Coppens from Relu alongside orthodontic lab owner Christian Saurman from New England Orthodontic Laboratory. The conversations covered everything from industrial dental milling and equipment repair to AI-driven workflows that are changing how labs design and manufacture restorations. From preventive maintenance and milling strategies to fully automated AI design systems, this episode is packed with insight into where dental technology — and the lab industry — is headed next.
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417: Lab Day Chicago 2026 Part 3 with Frederic Rapp, Casey Baldwin, & Darin Lockaby
March 23rd, 2026 | 1 hr 12 mins
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Live from the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day 2026, Elvis and Barb talk with Frederic Rapp about his journey from a small family lab to scaling a 150-person operation and now helping labs unlock their data with icortica. Then Casey Baldwin (Ivoclar) and Darin Lockaby (DESS) join to break down their new plug-and-play workflow for milling FDA-compliant abutments in-house—giving labs more control and better margins.
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379: IDS 2025 & exocad Part 4 with Juan David Jaramillo, Luis Diego Monsalve, Steve Campbell, & Dr. Nicolas Rohde
June 30th, 2025 | 1 hr 10 mins
acrylic, ai, aligners, berlin, cam software, columbia, dental, denture teeth, designs, exocad, global, growing, ids, ios scans, laboratory, milling machines, nails, on-stage, patient acceptance, pure chance, recruitment, regulation, resin, selling, software, speaking, strategies, technician, testing support, vhf, video, voices from the bench, water
We are back with another jam-packed episode featuring conversations from the exocad booth at IDS 2025 in Germany! First up are the two gentlemen behind New Stetic, Juan David Jaramillo and Luis Diego Monsalve. Then we chat with past guest and good friend Steve Campbell about exocad ART and we wrap up the episode with Dr. Nicolas Rohde from VHF milling machines.