Displaying items 1-10 of 13 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "canada".
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394: Will Varda Has a Recipe for Digital Succuss (and Scones!)
October 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
3shape, accordion, canada, community, conspiracy theories, cooking, cruise, dental, digital, education, fundamentals, fur purse, laboratory, lead dies, learning, mesh, nipples, obsessed, online, philosophy, rdt, recipe, scones, slow game, social media, speaker, technician, voices from the bench, wine, wing it, workarounds
This week we chat with Will Varda from British Columbia — a second-generation dental technician who grew up in his dad’s home lab and now leads the Dental Technicians Association of BC. Will shares incredible stories from his father’s days crafting crowns for Iranian royalty using goat-horn hammers to his own journey into digital dentistry, community building, and teaching others the “recipe” for digital design.
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385: IDS 2025 & exocad Part 10 with Pierre-Luc Duchesne, Dereck Donnelly, & Dr. Eimear O’Connell
August 11th, 2025 | 58 mins 12 secs
1on1, art, back to the future, box, canada, dental, ds core, education, exocad, exoplan, feedback, fp1, fusion, glaze, grandmother, hero, ids, invisalign, ireland, itero, laboratory, maple syrup, marketing, master cup, nexus, packaging, panther, phototgrammetry, prep, public, scan, scotland, sleep apnea, smile design, stain, surgical guides, technician, teeth, vita, voices from the bench
Back for the 10th time with conversations from the exocad booth at IDS 2025. First up are two people creating excellent customer experiences with Panthera, Pierre-Luc Duchesne and Dereck Donnelly. Then we meet the Irish dentist in Scotland, Dr. Eimear O’Connell who uses digital to give her patients the best treatment possible.
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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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339: The Jewel of Canadian Dentures with Jade Connors
September 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
all-on-x, authority, braces, canada, curious, dental, dentist, denturist, extrovert, generation, graphic art, laboratory, mental health, natural, nda, paper, photography, podcast, retread, speaker, synchronize swimming, technician, voices from the bench
This week we meet Canadian Denturist, Jade Connors. Jade talks about her journey from art to dental to eventually denturism. It took coming to terms of herself before she could eventually find the career that is both rewarding and satisfying.
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329: Three More From exocad Insights 2024 with Dr. Marcus White, Ashley Bryne, & Seth Potter
July 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 12 mins
application, canada, ceramist, certified, conversion, cow shed, crowns, dental, dental therapist, digital, dominican republic, drake dental lab, excel, exocad, focus, free hand implants, freelance, full arch, group, implant planning, implants, indeed, ios scans, itero, laboratory, laptop, loyalty, luggage, milling center, night guards, podcast, printing, remote, share concepts, spain, synergy, technician, test, together, trainer, vacation, voices from the bench, workflow
Back on the island of Mallorca Spain at exocad Insights 2024 with 3 fantastic conversations including Dr. Marcus White, Ashley Bryne, & Seth Potter
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309: Positive Reinforcement with John Rano
February 26th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
analog skills, attitude, canada, clear choice, conversion, dental, devalue, digital jig, discouraged, encouragement, feedback, florida, lab day, laboratory, love their job, podcast, scanners, self awareness, setting teeth, technician, train, traveling technician, voices from the bench
Meet John Rano. Son of a dental technician from Argentina. After working for his dad, John sets off on his own and eventually opens Unique Solutions Dental Lab specializing in full arch and he talks about helping to improve the next generation of technicians with a little positive reinforcement.
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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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262: 78 Going On 40 with Brian Binnie
April 3rd, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
ai, canada, cerec, curing box, dental, engineer, flex strength, hobby, inlab, ivoclar, laboratory, passionate, podcast, printing, resings, retirement, secret service, sirona, technician, vita, voices from the bench, walmart, williams gold
This week we catch up with a gentleman that has been around in the industry for years, being a part of many introductions of pivotal materials. Brian Binnie talks about his journey from growing up in a lab to his new role at Pac-Dent.
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219: The Maine Event with Denturists Patrick Allen, Austin Carbone, & Ashley Soucy
June 6th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
air force, american denturist school, canada, dental, denturist, education, externship, george brown college, laboratory, legal, legislative, maine, mentorship, podcast, portland, technician, voices from the bench
This week is all about Denturist in Maine. Patrick Allen is back on the podcast to discuss the industry and is joined by long-timer Denturist Austin Carbone and newly graduated Denturist Ashley Soucy.
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218: The Mouse is Mightier than the Sword with Minh Tran
May 30th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
3shape, cad, canada, core3d, dental, e.max, ivoclar, laboratory, podcast, rdt, sales, speaking, szara, technician, tippett, voices from the bench, youtube
We had the extreme pleasure of having Minh Tran on the podcast. Minh is a dental technician in Canada who is passionate about sharing knowledge and helping other technicians succeed. Great conversation and make sure you follow him at Dental Tech Tips.