Displaying items 11-20 of 21 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "ceramics".
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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, CAD/CAM, Communication, Productivity, Social Media, aacd, accreditation, accuracy, all-ceramics, analog to digital, anatomy, anterior aesthetics, artistry, boutique lab, bunsen burner, burnout, career growth, case planning, casting, ceramics, chairside experience, clinical education, coaching, 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, pursuit of excellence, quality over quantity, race to the bottom, refractory technique, servant leadership, shade matching, smile design, 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, CAD/CAM, Communication, Leadership, Productivity, aesthetics, analog dentistry, anatomy, artistry, asiga, bench work, boutique lab, career development, career growth, career pathways, case acceptance, case planning, ceramics, city tech, collaboration, 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, mentorship, mentorship in dentistry, milling, model work, morphology, motivation, new york city college of technology, occlusion, patient experience, polishing, porcelain, problem solving, production lab, 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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374: Dr. Andrew Turchin Has the Formula For a Smiling Success
May 26th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
3shape, Communication, aesthetics, ceramics, dental, designers, education, emax, exocad, high end, hiring, ivoclar, lab day, laboratory, neck pain, picky patients, porcelain, quality control, teaching, technician, voices from the bench
This week we meet Dr. Andrew Turchin from Aspen Colorado who has developed a mathematical equation that has allowed him and his in-office lab technicians to formulate a simple treatment that creates better smiles.
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314: Lab Day Chicago 2024 Act 2 with Dr. Sandy & James Kirk, Dr. Ed McLaren, and Patrick Allen
April 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
Chicago, Digital, Star Trek, Star Wars, bills, bonding, bps, carpenter, ceramics, chile, dental, dental boards, denturism, education, faith, ivoclar, james bond, lab day, laboratory, legislative, local support, matrix, mission trip, national movement, no prep veneers, podcast, reliable, removable, residency, suction, support, technician, trios, virginia, voices from the bench
This week we continue the conversations we got while at in the Ivoclar Ballroom during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2024. This time we have husband and wife lab owners James & Dr. Sandy Kirk, the technician's dentist Dr. Ed McLaren, and Denturist Patrick Allen.
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304: It's a Snowy Midnight Storm with MIYO and Amanda Carson
January 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
Artist, Bleach, Design, Gym, ceramics, colors, dental, dtg, emax, ghost, ivoclar, lab day, laboratory, linen, midnight, miyo, ovens, pm7, podcast, self-taught, stain, structure, table clinic, teacher, technician, texture, voices from the bench, waxing, zircad prime
This week we are talking to MIYO expert, Amanda Carson. Amanda talks about her journey, learning about and eventually teaching others about MIYO, tells Elvis how to use it, and her plans to open her own lab very soon.
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269: Wrapping It All Up at the Ivoclar Ballroom From Lab Day Chicago with Susan van Kinsbergen, Neal Allen, Julio Munoz, Zack Wojdan
May 22nd, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
Leadership, ai design, all-on-4, artistic, builder, carbon, ceramics, chairside, conversions, dani, daughter, dental, drivers, flexible, glaze, high end, hybrids, immediate load, implants, issaquah, ivoclar, knight, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, manager, milling, miyo, opaque, open door, pfm, photography, podcast, printing, removables, screws, shipping, technician, teeth, thanksgiving, voices from the bench, welu, zimvie
Elvis and Barb wrap up all the amazing recordings from the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Susan van Kinsbergen, Neal Allen, Julio Munoz, and Zack Wojdan
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230: The Ladies Take Over: Carrie Ling, Sandra Nohava, Courtney Bennett, Dani Farago, MacKenzie Mayer, Katie Boteler, Nina Frketin, & Jenelle Tabakovic
August 22nd, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
3shape, Instagram, ceramics, deepa, dental, exocad, female power, inspiration, kelly weliky, lab owners podcast, laboratory, lotm, mary valentine, minnesota, motivation, nashville, photography, removables, technician, texas, voices from the bench
LIVE from the Ladies of the Mill Summit, Elvis talks to 3 great lab ladies (Carrie Ling, Sandra Nohava, Courtney Bennett) and 5 more (Dani Farago, MacKenzie Mayer, Katie Boteler, Nina Frketin, & Jenelle Tabakovic) talk amongst themselves about what they are up to, the meeting, and the power of support.
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215: Finally Live, Live From Texas with Wade Davenport, Richard Wills, & AJ Sheek
May 9th, 2022 | 1 hr 8 mins
3rd generation, Family, board members, ceramics, dental, giving back, laboratory, membership, origin b&d, passion, peter pizzi, podcast, president, production, r&d credit, tax savings, technician, tradeshows, vendors, vita, voices from the bench
We are so happy to be back in Texas (physically) at the DLAT conference. This episode we talk to Wade Davenport, Richard Wills, and AJ Sheek.
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201: Finding Your Passion Though Practice with Dani Farago
January 31st, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
3 shape, canon, ceramics, dental, denturist, ivoclar, laboratory, macro lens, osaka ceramic training center, podcast, rdt, technician, voices from the bench
This week we welcome Dani Farago to the podcast. Dani is a ceramist out of Toronto who works in her family's lab. She talks about going to the university for dental technology, learning the importance of quality control, traveling to Japan to continue her training, and perfecting photography to improve her work.
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198: What? You can get a PhD in Dental Technology?: Hugo Sousa from Conversa à Bancada
January 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
ceramics, dental, guests, laboratory, nexus dental, osaka ceramic training school, pedro brito, podcast, porcelain, talking at the bench, technician, university egas moniz, voices from the bench
This week we talk to a dental technician in the UK who has his own dental laboratory podcast in Portuguese. Hugo Sousa is a second-generation technician that after years of education in multiple countries is now going for his PhD in dental technology.