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394: Will Varda Has a Recipe for Digital Succuss (and Scones!)
October 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
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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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296: Igniting The Fire In Your Belly with Marina Caponigro
November 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 11 mins
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This week we talk to the ever-enthusiastic Marina Caponigro from the Smileology Group Dental Lab. Marina talks about coming to America, learning chairside and lab work, her passion for teaching others, and opening her own lab to help other labs.