We found 10 episodes of Voices from The Bench with the tag “dental”.
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358: Ryan McEachern Covers It All, From A to Zubler
February 3rd, 2025 | 58 mins 54 secs
3shape, bruxzir, cad/cam, ceramic, dental, development, exocad, faster, full arch, germany, glidewell, heating, hyperdent, laboratory, manufacturing, medit, milling machines, ovens, podcast, redon, research, sales, service, sintering, suction, technical support, technician, testing, voices from the bench
This week we talk to Ryan McEachern, who does sales, service, and support for all the things at Zubler USA. Ryan talks growing up with a technician father, getting into R&D at a LARGE lab, and some of the amazing equipment and materials that sets Zubler apart.
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357: Jim Thacker is Doing Things Differently at Utah Valley Dental Lab
January 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
covid growth, culture, dental, designers, dso, employee owned, finance, hand waxing, hiring, impressions, journey, laboratory, marriage, new doctors, owners, payroll, podcast, posterior, relationship business, scheduling, technician, training, utah, veneers, voices from the bench
This week we meet ONE of the owners of Utah Valley Dental Lab, Jim Thacker. Jim talks about marrying into the dental lab, how they are known for high end esthetics that still does mostly hand waxing, and how they grew the business through referrals and continuing education.
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356: Nick Nocito is On a Mission to Reduce Remakes with SS White
January 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
burs, carbide, dental, diamond, educate, family owned, great white z, laboratory, ndx, nowak, on a mission, podcast, reduce, remakes, root cause, solving problems, technician, voices from the bench, wallet, win-win
Burs. We all use them. Fixed, removable, implants, ortho, and even clinical. But did you know the first company to make burs is still making them. This week we talk to Nick Nocito from SS White Dental to find out how using the right bur for the right job makes all the difference.
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355: Jonny Jakson is Bleeding Purple with exocad and Evolve
January 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
buffalo, cad/cam, collaboration, dental, dentist design, design, exocad, family, full arch, hard work, high school, innovative, ivotion, jig, lab day, laboratory, photogrammetry, podcast, purple, sameday, scanning, screws, sponge, super user, technician, training, uncle, updates, vhf mills, voices from the bench
This week we welcome Jonny Jakson, known as "Jonny Exocad," to explore his transformative journey in the dental tech industry. From his family's legacy in dental labs to his innovative work with Exocad, Johnny shares insights on blending traditional and digital workflows. Learn how he's empowering clinicians and training the next generation of dental techs.
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354: John Isherwood & Pat Coon From Ivoclar Are Creating Memories For Lab Day Chicago 2025
January 6th, 2025 | 59 mins 22 secs
3shape, academy, analog, ballroom, chicago, dental, digital, digital dentures, education, emax, globally, instagram, ivoclar, kol, laboratory, lectures, lips, lmt, lounge, mascots, memory, panel, podcast, prime, programs, public relations, sprint ray, technical, technician, training, voices from the bench
Some great people from Ivoclar come on the podcast this week to talk about celebrating 20 years of e.max at this year's LMT Lab Day Chicago 2025. John Isherwood and Pat Coon tell their story, share some Ivoclar history, and give us all the details of what's happening in their ballroom during Lab Day.
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353: Dr. Nilo Hernandez & John Orfanidis are Solving Full Arch Problems with the SiOS System
December 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
analog, beacons, best for patient, chairside, dental, easy, eliminates steps, eyeballing, full arch, guided, implants, lab day, laboratory, matchmaker, mill, occlusion, partnership, pmma, podcast, printing, problems, quest, solving, super gp, technician, titanium bar, voices from the bench, workflow
A dentist and technician have gotten together to streamline the process of restoring full arch implants. Dr. Nilo Hernandez & John Orfanidis have created the SiOS Dental System that allows you to streamline your workflow with any implant system.
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352: Carmel Vickers-Wall is Making a Good First Impressions with Patients
December 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
agency, analog, art, assistant, carver, clinical dental technician, dental, dentures, denturist, don't over sell, ear plugs, edentulos, education, focus, gagging, green stick, horror, implants, impressions, instagram, insurance, laboratory, learning, newspaper, nurse, patients, podcast, salt, school, shade, teaching, technician, tooth selection, torch, trays, voices from the bench
At the age of 16, Carmel Vickers-Wall was a Dental Nurse (Assistant), after discovering the dental lab she eventually decided to combine the two and become a Clinical Dental Technician. Carmel provides many insights into seeing patients and making their dentures.
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351: Swirling in a Vortex of Clinic and Lab with Dr. Danny Domingue
December 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 3shape, 510k, aim screw, angled driver, associate, blue sky bio, cal-lab, custom abutment, dental, engineering, exocad, family, fiducial marker, frustration, general dentist, hiring, hyperdent, karinia, laboratory, libraries, math, milling parameters, miscommunication, mission trip, miyo, podcast, preferences, producibility, residency, scan body, surgical guide, technician, training, uncle, voices from the bench, vortex
This week we meet Dr. Danny Domingue, dentist and lab owner that talks about understanding the miscommunication between the two and how we can improve it. Dr. Domingue also talks about his way of giving back to dentistry with his invention of the Vortex screw.
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Episode 350: DESS-cribing a Better Workflow with Jimmy Stegall & Saro Hatzakortzian
December 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
analogs, blanks, clear aligners, dental, dentsply, fda, gold coating, laboratory, loc, milling, molar city, mua, nadl, plug and play, podcast, production, sales, scan post, scanning, screw, software, spain, teach, technician, validated, voices from the bench
Two giants in our industry talk all about the parts, pieces, and workflow for the DESS Dental Solution. Jimmy Stegall from Here To Serve Dental and Saro Hatzakortzian from Alien Milling Technologies discuss why they choose DESS when picking implant components.
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349: The Culture of Diamondhead Dental Lab with Darin & Mike Swartz
December 2nd, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
archibald, building relationships, cerec, culture, culture camp, dental, dentist, education, foundation, full arch smart people, growth, hands-on, hearts, high end, in-office, ios, laboratory, north star, opportunities, partner, passion, podcast, saying no, scanner program, technician, trust, voices from the bench, waxing, yearly retreat
Two brothers, that both went through the John Archibald apprenticeship program, eventually come together to open Diamondhead Dental Lab focusing on creating a culture of partnership and quality while always guided by their "north star".