Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 38 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag “dentures”.
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371: Robert Kreyer & Dr. Stephen Wagner Want Better Dentures Not Faster
May 5th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
better, collaboration, communication, craft, data, dental, dentures, digital, e-human, fundamentals, keep it simple, laboratory, measurements, not faster, polyjet, printing, proof of concept, records, set ups, shrinkage, sucks, technician, technique, voices from the bench, white
With the shift to digital dentures in our industry, two leaders in removables are advocating that the fundamentals be used as we move forward. Robert Kreyer & Dr. Stephen Wagner want to make sure that we are making better dentures and not worrying about making them faster.
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370: From the 40th Lab Day 2025 Part 5 with Federico Manes, Mellissa Everett, Sandra Puurits, & Jay Work
April 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 14 mins
3shape, accent, all-on-x, bleach, bleep, building, capture, ceramist, chewing, dental, dentures, designing, exocad, extra, i do, jaw, k1, laboratory, marriage, movement, nature, optisplint, paperwork, tattoos, technician, time, visa, voices from the bench, working
Another trip back to the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day 2024 with Federico Manes from MODJAW, Mellissa Everett who works to lab jobs, and a love-lab story of Sandra Puurits & Jay Work.
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369: Cal-Lab 2025 Part 2 with Liam Johns, Tom Wiand, Scott Lowrey, and Matt Cushing
April 21st, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
acquisitions, aox, arizona, bego, cut, delivery driver, dental, dentures, digital partials, european league, father, finisher, fires, football, framework, full arch, hiring, ivobase, laboratory, lucitone, manager, milled dentures, nfl, phone, photogrammetry, printed flexible, processor, prosthodontist, public speaking, sales, smart denture conversion, steelers, technical support, technician, voices from the bench
We are back with a packed episode from the 2025 Cal-Lab Association Meeting. First up is Liam Johns from Derby Dental Laboratory, Tom Wiand & Scott Lowrey from Wiand Dental Lab, and Matt Cushing from First Choice Dental Lab.
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368: From the 40th Lab Day 2025 Part 4 with Eric Kukucka, Chelsea Homire, & Brittany Mitchell
April 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
3d printing, 3shape, 4 days, adhesive, analog, art, aspen, associates, cerec, customized, d3 splint, dental, dentures, design, digital, donate, drawing, exocad, expanded function, facebook, front desk, implants, in-house, in-office, ivobase, laboratory, luciton, mesh mixer, partners, patients, protocols, quality, removable, signature elite, skill, sprint ray, st. louise, technician, the office, trade school, training, vhf mill, voices from the bench
We are back again in the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago 2025. This week we talk to Eric Kukucka from Aspen Dental, Chelsea Homire a dental assistant turned lab tech, and Brittany Michell, a lab tech that does digital dentures in a 12 doctor group.
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367: From the 40th Lab Day 2025 Part 3 with Christopher Hernandez, Greg Everett, & Joe Braxton
April 7th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
allonx, automotive, dental, dentures, devices, field repair, fixable, instagram, installation, laboratory, mexico, milling center, oem parts, organic growth, pm7, posting, remote help, removables, shipping, sleep apnea, spindle, st. louis, star struck, tcs, technician, tijuana, training, voices from the bench, warranty
This week we bring you another 3 conversations that we got while in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2025. First up is Mexico trained dental technician Christopher Hernandez, then Roland mill repairer Greg Everett with Denteon, and then we wrap up the episode with the guy behind all the Ivoclar Mill installation, training, and service, Joe Braxton.
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366: Cal-Lab 2025 with Danny Yao & Dr. Russell Crockett about the OptiSplint
March 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 9 mins
3shape, accurate, alan banks, arizona, bring to market, caps, certified, dental, dentures, endo, exocad, fda, full arch masters, grammatry, implants, ios, laboratory, manufacturing, medical devices, outside, patent, photogrammetry, private label, prototype, roe dental lab, sales, sirona world, stackable, straumann, surgical guides, technician, tolerances, trial, ucla, university, verification jig, voices from the bench, waste
Coming to you from Germany with a recording we did at the Cal-Lab Association meeting in Chicago back in February. We are joined by Danny Yao & Dr. Russell Crockett. the creators of the OptiSplint scan jig, and they talk all about their workflow.
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365: From the 40th Lab Day 2025 Part 2 with Julia Glancey, Shavit Kohen, & Christine McClymont
March 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
15:15, ai, aligners, all-on-x, ambition, assistant, booth, busy, dental, dentures, exocad, experts, full arches, guided smiles, hader, insights 2026, laboratory, love, manager, medit, new york, owner, phrozen, planning, qualified, realguide, remote, school, self-taught, spark, stackable, technician, treatment planning, voices from the bench
Join us this week for another collection of conversations from the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago 2025. First up is Julia Glancey from the UK that is a remote designer and Shavit Kohen who owns a lab and is still in lab school! Then we get an update from Christine McClymont from exocad all about IDS!
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363: From the 40th Lab Day 2025 Part 1 with Vicki Thomas, Becky Tyre, and Katie Rinaldo & Mandy Arena
March 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
board members, buy-in, buying power, dental, dentures, denturism, denturist, donate, fundraising, highlights, laboratory, legislative, podcast, radio, savings, senate, sexy, small labs, technician, vendors, voices from the bench
We are starting off all the conversations we got while in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2025. We have an episode full of past guests with Vicki Thomas with Savvy Lab Solutions, Becky Tyre from LMT Soundbites, and Katie Rinaldo & Mandy Arena with the Illinois Denturist Association.
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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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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.