Displaying items 1-10 of 31 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "family".
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444: Mike Archibald: Finding Your Place at the Bench and Table
September 28th, 2026 | 1 hr 11 mins
Communication, Family, Fatherhood, Life Lessons, accountability, addiction recovery, aesthetic dentistry, archibald family, authenticity, barb and elvis, becoming a dental technician, becoming your best self, behind the scenes dentistry, being coachable, being present, cad cam dentistry, career development, career growth, career journey, ce, ceramic crowns, ceramic technician, coaching, community, confidence, continuing education, cosmetic dentistry, craftsmanship, crown waxing, dental aesthetics, dental anatomy, dental art, dental artistry, dental business, dental business leadership, dental cad cam, dental career, dental careers, dental ce, dental ceramicist, dental ceramics, dental coaching, dental community, dental conferences, dental craftsmanship, dental crowns, dental education, dental education community, dental education podcast, dental educator, dental industry, dental industry career, dental industry conversations, dental industry education, dental industry podcast, dental lab, dental lab community, dental lab conversations, dental lab education, dental lab education community, dental lab experience, dental lab family, dental lab leadership, dental lab owner, dental lab podcast, dental lab training, dental laboratory, dental laboratory education, dental laboratory family, dental laboratory history, dental laboratory owner, dental laboratory podcast, dental laboratory technician, dental laboratory technician education, dental laboratory technician training, dental leadership, dental lectures, dental lecturing, dental materials, dental materials education, dental mentoring, dental mentorship, dental milling, dental morphology, dental occlusion, dental patients, dental podcast, dental presentations, dental products, dental professional development, dental professionals, dental speaker, dental stories, dental technician, dental technician community, dental technician education, dental technician imposter syndrome, dental technician life, dental technician podcast, dental technician stories, dental technician training, dental techniques, dental techniques training, dental technology, dental technology podcast, dental technology training, dental training, dental waxing, dentistry, dentistry and life, dentistry podcast, difficult conversations, digital dental laboratory, digital dental technology, digital dentistry, digital design, digital detox, digital workflow, disconnecting, education, esthetic dentistry, experienced dental technician, family business, family expectations, family legacy, family time, family values, father and son, finding balance, finding purpose, finding your path, finding yourself, following your own path, function, functional aesthetics, functional dentistry, functional design, gc initial, getting outside, giving back, gold crowns, gordon christensen, gordon christensen dentistry, growth mindset, hands on training, harvest dental, healthy habits, healthy lifestyle, helping others, helping people, honesty, imposter syndrome, insecurity, jed archibald, john archibald, kelly and associates, lab management, laboratory dentistry, laboratory leadership, las vegas institute, learning dental technology, learning dentistry, legacy, life beyond dentistry, lifelong learning, living up to expectations, lvi, master technician, meaningful life, meaningful work, mental health, mentorship community, mike archibald, mindset, mindset coaching, natural dentistry, natural looking restorations, nature, occlusion, open bench, open conversations, outdoor life, overcoming addiction, overcoming adversity, overcoming challenges, overcoming imposter syndrome, overcoming struggles, parenting, patient care, patient centered dentistry, personal accountability, personal coaching, personal development, personal growth, personal journey, personal priorities, personal transformation, personal wellness, positive mindset, professional coaching, professional growth, professional imposter syndrome, public speaking, purpose, ray foster, real conversations, real talk dentistry, rebuilding your life, recovery, recovery journey, redefining success, relationships, resilience, restorative aesthetics, restorative dentistry, restorative dentistry lab, second chances, self confidence, self doubt, self improvement, self worth, slowing down, sobriety, speaking in dentistry, starting in a dental lab, staying coachable, stories from the lab, success, success in dentistry, success in life, supporting technicians, table 52, table 52 community, taking a break, taking responsibility, teaching dental technology, teaching technicians, technician community, technician conversations, technician development, technician journey, technician mentorship, technique education, third generation dental technician, transformation, treating every patient equally, unplugging, vftb, voices from the bench, voices from the bench podcast, vulnerability, waxing, work life balance
This week we sit down with Mike Archibald, the “black sheep” of the Archibald family, to talk about his journey through dentistry, family expectations, imposter syndrome, recovery, and personal growth. Mike opens up about the lessons he learned from his dad, his path into ceramics and education, and his vision for Table 52—a place for honest conversations about the struggles that happen behind the scenes. It’s a real and personal conversation about dentistry, life, and finding a healthier way forward.
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400: Joe Young - Hail to the Young: The Presidential Edition
November 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 9 mins
Digital, Family, Hong Kong, Parking, Philadelphia, after school, cam, cdt, community engagement, dental, dental wings, family history, fixed, hawley retainers, laboratory, legacy, milling, moscow mule, nadl, nobel, ortho, president, rebrand, receiving, shipping, spare room, super fan, technician, terms, thumb sucking, trade in, training, vendor, voices from the bench, wire bending, workforce, young
Barb and Elvis sit down with longtime friend and NADL President Joe Young, who shares his journey from growing up in his family’s small ortho lab to leading a full-service digital lab and serving the national community. The episode dives into family legacy, industry evolution, leadership, and plenty of classic VFTB fun.
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392: Jed Archibald is Impressed with Empress and So Much More
September 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
Design, Digital, Family, Utah, dental, die, education, finish, ivoclar, laboratory, lavender, management, margins, mechanical tension, mill, outsource, press, printing, rockstar and skittles, technician, testing, utah valley dental lab, voices from the bench, wax, workarounds
Back again is Jed Archibald talking about minimal prepped restorations using Empress from Ivoclar, ZirCAD Prime, better printer resins, and so much more!
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378: Brandi Nowak & Marybeth Starr Are Bringing a Festival to Labs
June 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
Digital, Family, bag, branding, brother, computers, darby, dental, dental tech supply, disney, dsl family feud, evening events, exocad, fun, ghost tour, harvest, hurricane, ids, jazz, laboratory, ladies of the mill, laughter, legacy, nowak, peddler, psychiatrist, remote work, river boat, roadshow, tae kwon do, technician, telesales, vendor, voices from the bench, zahn
This week, Elvis and Barb talk to the ladies from Nowak Dental Supplies that is bringing to life NOLA Lab Fest. Brandi Nowak and Marybeth Starr talk about this amazing event happening November 7-8 in New Orleans.
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364: 7th Year Anniversary: International Style with Renata Budny, Sevastiani Perselis, and Rebca Nikedemos
March 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 7 mins
Communication, Digital, Family, New York, acrylic, coda, covid, dental, ethiopia, externship, first, food, greece, laboratory, mistakes, outsource, patience, patients, semester, smell, starting over, technician, voices from the bench, workflow
Celebrate 7 years of the podcast as we welcome back our very first guest again, Renata Budny. As a teacher at CUNY, Renata brings with her two international students, Sevastiani Perselis from Greece and Rebca Nikedemos from Ethiopia.
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355: Jonny Jakson is Bleeding Purple with exocad and Evolve
January 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
CAD/CAM, Design, Family, Updates, buffalo, collaboration, dental, dentist design, exocad, full arch, hard work, high school, innovative, ivotion, jig, lab day, laboratory, photogrammetry, podcast, purple, sameday, scanning, screws, sponge, super user, technician, training, uncle, 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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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, Family, aim screw, angled driver, associate, blue sky bio, cal-lab, custom abutment, dental, engineering, exocad, 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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301: Quality Over Quantity with Alina Ceclan
January 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 6 mins
Family, Instagram, Learning, bench test, changes, corporate, dental, full cast, growth, laboratory, layering, love, miyo, old teeth, podcast, recruiter, self study, speed, structure, technician, tips, voices from the bench, work hard
This week we talk to ceramist Alina Ceclan from Qlab in London. Alina talks all about her journey from Romania, how she didn't like teeth at first, loving the MIYO system, and learning to make them look like teeth and not restorations.
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299: The Netflix of Digital Dentistry with Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny and iDD
December 18th, 2023 | 1 hr 21 mins
3D printing, Family, Netflix, blog, cerec, covid, dental, e4d, exocad, future, growth, hospital, ids, laboratory, podcast, printing, study club, super chill, technician, trios, voices from the bench
This week brings us a dentist all the way from New Zealand that is leading the way in digital dentistry, Dr. Ahmad Al-Hassiny. Dr. Ahmad created the Institute of Digital Dentistry, an online platform with a ton of content relevant to both clinicians and technicians.
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289: From Vision Board to Lab Ownership with Todd Reid
October 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 25 secs
Family, Life Lessons, bonadent, ceo, ceramist, cheering, dental, full service, grants, heaven, laboratory, mentors, podcast, ptc, removables, teamwork, technician, vision board, voices from the bench, walmart, well dressed
This week we meet Todd Reid, the owner of Access Dental Laboratories. Todd talks about his journey, the people who helped him along the way, and eventually opening his own lab where he can pass along the same opportunities that others gave him.