Displaying items 1-10 of 16 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "florida".
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Episode 433: From FDLA 2026: Morris Fucarino, Enja Dorjchuluun, Joseph Núñez Reyes
July 13th, 2026 | 1 hr 20 mins
3d printing, analog dentistry, analog techniques, articulators, barb, belt-driven handpieces, biomedical engineering, board service, boutique laboratory, cad/cam, cam, carbon printers, career development, career growth, casting, cdt, ceramics, certification, certified dental technician, collaboration, community, continuing education, continuing growth, craftsmanship, cross-training, customer service, dedication, dental community, dental content creator, dental craftsmanship, dental industry, dental innovation, dental lab, dental laboratory, dental manufacturing, dental materials, dental podcast, dental technician, dental technology, dentistry, dentures, digital content, digital dentistry, digital transformation, digital workflow, e.max, education, efficiency, elvis, enja dorjchuluun, excellence, expansion, experience, fdla, fdla board, fdla symposium, florida, florida dental laboratory association, focus magazine, full gold crowns, future of dentistry, future technicians, general manager, gold restorations, gps digital dental lab, gps digital rpd, handpieces, hands-on education, heygears, high noble alloy, hiring, icpr junior college, implant restorations, implants, impressions, industry veterans, innovation, inspiration, instagram, ivoclar pm7, joseph núñez reyes, knowledge, lab day, labfest, laboratory careers, laboratory culture, laboratory growth, laboratory leadership, laboratory life, laboratory management, laboratory operations, leadership, legacy, lifelong learning, lithium disilicate, mentorship, milling, milling center, model work, morris fucarino, national board for certification, nbc, nesting, networking, next generation, night guards, one-man lab, operations, organized dentistry, orlando, passion, passion for dentistry, patients, perseverance, pfm, pmma, porcelain fused to metal, post-processing, problem solving, professional development, puerto rico, qc, quality, quality control, relationships, roland, roland mills, sakr dental arts, scanning, smiles, social media, soft tissue models, state association, stone models, success., supervisors, team building, teamwork, technician, technician education, technician pride, technician recognition, technician spotlight, technician stories, technician training, technicians, technology, turnaround time, voices from the bench, volunteering, waxing, webinars, workflow, workflow optimization, zirconia, zirconia milling
From the FDLA Symposium, Elvis and Barb sit down with three passionate technicians who represent the past, present, and future of the profession. Morris Fucarino reflects on an incredible 50 years as a CDT and the value of lifelong learning, Enja Dorjchuluun shares how she's helping shape the future of Florida's dental laboratory community through Sakr Dental Arts and the FDLA Board, and Joseph Núñez Reyes discusses his journey from Puerto Rico to GPS Digital Dental Lab and his dream of inspiring the next generation of technicians.
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Episode 375: IDS 2025 & exocad Part 1 with Hajir Shamil, Daniel Portal, Gerson Prada, & Dr. Diogo Viegas
June 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
ai, all-on-x, approval, bite international, burnt out, communication, dental, dentist, designer, digital, exocad, exoplan, face scanning, firing doctors, florida, ids, implants, ios, laboratory, malo clinic, miyo, paint a picture, partials, printers, single visit, social pressure, south america, spanish, teaching, technician, traffic, utah, voices from the bench
We start the run of conversations we got while in the exocad booth at IDS 2025 in Cologne, Germany. This week features Hajir Shamil from Iraq, Daniel Portal & Gerson Prada from the USA, and Dr. Diogo Viegas from Portugal.
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361: Vladimir Roman is Your Guide to Surgical Guides with Romanax
February 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
24 hours, air force, all-on-x, battleships, blue sky plan, bone reduction, boot camp, cbct, computer sciences, dental, dental foreman, exocad, florida, formlabs, implants, inlab, iraq, japan, laboratory, magnets, pat coon, podcast, red cam, surgical guides, surgical kit, technician, texas, updates, voices from the bench
This week we get to meet Air Force trained dental technician, Vladimir Roman. Vladimir tells the story of his time in the service, learning digital, finding a 3D printer, and then opening Romanax that specialize in surgical guides.
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320: Making It Your Own with Kevin Mahan and Kite Saito
May 13th, 2024 | 1 hr 2 mins
adapting, alloy, arkansas, blues, colors, dental, don cornell, fdla, florida, full arch, fusion, hands on, japan, jensen, laboratory, layering, make it your own, mixing, monolithic, neighbors, podcast, presentation, saturation, slate, smoke, social media, structure, table clinic, technician, voices from the bench, waxer
This week we get to learn about Jensen Dental and all things MIYO with Kevin Mahan and Kite Saito. They talk about the story behind the name, Kite's story into dental, and some amazing tips and trick to "Make It Your Own"
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309: Positive Reinforcement with John Rano
February 26th, 2024 | 1 hr 1 min
analog skills, attitude, canada, clear choice, conversion, dental, devalue, digital jig, discouraged, encouragement, feedback, florida, lab day, laboratory, love their job, podcast, scanners, self awareness, setting teeth, technician, train, traveling technician, voices from the bench
Meet John Rano. Son of a dental technician from Argentina. After working for his dad, John sets off on his own and eventually opens Unique Solutions Dental Lab specializing in full arch and he talks about helping to improve the next generation of technicians with a little positive reinforcement.
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263: Teaching the Right Things for the Right Reasons with Allie Williamson at Lab Day Chicago 2023
April 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
anatomy, artistic, cdt, chicago, dental, education, florida, function, group, ivoclar, knowledge, lab, lab day, laboratory, learning, onsight training, ottawa, passion, periodontist, podcast, ptc, solo, study club, support, technician, trainer, training, voices from the bench
We begin our collection of conversations we recorded in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with Allie Williamson. Allie joins us to talk about what she’s been up to, and her new, exciting, and MUCH NEEDED training program called DLT Training and Education.
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255: A Century worth Celebrating with Ivoclar: Laura Gilbert & Dr. David Rice
February 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
apologize close, bad impressions, clinical, communication, dani farago, dental, dentsply, denturists, ed mclaren, emotions, eric kukucka, esther schwenning, florida, hugo herbert, ibm, influencers, jed archibald, jenelle tabakovic, lab day, laboratory, lee culp, lmt lab day chicago, mackenzie mayer, materials, micheal roberts, non teachable, podcast, teachable, technician, trends, turn around times, voices from the bench, yuki momma
This week we ask the hard questions to Dr. David Rice, who will be at the Ivoclar Ballroom during Lab Day Chicago 2023. Also joining us is Laura Gilbert, the marketing director for Ivoclar, to talk about their BIG 100 year celebration going on all weekend!
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223: Following Your GPS to Digital Success with Andrew Perricone
July 4th, 2022 | 58 mins
cad/cam, cercon, dental, fdla, florida, gail perricone, indian river, laboratory, mcfatter technical college, metal printing, orlando, partials, podcast, production, slm, technician, voices from the bench, workflow
This week brings us second generation Florida lab owner Andrew Perricone. Growing up in a lab, but still starting at the beginning, Andrew has seen the growth of technology. Now owning the lab, Andrew continues to follow technology for success.
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210: Back at LMT Lab Day Chicago Part 2: Randi & Scott James, Lorene Flores, Jennifer Cowherd
April 4th, 2022 | 59 mins 10 secs
argen, beaches, cold, costa rica, dental, faculty, florida, laboratory, ladies of the mill, podcast, snow, speaking, students, surgical guides, technician, voices from the bench
We are back with more fantastic conversation from the Preat booth at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2022! This week we talk to Randi & Scott James, Lorene Flores, and Jennifer Cowherd.
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69: The Future Is Female: With Paula Fucarino and Jessica Brustad
July 22nd, 2019 | 39 mins 30 secs
dental, fdla, florida, inspiring, laboratory, laughter, motivational, podcast, technician, voices from the bench, yoga
Two inspiring and hilarious conversations with two non-dental related guests. Paula Fucarino is a former "First Lady" and a friend to the industry and Jessica Brustad is a past Argen employee who has embarked on her own journey to better the world one laughter at a time.