Displaying 10 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "implant restorations".
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447: Jay Shin: The True Story of TruAbutment
October 19th, 2026 | 1 hr 56 secs
3D printing, 3d facial scanning, 3d printed dentures, 510(k) clearance, Barb, abutment design, accurate implant restorations, additive manufacturing, all-on-4, all-on-x, analog impressions, angled abutments, aot abutments, asiga, asiga 3d printers, cad/cam dentistry, cbct, cbct integration, clinical workflows, continuing dental education, crown and bridge resin, custom abutments, custom implant abutments, custom multi-unit abutments, denka, dental 3d printing, dental apps, dental business ownership, dental cad/cam, dental case acceptance, dental design software, dental entrepreneurs, dental entrepreneurship, dental implant manufacturing, dental implant screws, dental implant systems, dental implants, dental industry, dental industry career, dental industry interview, dental industry leaders, dental industry news, dental industry podcast interview, dental industry trends, dental innovation, dental lab, dental lab business, dental lab community, dental lab conversations, dental lab 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Jay Shin from TruAbutment joins us to share his unexpected journey into the dental industry and how True Abutment is changing the game in digital implant dentistry. From IO Connect and T-Marker to full-arch workflows, T-Snap, and new 3D-printing materials, we talk innovation, technology, and what's coming next.
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443: Phil Reddington: From Skipping School to Building a Dental Lab
September 21st, 2026 | 1 hr 13 mins
35 years dental technology, 3D printing, Barb, Business growth, CAD/CAM, England, United Kingdom, accidental career, acrylic restorations, advanced dental laboratory, anex, bar overdenture, beever dental technology, bench test, blame culture, boutique dental laboratory, british dental lab, british dental technician, building a dental lab, career in dental technology, case acceptance, case communication, case documentation, case management, case planning, case quality, ceramic artistry, ceramic systems, ceramic technician, ceramics, checklists, clinical excellence, competing on price, complex cases, continuing education, continuous learning, cosmetic dentistry, cosmetic restorations, custom abutments, custom dental restorations, custom implant restorations, customized training, dental 3d printing, dental artistry, dental bar, dental bench test, dental business, dental business philosophy, dental cad design, dental cad/cam, dental ceramics, dental conferences, dental craftsmanship, 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This week we head across the pond to Leeds, England, to sit down with Phil Reddington of Beever Dental Technology lab. Phil shares the unlikely story of how skipping school and carving a tiny soap bottle with a scalpel at age 15 led him into a 35-plus-year career in dental technology. We talk about building a laboratory around quality instead of price, developing a strong team culture, digital dentistry, full-arch restorations, thimble bars, and knowing when to say no. Plus, there’s a bright orange vest, plenty of laughs, and a great conversation about what it really takes to build a laboratory where people actually want to work.
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436: Alyse Hifko & Martin Schmid Take Us Inside the Ivoclar Academy
August 3rd, 2026 | 48 mins 10 secs
3shape, CAD/CAM, Productivity, all-on-x, alyse hifko, apprenticeship, auto nesting, brushes, buffalo, cad/cam dentistry, cam software, ceram art, ceramics, ceramics course, chairside dentistry, clinical education, commercial laboratory, connectors, continuing education, dental careers, dental community, dental craftsmanship, dental education, dental industry, dental innovation, dental lab, dental lab owner, dental laboratory, dental manufacturing, dental materials, dental milling, dental podcast, dental professionals, dental technician, dental technology, dentures, design limitations, digital dentistry, digital dentures, digital technician, digital workflow, dry milling, e.max, education, efficiency, elvis dahl, esthetic restorations, esthetics, firing, firing protocols, flat tools, full-arch restorations, germany, glazing, hands-on training, hybrid milling, implant restorations, implant workflows, in-person education, infiltration liquids, innovation., ivoclar, ivoclar academy, ivotion, johnny jackson, lab life, laboratory efficiency, laboratory excellence, laboratory growth, laboratory innovation, laboratory management, laboratory workflow, lithium disilicate, maintenance, martin schmid, mentorship, milling, milling limitations, milling software, milling strategies, mississauga, nesting, pink esthetics, porcelain layering, precision, production efficiency, programmill, programmill 7, programmill cam, programmill dry, research and development, restoration design, restorative dentistry, restorative workflow, santa fe springs, screw channels, sintering, stain and glaze, support structures, technical support, technician skills, technician training, titanium milling, troubleshooting, veneers, voices from the bench, wet milling, white esthetics, wieland, workflow automation, workflow optimization, zirconia, zirconia veneers, zirconium oxide
Ivoclar is taking education to the next level with the new Ivoclar Academy, and Elvis sits down with Martin Schmid and Alyse Hifko to learn what makes these hands-on courses a game changer for today's dental technicians. From creating lifelike esthetics with Ceram Art to unlocking powerful features hidden inside ProgramMill CAM software, this episode is packed with practical tips that can help any lab improve its workflow, no matter their experience level.
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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, Barb, CAD/CAM, Instagram, Leadership, Orlando, Social Media, analog dentistry, analog techniques, articulators, belt-driven handpieces, biomedical engineering, board service, boutique laboratory, 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, ivoclar pm7, joseph núñez reyes, knowledge, lab day, labfest, laboratory careers, laboratory culture, laboratory growth, laboratory leadership, laboratory life, laboratory management, laboratory operations, 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, 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, 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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432: Felix Chung: Imagine That an Aerospace Engineer Turned into a Dental Nerd
July 6th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
3D printing, 3shape, 98mm puck, CAD/CAM, NASA, additive manufacturing, aerospace engineering, cad design, compatible implants, crown and bridge, custom abutments, datron d5, dental business, dental cad, dental cam, dental innovation, dental lab, dental laboratory, dental manufacturing, dental materials, dental podcast, dental software, dental technology, digital dentistry, digital transformation, digital workflow, dof scanner, engineering, entrepreneurship, exocad, exocad insights, felix chung, georgia tech, hyperdent, imagine, imilling, implant bars, implant components, implant dentistry, implant restorations, ims icore, in-house milling, innovation, jordan greenberg, keystone dental, lab day, laboratory efficiency, laboratory growth, laboratory workflow, milling, milling center, milling machines, milling strategies, mist, oem, open systems, outsourcing, prosthetics, restorative dentistry, scan bodies, sic implants, technical support, ti-base, titanium bars, titanium nitride, united states navy, voices from the bench, walter reed, zirconia, zirconzahn
This week we sit down with Felix Chung from Imagine to hear the incredible story of how an aerospace engineering graduate and NASA intern unexpectedly found his passion in dental technology. From building one of the industry's leading digital dentistry companies to discussing milling, CAD/CAM, implant components, and the future of laboratory workflows, Felix shares the lessons, risks, and innovations that have shaped his journey over the past 15 years.
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427: exocad Insights 2026 Part 1: Marjorie de Andrade, Dr. Dwight Pate, & Dr. Eimear O'Connell
June 1st, 2026 | 1 hr 8 mins
3D printing, Lecture, Social Media, Speaker, aesthetics, ai crown design, ai dentistry, align, analog dentistry, articulation, articulator, brazil, cad cam, case planning, cbct, centric relation, ceramics, ceramist, chairside dentistry, clinician education, clinician perspective, clinician technician relationship, cloud workflow, collaboration, collaborative dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, crown and bridge, crown design, dawson, dental ai, dental artistry, dental collaboration, dental communication, dental education, dental events, dental evolution, dental excellence, dental future, dental implants, dental industry, dental influencer, dental innovation, dental innovation conference, dental lab, dental labs, dental materials, dental mentorship, dental networking, dental podcast, dental scanning, dental software, dental technician, dental technology, dental technology trends, diagnostic wax up, digital articulation, digital dentistry, digital dentistry evolution, digital dentures, digital models, digital occlusion, digital planning, digital planning workflow, digital prosthetics, digital smile workflow, digital transformation, digital treatment planning, digital workflow, education, education platform, esthetics, exocad, exocad hub, exocad insights, exocad on demand, exocad trainer, exoplan, freelance designer, full arch restoration, full mouth rehab, functional dentistry, germany, glazing, guided implant surgery, guided surgery, ids, implant dentistry, implant planning, implant restorations, implant workflow, implants, institute of digital dentistry, intraoral scanner, ireland, itero, lab communication, lab life, laboratory communication, laboratory workflow, mallorca, maryland bridge, mastering exocad, mentoring, mentoring technicians, milling, new zealand, occlusal design, occlusal vertical dimension, occlusion, online learning, pankey, patient care, patient communication, patient outcomes, printed models, prosthetics, prosthodontics, provisionals, remote design, removable prosthetics, restorative dentistry, restorative excellence, restorative workflow, scanner technology, scotland, semi adjustable articulator, smile creator, smile design, smile makeover, spain, staining, tampa, teamwork, teamwork in dentistry, technician education, technician life, technology in dentistry, veneers, voices from the bench, wax up, workflow, workflow efficiency, workflow integration, workflow optimization
At exocad Insights 2026, three very different conversations all focused on how digital dentistry is transforming workflows and communication. Marjorie de Andrade talked about building a global freelance career through education and social media, while Dr. Dwight Pate shared an incredibly detailed workflow that blends traditional occlusion concepts with modern exocad design. The episode wraps with Dr. Eimear O'Connell discussing how digital tools are helping clinicians, labs, and patients work together better than ever—ultimately creating more predictable outcomes and happier smiles.
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424: DLAT 2026 Part 1: Ortho Outlaws and Vulcanite Veterans with Jason Dyas & Jim Collis
May 11th, 2026 | 1 hr 16 mins
3D printing, 3shape, 3shape automate, Instagram, Knoxville, aao, acrylic dentures, acrylic work, additive manufacturing, ai dentistry, ai design, ai orthodontics, ai workflow, analog dentistry, aos wire bender, appliance fabrication, articulators, automated design, automated wire bending, bay area, bench grinder, bridge design, build plate, california, cdt, certified dental technician, chicago midwinter, cloud storage, clyde, collins dental consulting, construction work, crown and bridge, crown and bridge technician, crown design, crozats, dental archives, dental artistry, dental automation, dental branding, dental cad, dental cam, dental collaboration, dental community, dental conferences, dental consulting, dental content creator, dental craftsmanship, dental design, dental education, dental education courses, dental entrepreneurship, dental equipment, dental equipment reviews, dental evolution, dental future, dental history, dental humor, dental industry, dental influencer, dental innovation, dental innovation community, dental instructors, dental lab, dental legacy, dental manufacturing, dental materials, dental mentorship, dental photography, dental podcast, dental printers, dental printing setup, dental r&d, dental reviews, dental safety, dental sales, dental scanning services, dental school, dental software, dental stories, dental teamwork, dental technician, dental technicians, dental technology, dental trade show, dental troubleshooting, dental videos, dental workflow, dental youtube, denture design, denture printing, denture repairs, denture workflow, dentures, desktop scanner, digital adoption, digital dentistry, digital dentures, digital lab, digital learning, digital models, digital ortho pros, digital orthodontics, digital scanning, digital transition, digital workflow, dlat, dlat 2026, dremel, dreve, entrepreneur, exocad, facebook, fax marketing, fep screen, fishing, frozen printer, future of dental labs, future of dentures, future of orthodontics, gaming generation, garage lab, germany, golf, hands-on course, harley davidson, harvest materials, hawley retainers, ids, implant dentistry, implant restorations, impressions, industry veteran, influencer marketing, jackson magnets, jason dyas, jim collis, lab burnout, lab consulting, lab craftsmanship, lab culture, lab day west, lab management, lab networking, lab owner, lab startup, lab stories, lab technology, lab workflow, laser welder, linkedin, lodi, magnet overdentures, modern dental lab, monomer, naturalized denture bases, next generation labs, non-alcohol cleaner, northern california, online learning, order forms, org, ortho appliances, ortho lab, ortho outlaw, ortho technology, orthodontic appliances, orthodontic community, orthodontic lab, orthodontic lab pros, orthodontic lab solutions, orthodontic meetings, orthodontic resource group, orthodontics, orthodontists, photogrammetry, podcast guest, porcelain teeth, pre-magnets, print calibration, printer camera, printing resins, product reviews, removable dentistry, removable lab, removable prosthetics, resin heating, resin odors, resin printing, rhino cleaner, roi, sacramento, scanning, seo, social media marketing, social media merch, sonic xl, startup lab, stl files, stockton, stone models, storage sheds, study model scanning, sunstone laser welders, technology adoption, technology in dentistry, tennessee, traditional dental lab, transmandibular implants, triton college, trucking, voices from the bench, vulcanite dentures, wash and cure, wash station, wayne zaruba, wire bender, wire bending, workflow optimization, younger technicians, youtube education, youtube videos
Live from DLAT, this episode features two incredible conversations with Jason Dyas and Jim Collis. Jason shares how Ortho Outlaw grew from a garage ortho lab into a social-media-driven tech platform focused on digital workflows and wire-bending technology, while Jim reflects on 45 years in dental technology, teaching digital dentures, 3D printing, and the evolution from Vulcanite dentures all the way to photogrammetry.
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422: Renata Budny, Roberto Rossi, & Eugene Vega: The Never Ending Education in a Dental Lab
April 27th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
3D printing, CAD/CAM, Communication, Leadership, Productivity, aesthetics, analog dentistry, anatomy, artistry, asiga, bench work, boutique lab, career development, career growth, career pathways, case acceptance, case planning, ceramics, city tech, collaboration, continuing education, cosmetic dentistry, craftsmanship, crown and bridge, custom shade, dental, dental education, dental industry, dental lab life, dental materials, dental milling, dental printers, dental school, dental students, dental technician, dental technology, dentist relationships, dentures, diagnostic wax-up, digital dentistry, digital impressions, digital transition, digital workflow, efficiency, emax, employee culture, entrepreneurship, exocad, experience vs education, finishing, fixed prosthetics, full arch, future of dentistry, graduation, hands-on training, high-end lab, hiring, implant restorations, implants, impressions, industry challenges, innovation, lab efficiency, lab environment, lab growth, lab management, lab owner, lab perks, lab startup, lab to doctor, lab workflow, laboratory, layering, mentorship, mentorship in dentistry, milling, model work, morphology, motivation, new york city college of technology, occlusion, patient experience, polishing, porcelain, problem solving, production lab, prosthodontics, qc, quality control, removable, scaling a lab, scanning, shade matching, small business, smile design, synergy, team culture, teamwork, technician, technician retention, technician shortage, technology adoption, time management, training, troubleshooting, voices from the bench, wax-up, work ethic, work-life balance, workflow management, zirconia
Elvis reunites with Renata Bundy alongside lab owner Roberto Rossi and technician Eugene Vega for a conversation that connects education to real-world lab life. They share how technicians often start with little experience, face early challenges, and need the right mentorship and environment to grow. Roberto highlights building a quality-driven lab while navigating digital workflows, and Renata reflects on preparing students for those realities.
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410: Helen Tanaka: From a Driver to the Bench and Knowing the Why
February 2nd, 2026 | 1 hr 8 mins
3shape, analog vs digital voices from the bench, arklign, attachments, bite blocks, bite records, case planning, case rescue, ce courses, chairside support, clearchoice, co-diagnostic, combination cases, continuing education, conversions, crown and bridge, dental, dental laboratory, dental materials, dental students, dental technician, dental technology, dentist collaboration, dentures, digital dentures, digital records, digital workflow, education, exocad, fundamentals, fundamentals first, fundamentals teaching, guided surgery, helen tanaka, implant courses, implant planning, implant restorations, lab driver, lab management, lab workflow, laboratory, locator attachments, mandibular advancement device, mentorship, microdental, model room, morphology, occlusion, orthodontics, overdentures, pathways, photogrammetry, quality control, removable prosthetics, removables, restorations, scanning, sleep appliances, sops, stackable guides, technical service, technician, technician training, training, troubleshooting, troubleshooting dentures, waxing copings, wire bending, workflow, zest
This week we talk with Helen Tanaka, a removable and implant specialist who started her career as a dental lab driver and worked her way into lab management, digital workflows, and clinical education. She shares her passion for dentures, occlusion, and implant restorations, emphasizing that technicians must understand the fundamentals and the why behind every step — especially in today’s digital world. The conversation covers guided surgery, digital dentures, doctor training, and the growing need for stronger removable education for both dentists and technicians.
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403: Live from Lab Fest 2025: Duff Wilson and the Importance of Good Vendor Relationships with Aidite
December 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 18 mins
CAD/CAM, aidite, crown and bridge, dental, dental laboratory, dental technology, dentures, design services, digital dentistry, full arch, implant restorations, lab associations, lab efficiency, lab ownership, laboratory, lean workflow, mentorship, milling center, relationship, relationships, removables, support, technician, technician education, voices from the bench, zirconia
Duff Wilson shares his unconventional journey through dental technology—from getting thrown into high-volume removables at a major lab to building a lean, relationship-driven lab that’s thrived for over two decades. Along the way, he breaks down why mentorship, smart workflows, and trusting the right people and products matter more than hype, trends, or chasing volume in today’s dental lab world.