Displaying all 10 Episode of Voices from The Bench with the tag “in-office”.
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398: Jonathan Bourke Went From Six Strings to Six Implants
November 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
all-on-x, analog, asiga max, blender, demo, dentafab sega, denturist, digital, driver, ds world, ental, exocad, fiduciary markers, full arch masters, guitar, hands on, hybrids, hyperdent, implant pathways, in-office, ios scan, jazz, laboratory, megagen, micronmapper, miyo, model work, optisplint, ownership, photogrammetry, sin, technician, treatment planning, voices from the bench
This week, we chat with Jonathan Burke, a former jazz guitarist who traded music gigs for milling machines. Hear how he went from pouring models to running a full-arch digital lab, mastering exocad, photogrammetry, and MiYO along the way.
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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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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".
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343: From Analog Bench to Digital Chair with Dr. Timothy Royer
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 22 secs
3shape, all-on-x, analog, art, biomedical sciences, dental, digital, draw, education, exocad, fixed, hot water heater, immediacy protocol, in-office, ios, kid at heart, laboratory, mardi gras, masters, mission trip, monolithic prints, nadl, options, paper, podcast, printing, technician, texas, training, videos, voices from the bench, zest
This week we meet Dr. Timothy Royer from Elite Dentures who started as a dental technician. Dr. Royer talks about finding dental technology, becoming a dentist because he could do better, the immediacy protocol, and providing proper care and proper treatments to edentulous patients.
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333: Success in Florida with Dany Sakr, Nick Azzara, Ifet Ahmeti, & Whitney Courtney
August 12th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
3shape, adite, ah ha moments, analog to digital, attachments, cdt, dental, digital, education, email, employees, exocad, framework, generous, high end, imetric, implant, in-office, jensen dental, laboratory, lou, management, millbox, miyo, on-site, partials, podcast, prince, removables, sales person, simulate situations, size matters, solution, teaching, technician, trade shows, voices from the bench, wife
We wrap up our trip to the FDLA 2024 Symposium thanks to the WONDERFUL people at Jensen Dental with conversations with Dany Sakr, Nick Azzara, Ifet Ahmeti, and Whitney Courtney
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310: Enhancing Analog with Digital and Artistry with Aleksandra Polczynski
March 4th, 2024 | 58 mins 30 secs
analog, artist, ceramist, consultations, dental, digital, dtg, exocad, face scanner, full arch, hands-on, immediate load, in-office, indiana, kois, lab day, laboratory, opti glaze, painter, podcast, poland, printing, speaker, teaching, technician, treatment planning, voices from the bench, waxing, workshops, zirkonzahn
This week Elvis and Barb talk to Aleksandra Polczynski, who was raised in Poland, but her art got her into a US dental lab. Aleksandra talks about her journey, becoming a ceramist, running an in-office lab, and teaching around the country full arch layering and staining.
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293: DTG Symposium 2023 Part 3 with Dan Boskocevic, Kostia Vyshamirski, and David & Michael De Wet
November 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
3shape, analog, art, cal-lab, cast, cdt, cleveland, creation, damaged goods, dental, deregistration, facebook, in-office, japan, jewelry, kol, laboratory, layering, lisi, lockdown, member, military, parents, plaster room, podcast, print, refractory die, roe, south africa, technician, voices from the bench, von grow
We are back again at the DTG Symposium 2023 talking to Dan Boskocevic from GC America, Kostia Vyshamirski from Latvia, and David & Michael De Wet all the way from New Zealand. It's a star studded show!
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245: Whip Mix Digital Forum 2022 Part 3: Step Toothmaster Bay & James Mahan from PTC
December 5th, 2022 | 1 hr
advanced, basic, casino, chairside, dental, dtg, education, framework, gc america, hands on, in-office, jelenko, john ness, laboratory, online, podcast, poker, steps, technician, testing, training, vision 21, voices from the bench, wagner rotary
This week we wrap up our conversations from the Whip Mix Digital Forum with two amazing people. Frist up is Step Toothmaster Bay talking about all things ceramics and then James Mahan from the PTC talking about training.
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187: Behind Every Great Dentist is an Amazing Lab: John & Jed Archibald
October 25th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
archibald digital, clinicians report, dental, e.max, in-office, ivoclar prime, laboratory, larry gellar, podcast, technician, utah, voices from the bench, willi geller
Two lab legends join the podcast! John and Jed Archibald come on the podcast to talk about being the lab behind Dr. Gordon Christensen. Talking about working for a famous dentist, opening an apprentice school, and being a part of the research that shapes dentistry every day.
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Episode 85: Denture Dan & The Twins: Dan Elfring, Elise Holasek, and Anita Cranford at the Whip Mix Digital Forum
November 11th, 2019 | 46 mins 45 secs
delivery driver, dental, family, in-office, laboratory, overdenture, podcast, technician, voices from the bench, whip mix
Elvis comes at you solo and LIVE from the exhibit hall of the ECDL floor. But he brings you two fantastic interviews he got while at the Whip Mix Digital Forum. First up there is Denture Dan Elfring who talks about his career and what he is doing now. Then Elvis is joined by two ladies that started off as delivery drivers and now own a lab. Did we mention they are twins?