Displaying 3 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "model work".
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422: Renata Bundy, Roberto Rossi, & Eugene Vega: The Never Ending Education in a Dental Lab
April 27th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
3d printing, aesthetics, analog dentistry, anatomy, artistry, asiga, bench work, boutique lab, cad/cam, career development, career growth, career pathways, case acceptance, case planning, ceramics, city tech, collaboration, communication, 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, leadership, mentorship, mentorship in dentistry, milling, model work, morphology, motivation, new york city college of technology, occlusion, patient experience, polishing, porcelain, problem solving, production lab, productivity, 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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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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278: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 4 with Chad Brox and Eddie Corrales
July 24th, 2023 | 57 mins 11 secs
3shape, cerec, dental, empress, facebook, family, ivoclar, lab day west, laboratory, las vegas, management software, marketing, mcxl, model work, omnicam, patterson, perfectionist, photography, podcast, primescan, same day, spain, stain and glaze, strippers, technician, treatment acceptance, voices from the bench, zirprime
Once again, we are back with more conversations from LMT Lab Day West thanks to our friends at Ivoclar. This week we talk to 3rd generation lab owner Chad Brox and Same Day Chairside Smile Maker Eddie Corrales.