Displaying items 1-10 of 11 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "occlusion".
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423: Kent Kohli is Always in Pursuit of a More Excellent Way
May 4th, 2026 | 1 hr 9 mins
100-hour weeks, aacd, accreditation, accuracy, all-ceramics, analog to digital, anatomy, anterior aesthetics, artistry, boutique lab, bunsen burner, burnout, cad/cam, career growth, case planning, casting, ceramics, chairside experience, clinical education, coaching, communication, continuing education, contour, craftsmanship, creation porcelain, crown and bridge, crown council, dedication, dental ceramics, dental community, dental conventions, dental lab, dental school, dental technician, dental technology, dentist-technician relationship, digital dentistry, e.max, efficiency, efficiency vs artistry, electric waxer, empress 2, entrepreneurship, european technique, excellence, feldspathic veneers, finishing, full contour, giving back, global dentistry, hands-on training, high-end dentistry, hornbrook group, impressions, in-house lab, incisal edge, indirect bonding, industry giants, industry leaders, innovation, inspiration, ips empress, ivoclar, jensen, key opinion leader, kol, lab business, lab culture, lab day chicago, lab education, lab evolution, lab ownership, lab workflow, lab-to-clinic collaboration, layering, lifelong learning, liquid ceramics, materials science, mentorship, mentorship impact, metal frameworks, micro-layering, microscopes, microstar, milling, models, morphology, networking, next generation, noritake, occlusion, ortho lab, orthodontics, partnerships, passion, perseverance, pfms, plaster, platinum foil, polishing, posterior restorations, precision, pricing strategy, productivity, pursuit of excellence, quality over quantity, race to the bottom, refractory technique, servant leadership, shade matching, smile design, social media, startup lab, surface texture, symposiums, teaching, time management, trade school, vita, waxing, work ethic, workflow optimization, youtube learning, zubler
Kent Kohli shares how an unexpected path—from pre-dental student to passionate lab technician—led him to fall in love with ceramics and the artistry of dental technology. Guided by mentors and fueled by relentless self-education, he chose quality and growth over high-volume burnout, shaping a long, rewarding career. Now with Ivoclar, Kent is focused on giving back by helping bring hands-on education and foundational techniques to the next generation of technicians.
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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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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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353: Dr. Nilo Hernandez & John Orfanidis are Solving Full Arch Problems with the SiOS System
December 30th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
analog, beacons, best for patient, chairside, dental, easy, eliminates steps, eyeballing, full arch, guided, implants, lab day, laboratory, matchmaker, mill, occlusion, partnership, pmma, podcast, printing, problems, quest, solving, super gp, technician, titanium bar, voices from the bench, workflow
A dentist and technician have gotten together to streamline the process of restoring full arch implants. Dr. Nilo Hernandez & John Orfanidis have created the SiOS Dental System that allows you to streamline your workflow with any implant system.
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292: DTG Symposium 2023 Part 2 with Shelia Raquel & Quint Whipple
October 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
air force, coin, competition, dental, dental assistant, dentist, education, female, hygienist, laboratory, las vegas, lvi, military, new orleans, occlusion, podcast, school, stories, technician, voices from the bench, wife, zirconia
This week we are back at the 2023 DTG Symposium with Shelia Raquel from White Peaks Dental Solutions USA and Quint Whipple, the man behind the DTG coin and so much more.
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280: Getting Smart About Conversions with Dr. Brandon Kofford
August 7th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
air force, all-on-4, all-on-x, better quality, block out, break, conversions, dam it, dental, divergance, england, full arch, implants, laboratory, less time, locator, multi unit abutment, occlusion, overdenture, pick up, podcast, screws, separate, taper, technician, voices from the bench
If you do conversions, are thinking about doing conversions, or just want to learn more, this is the episode for you. We talk to Dr. Brandon Kofford, a prosthodontist that developed the Smart Denture Conversions system that saves time and produces a better restoration.
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257: A Nation Full of Full Arches with Dr. Mark Nation
February 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
airway, all-on-4, baby boomers, bruxism, cbct, christmas, clenching, dental, dry mouth, farm living, hybrid, implant failure, implants, iti, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, medication, mouth breather, occlusion, patient expectation, podcast, sleep apnea, technician, trauma, voices from the bench
This week we talk to Prosthodontist Dr. Mark Nation out of Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Nation spends a lot of time fixing bad "All-on-Xs", so he's seen the good and bad. Dr. Nation talks about the why patients’ teeth fail and the proper way to address the issues before restoring the teeth.
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208: Providing an Opportunity of Education with Renata Budny and Jamie Rubin
March 21st, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
3shape, anatomy, ceramist, coda, dental, dental wings, education, laboratory, manhattan, morphology, occlusion, podcast, roland mills, teaching, technician, voices from the bench
We celebrate our 4th year of the podcast by bringing back the very first guest Renata Budny from the Dental Technology program at New York City College of Technology. She is joined by past student turned professor, Jamie Rubin.
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147: The Need for (the Curve of) Spee with Steffen Rohrbach and the Swiss School of Prosthetics
January 18th, 2021 | 55 mins 8 secs
courses, dental, fundamentals, germany, injection, laboratory, occlusion, podcast, process, set ups, technician, teeth, voices from the bench
Someone saw the need for good education for removable technicians and did something about it. Steffen Rohrbach from Edmonds Dental Prosthetics comes on to talk about teaming up with Candulor to become the first teacher in the US for the Swiss School of Prosthetics.
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134: A True Measurement of Dental Laboratory Passion with Josef Kolbeck
October 19th, 2020 | 58 mins 2 secs
costa rica, dental, dentures, education, golden proportions, laboratory, occlusal scheme, occlusion, podcast, prosthodontist, retromolar pad, setting teeth, sharing, technician, voices from the bench
Josef Kolbeck is a removable technician full of passion and a desire to help everyone get better at doing what they love to do. Josef comes on the podcast to talk about his introduction into the industry, the development on the OMP, Phi tool-guide, and taking it all to the next level with "Webinar-in-a-box"