Displaying items 1-10 of 13 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "passion".
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428: exocad Insights 2026 Part 2: Pinhas Adar, Javier Perez Lopez, & Dora Rodrigues
June 8th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
advanced dentistry, advanced workflow, aesthetic cases, aesthetics, analog artistry, analog skills, analog workflow, arkansas, artistry, atlanta, bite adjustment, cad/cam, ceramics, ceramist, certified trainer, chairside conversion, collaboration, continuing education, conversions, craftsmanship, custom prosthetics, customization, dental accuracy, dental artistry, dental cad, dental collaboration, dental communication, dental community, dental craftsmanship, dental design, dental education, dental events, dental excellence, dental family, dental future, dental industry, dental innovation, dental innovation summit, dental inspiration, dental lab, dental laboratory, dental leadership, dental materials, dental mentors, dental milling, dental networking, dental passion, dental passion project, dental philosophy, dental podcast, dental software, dental speakers, dental support, dental symposium, dental technician, dental technology, dental workflows, digital dentistry, digital evolution, digital impressions, digital lab, digital solutions, digital technician, digital tools, digital workflow, dts, education, education platform, esthetic dentistry, exocad, exocad insights, exocad trainer, fixed prosthetics, friendship, full arch, full arch workflow, full mouth restoration, global dentistry, hands-on courses, high-end dentistry, high-end restorations, human connection, implant bridge, implant cases, implant dentistry, implant planning, implant prosthetics, implant retained prosthetics, implant workflow, in-house milling, innovation, inspiration, international speakers, intraoral scanner, io connect, lab life, lab management, lab owner, lab technician, lab workflow, laboratory education, learning, learning environment, lectures, legacy, london, mallorca, mentorship, milling, milling center, milling machine, modern dentistry, networking, new jersey, no-prep veneers, occlusion, oral design, oral rehabilitation, partial cad, passion, passive fit, photogrammetry, pink porcelain, portugal, precision dentistry, precision fit, problem solving, prosthetic design, prosthetics, removable prosthetics, restorative dentistry, restorative design, restorative excellence, restorative materials, restorative workflow, screw-retained prosthetics, seoul symposium, sharing knowledge, smile design, spain, split bar, split file, switzerland, teaching, teamwork, teamwork culture, teamwork dentistry, technician community, technician life, technician respect, technician training, technology integration, titanium bars, trainer, trento memorial, veneers, voices from the bench, willi geller, workflow efficiency, workflow integration, workflow optimization, zirconia, zirconia bridge, zirconia workflow
At exocad Insights 2026, we talk with members of Oral Design International Foundation, Pinhas Adar and Javier Perez Lopez about the lasting legacy of Willi Geller and the importance of passion, mentorship, and community in dental technology. Then Dora Rodrigues shares her journey into advanced digital workflows, becoming a certified exocad trainer, and teaching full-arch dentistry around the world.
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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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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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325: For the Love of Teeth and Industry with Sabine Mayer & Denise Burris
June 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 6 mins
analog dinosaur, career, cdt, dental, denver, germany, grants, ids, inspire, italy, jensen, job, laboratory, layering social media, love, miyo, nightshift, passion, podcast, race for the future, scholarships, smile line, technician, voices from the bench
This week we meet Sabine Mayer, expert ceramist that was in a production lab for 28 years before finding love and a passion for her work. Then we have a great conversion with the President of the NADL, Denise Burris, who we sat down with at the FDLA Symposium.
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317: Lab Day Chicago 2024 Act 4 with Nichoel Burdge, Kay Fritze, Allison Cook, Jen Ludwig, Mike Claugherty, Scott Gallacher, & Dee Grimm
April 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
3shape, accurate, articulator, cal-lab, ce events, chicago, cnc, coen brothers, communication, dental, digital, education, exocad, hinges, home, implants, internet, ivoclar, lab day, lab of the year, laboratory, movie star, passion, pins, podcast, property manager, reinventing, remote, technician, training, voices from the bench, wfh, work from home
We are back in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2024 talking about remote designers with Nichoel Burdge, Kay Fritze,
& Allison Cook, then about passion and being in movies with Jen Ludwig & Mike Claugherty and then making a better articulator with Scott Gallacher & Dee Grimm. -
279: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 5 with Glen Smith and Gary Archer
July 31st, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
all-on-4, asiga, auctions, austin powers, auto wash, british teeth, broken teeth, cdt, dental, diastema, digital, fangs, genesis, interview with a vampire, ivoclar, lab day west, laboratory, lock down, passion, podcast, printing, te, technician, teeth, training, try in, ugly, voices from the bench, vulcanite, wax, whitney houston, workflow
This week we wrap up the conversions from LMT Lab Day West 2023 thanks to Ivoclar. First up is Glen Smith from the Apex Dental Lab Group talking about digital denture workflow and the “movie toothmaker” Gary Archer talks about what recent movies and shows he has worked on.
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265: More From the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Tobias Specht, Eiron Simmons, Olivia Davis, Crystal Heung, Christina Heaslip, Dora Rodrigues
April 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
blue block, boothless, church, conversions, dental, diastemas, digital dentures, disruption, emax, family, first time, laboratory, liechtenstein, lips, masquerade party, mill, outsourcing, p7, passion, podcast, pool party, portugal, press, product manager, public speaking, removables, technician, voices from the bench
We are back in the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with 4 more conversations! We talk to Tobias Specht from Ivoclar, Eiron Simmons and Olivia Davis from Oaks Dental Design, Crystal Heung from Sunmc Dental Lab in China, and Christina Heaslip from Digital Dental Laboratory and Dora Rodrigues from ID Dental Lab.
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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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215: Finally Live, Live From Texas with Wade Davenport, Richard Wills, & AJ Sheek
May 9th, 2022 | 1 hr 8 mins
3rd generation, board members, ceramics, dental, family, giving back, laboratory, membership, origin b&d, passion, peter pizzi, podcast, president, production, r&d credit, tax savings, technician, tradeshows, vendors, vita, voices from the bench
We are so happy to be back in Texas (physically) at the DLAT conference. This episode we talk to Wade Davenport, Richard Wills, and AJ Sheek.
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207: Lab Life is a Journey with Dennis Kalashnik CDT
March 14th, 2022 | 1 hr 58 secs
all on x, all-on-4, conversions, dental, dental wings, dentures, full arch, immediate load, implants, laboratory, partials, passion, pic system, podcast, technician, voices from the bench, zirconia
This week is a wonderful conversation with Dennis Kalashnik, who talks about his journey in dental technology. From clinical, to prisons, to family labs, to working by himself, Dennis has been on a career long path that has led him to chairside full arch implant laboratory work.