Displaying 9 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "public speaking".
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444: Mike Archibald: Finding Your Place at the Bench and Table
September 28th, 2026 | 1 hr 11 mins
Communication, Family, Fatherhood, Life Lessons, accountability, addiction recovery, aesthetic dentistry, archibald family, authenticity, barb and elvis, becoming a dental technician, becoming your best self, behind the scenes dentistry, being coachable, being present, cad cam dentistry, career development, career growth, career journey, ce, ceramic crowns, ceramic technician, coaching, community, confidence, continuing education, cosmetic dentistry, craftsmanship, crown waxing, dental aesthetics, dental anatomy, dental art, dental artistry, dental business, dental business leadership, dental cad cam, dental career, dental careers, dental ce, dental ceramicist, dental ceramics, dental coaching, dental community, dental conferences, dental craftsmanship, dental crowns, dental education, dental education community, dental education podcast, dental educator, dental industry, dental industry career, dental industry conversations, dental industry education, dental industry podcast, dental lab, dental lab community, dental lab conversations, dental lab education, dental lab education community, dental lab experience, dental lab family, dental lab leadership, dental lab owner, dental lab podcast, dental lab training, dental laboratory, dental laboratory education, dental laboratory family, dental laboratory history, dental laboratory owner, dental laboratory podcast, dental laboratory technician, dental laboratory technician education, dental laboratory technician training, dental leadership, dental lectures, dental lecturing, dental materials, dental materials education, dental mentoring, dental mentorship, dental milling, dental morphology, dental occlusion, dental patients, dental podcast, dental presentations, dental products, dental professional development, dental professionals, dental speaker, dental stories, dental technician, dental technician community, dental technician education, dental technician imposter syndrome, dental technician life, dental technician podcast, dental technician stories, dental technician training, dental techniques, dental techniques training, dental technology, dental technology podcast, dental technology training, dental training, dental waxing, dentistry, dentistry and life, dentistry podcast, difficult conversations, digital dental laboratory, digital dental technology, digital dentistry, digital design, digital detox, digital workflow, disconnecting, education, esthetic dentistry, experienced dental technician, family business, family expectations, family legacy, family time, family values, father and son, finding balance, finding purpose, finding your path, finding yourself, following your own path, function, functional aesthetics, functional dentistry, functional design, gc initial, getting outside, giving back, gold crowns, gordon christensen, gordon christensen dentistry, growth mindset, hands on training, harvest dental, healthy habits, healthy lifestyle, helping others, helping people, honesty, imposter syndrome, insecurity, jed archibald, john archibald, kelly and associates, lab management, laboratory dentistry, laboratory leadership, las vegas institute, learning dental technology, learning dentistry, legacy, life beyond dentistry, lifelong learning, living up to expectations, lvi, master technician, meaningful life, meaningful work, mental health, mentorship community, mike archibald, mindset, mindset coaching, natural dentistry, natural looking restorations, nature, occlusion, open bench, open conversations, outdoor life, overcoming addiction, overcoming adversity, overcoming challenges, overcoming imposter syndrome, overcoming struggles, parenting, patient care, patient centered dentistry, personal accountability, personal coaching, personal development, personal growth, personal journey, personal priorities, personal transformation, personal wellness, positive mindset, professional coaching, professional growth, professional imposter syndrome, public speaking, purpose, ray foster, real conversations, real talk dentistry, rebuilding your life, recovery, recovery journey, redefining success, relationships, resilience, restorative aesthetics, restorative dentistry, restorative dentistry lab, second chances, self confidence, self doubt, self improvement, self worth, slowing down, sobriety, speaking in dentistry, starting in a dental lab, staying coachable, stories from the lab, success, success in dentistry, success in life, supporting technicians, table 52, table 52 community, taking a break, taking responsibility, teaching dental technology, teaching technicians, technician community, technician conversations, technician development, technician journey, technician mentorship, technique education, third generation dental technician, transformation, treating every patient equally, unplugging, vftb, voices from the bench, voices from the bench podcast, vulnerability, waxing, work life balance
This week we sit down with Mike Archibald, the “black sheep” of the Archibald family, to talk about his journey through dentistry, family expectations, imposter syndrome, recovery, and personal growth. Mike opens up about the lessons he learned from his dad, his path into ceramics and education, and his vision for Table 52—a place for honest conversations about the struggles that happen behind the scenes. It’s a real and personal conversation about dentistry, life, and finding a healthier way forward.
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426: DLAT 2026 Part 3 with Tiffany Prater, Sydney Ribera, Marlin Gohn
May 25th, 2026 | 1 hr 2 mins
CAD/CAM, acrylic, acrylic designs, acrylic pouring, aesthetic dentistry, analog dentistry, anterior crowns, argen, bonding, calibration, cantonese, conference lectures, continuing education, crown aesthetics, crown failures, crown milling, crown retention, custom retainers, dental artistry, dental assisting, dental business, dental cad, dental cements, dental collaboration, dental community, dental conference, dental craftsmanship, dental creativity, dental digital transformation, dental education, dental equipment, dental finishing, dental frameworks, dental future, dental humor, dental industry, dental innovation, dental lab, dental lab podcast, dental labs in china, dental lectures, dental manufacturing, dental materials, dental materials science, dental mentors, dental mentorship, dental milling, dental networking, dental podcast, dental presentations, dental regulations, dental stories, dental support, dental technician, dental technicians, dental technology, dental technology trends, dental troubleshooting, dental workflow, digital dentistry, digital dentures, digital workflow, dlat, easyrx, entrepreneurship, fda, full arch zirconia, furnaces, glow in the dark acrylic, gradient translucency, gt zirconia, guangzhou, hands-on learning, hawley retainers, hygiene school, implant crowns, implant dentistry, implant platforms, incisal translucency, industry trends, invisalign, jbc acrylics, lab efficiency, lab life, lab management, lab owner, lab technology, laser welder, laser welding, mandarin, mentorship, milled gold crowns, milling burs, milling machines, milling strategies, multilayer zirconia, nesting, nesting supports, occlusion, org, ortho community, ortho tech, orthodontic appliances, orthodontic conference, orthodontic creativity, orthodontic education, orthodontic lab, orthodontic mentorship, orthodontic resource group, orthodontic retainers, orthodontic workflow, orthodontics, pfm, polishing, porcelain fused to metal, posterior crowns, primers, printed dentures, printed models, private labs, private practice, public speaking, restorative dentistry, retainers, saline cleaning, selective laser melting, sintering, slm, small business, soldering, texas freeze, tie-dye retainers, training, translators, translucency, vendor booths, voices from the bench, wire bending, zirconia, zirconia crowns, zirconia discs
At the 2026 DLAT meeting, Tiffany Prater and Sydney Ribera talk about mentorship, orthodontic lab work, and blending creativity with today’s digital workflows. Then Marlin Gohn from Argen shares insights on new zirconia technology, milling strategies, and what labs around the world are doing to stay ahead.
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369: Cal-Lab 2025 Part 2 with Liam Johns, Tom Wiand, Scott Lowrey, and Matt Cushing
April 21st, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
Arizona, acquisitions, aox, bego, cut, delivery driver, dental, dentures, digital partials, european league, father, finisher, fires, football, framework, full arch, hiring, ivobase, laboratory, lucitone, manager, milled dentures, nfl, phone, photogrammetry, printed flexible, processor, prosthodontist, public speaking, sales, smart denture conversion, steelers, technical support, technician, voices from the bench
We are back with a packed episode from the 2025 Cal-Lab Association Meeting. First up is Liam Johns from Derby Dental Laboratory, Tom Wiand & Scott Lowrey from Wiand Dental Lab, and Matt Cushing from First Choice Dental Lab.
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322: The Full "Arch-Bishop" of 3shape Design with Cole Bishop
May 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
1600, 3shape, AI, Asia, CNC, Phoenix, all-on-x, arrowhead, artificial intelligence, cosmetic, costa rica, dental, full contour, laboratory, lmt, lucid, management, menu, model, podcast, post and core, preferences, profiles, public speaking, quality, redesign, technician, treasure dental studio, voices from the bench, waxing
This week we chat to the Global Head of Design Quality with 3Shape Design Services, Cole Bishop. Cole talks about his journey into digital design, his time at Full Contour, the transition to 3shape, and being a part of the team that developed their AI services called Automate.
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277: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 3 with Amber Rodriguez and Robert & Ardith Berger
July 17th, 2023 | 54 mins 29 secs
abutments, bars, dental, digital workflow, dipping wax, electronic waxer, handmade, implants, improving, ivoclar, kerr, lab day west, laboratory, packing porcelain, podcast, president of aaed, public speaking, table clinics, technician, tissue level, tri-lobe, voices from the bench
We are back with Ivoclar at the LMT Lab Day West where we talk to Amber Rodriguez from Preat and two living legends Robert & Ardith Berger talking about the legacy of Belle de St. Claire.
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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
Family, blue block, boothless, church, conversions, dental, diastemas, digital dentures, disruption, emax, 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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232: The Greatest Dentures of All Time (That Suck) with Paul McNally
September 5th, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
3shape, apprenticeship, carlow, carpenter, conversions, dental, dentist, denturism, exocad, gothic arch tracing, impressions, ivoclar, japan, laboratory, partials, patrick allen, podcast, public speaking, records, technician, voices from the bench
Have you heard about mandibular suction dentures? Paul McNally, a denturist from Ireland, comes on the podcast to talk all about this amazing technique that he has learned and is now teaching to technicians, denturist, and dentist.
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231: LIVE from LOMT with Kelly Simpson, Jen Ludwig, Ashley Boggs, Mark Ferguson, and Jeremy Wohlers.
August 29th, 2022 | 1 hr 9 mins
3shape, Star Trek, alabama, birmingham, case in a box, conversions, dental, dentist, dme, elos, exocad, lab owner, laboratory, partials, podcast, public speaking, technician, that guy, travel, voices from the bench
We are back with more amazing conversations from the Preat booth at the Ladies of the Mill Summit 2022. This week we talk to Kelly Simpson, Jen Ludwig, Ashley Boggs, Mark Ferguson, and Jeremy Wohlers.
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Episode 77: A Carbon Copy of No One: Brian Ganey from Carbon Part 2
September 16th, 2019 | 34 mins 55 secs
additive, carbon, dental, digital forum, lab day, lab day east, laboratory, lmt, podcast, printer, public speaking, technician, the eastern conference of dental laboratories, voices from the bench
We are back with Brian Ganey from Carbon. As we get into part 2 of the wonderful interview Brian talks more about the features of a Carbon printer, what a lab needs to do to get a Carbon, and the future of Carbon printers and 3D printing in our industry.