Displaying 8 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "support".
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403: Live from Lab Fest 2025: Duff Wilson and the Importance of Good Vendor Relationships with Aidite
December 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 18 mins
aidite, cad/cam, crown and bridge, dental, dental laboratory, dental technology, dentures, design services, digital dentistry, full arch, implant restorations, lab associations, lab efficiency, lab ownership, laboratory, lean workflow, mentorship, milling center, relationship, relationships, removables, support, technician, technician education, voices from the bench, zirconia
Duff Wilson shares his unconventional journey through dental technology—from getting thrown into high-volume removables at a major lab to building a lean, relationship-driven lab that’s thrived for over two decades. Along the way, he breaks down why mentorship, smart workflows, and trusting the right people and products matter more than hype, trends, or chasing volume in today’s dental lab world.
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330: The Final More From exocad Insights 2024 with Chuck Genco, Yousef Ibrahim, Maher Al Hanfeish, Jen Ludwig, and Lindsey Rowan
July 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
10k, 5k, ai, all-on-4, cdt, cheerleading, corus, dental, digital, dso, dtx, efficiency, exocad, fort worth, fundraising, grants, implants, ivoclar, laboratory, leadership, miyo, podcast, raising money, scanning, solutions, sponsorships, support, technician, texas, time to teeth, triathlon, van hook, voices from the bench, warranty, workflow, zirconia
All good things must end as we wrap up the final conversations from exocad Insights 2024 with Chuck Genco, Yousef Ibrahim, Maher Al Hanfeish. Then we tack on a conversation about the Race For the Future with Jen Ludwig and Lindsey Rowan.
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318: Lab Day Chicago 2024 Act 5 with Carrie Ling, Randi James, David Lesh, Nitasha Rizvi, Beth Brown, Lola Welch, & Julia Glancey
April 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
3d arm, chicago, cost of good sales, dental, dso, friends, gross profit margins, harvard, husband / wife, hygiene, international, ivoclar, journey, lab day, laboratory, ladies of the mill, learning, london, on stage, podcast, profitability, roundtables, sales, school, sprint ray, support, surgery new york, teaching, technician, technician of the year, travel, voices from the bench
We wrap up all of Lab Day Chicago 2024 with a collection of 4 conversations from the Ivoclar Ballroom. Carrie Ling & Randi James talk about friendship, David Lesh talks about profit, Nitasha Rizvi talks about teaching at Harvard, and Beth Brown, Lola Welch, and Julia Glancey chat about coming to America for the show.
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314: Lab Day Chicago 2024 Act 2 with Dr. Sandy & James Kirk, Dr. Ed McLaren, and Patrick Allen
April 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 8 mins
bills, bonding, bps, carpenter, ceramics, chicago, chile, dental, dental boards, denturism, digital, education, faith, ivoclar, james bond, lab day, laboratory, legislative, local support, matrix, mission trip, national movement, no prep veneers, podcast, reliable, removable, residency, star trek, star wars, suction, support, technician, trios, virginia, voices from the bench
This week we continue the conversations we got while at in the Ivoclar Ballroom during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2024. This time we have husband and wife lab owners James & Dr. Sandy Kirk, the technician's dentist Dr. Ed McLaren, and Denturist Patrick Allen.
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282: A Spotlight On the Nightshift with Nina Frketin, Deppa Bharakhda, and Emily & Eleanor Pittard
August 21st, 2023 | 1 hr 1 min
anax, articles, boards, clinical, dental, encourage, england, facebook, hand-on, instagram, lab day, laboratory, ladies of the mill, panthera, podcast, share, speaking, spotlight, support, swag, symposium, technician, tips, tour, uk, voices from the bench
Working the Night Shift. We've all been there, but to 4 female technicians it's a way to support and encourage others to be their best. Nina Frketin, Deppa Bharakhda, and Emily & Eleanor Pittard talk all about their new group Nightshift.
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274: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 1 with Calvin Song and Sevan Pulurian
June 26th, 2023 | 59 mins 49 secs
24/7, ada, ai, business development, cal-lab, cosmetic, custom tray, dental, dental lab network, diagnostic wax ups, facebook, grassroots, laboratory, milling center, model, model builder express, night guards, podcast, sales tax, support, technician, voices from the bench
Back in May, Elvis and Barb took the podcast to LMT Lab Day West thanks to our good friends at Ivoclar. This week we talk to Calvin Song from Creodent about New York wanting to tax veneers and Sevan Pulurian who updates us on all things 3shape.
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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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159: 3Shape vs Exocad: Sevan Pulurian, Matt Mills, and Enja Dorjchuluun
April 12th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
3shape, abutment, communicate, dental, exocad, full arch, gingival sculpting, laboratory, podcast, save function, scanners, support, technician, upgrades, voices from the bench, yearly fees, zirkonzahn
Three technicians compare two design software the most labs use. This is 3Shape vs Exocad. Sevan Pulurian is from Team 3Shape. Matt Mills is from Team ExoCad. Enja Dorjchuluun is from Team "Uses Them All". They discuss the many pros and cons to each.