Displaying items 1-10 of 25 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "teaching".
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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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393: Ed Molina is Helping Everyone Save Face with a Facially Driven Digital Workflow
October 6th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
assistant, dental, digital, education, employees, exocad, facial scanner, full arch, grammetry, kois, laboratory, mentors, patients, photogrammetry, photos, protocol, shining 3d, teaching, technician, tough love, training, troubleshooting, voices from the bench, zircon zahn
Ed Molina shares his journey from working retail to becoming a leader in digital dentistry. Guided by mentors and hands-on experience, he helped pioneer facially driven workflows and now teaches clinicians how to integrate digital design and technology into their practices. Ed discusses mentorship, innovation, and the challenges of bringing digital solutions to everyday dentistry.
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391: Amy Helayel & Todd Hydock: Viva Las Locators with Zest
September 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 7 mins
abutments, ce credits, cement, clinical help, communicate, conversions, cross train, david bowie, dental, education, expert, fixed, foot tattoo, housings, inserts, john madden, laboratory, las vegas, locator, milled, october 11, online, oring, sales, speaking, surgical, teaching, technician, van, voices from the bench
This week we talk to two past lab technicians that work for Zest Dental Solutions, Amy Helayel & Todd Hydock. They talk about the angled abutments, Locator Fixed, and the Technician Master's Program.
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376: IDS 2025 & exocad Part 2 with Amy Tate, Dr. Rami Gamil, & Pam Rehm
June 9th, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
3d vision, argen, cad, cbct, certification, chicago, cone bean, dental, dentist, denturist, digital dentures, digital records, edentulous scans, education, exocad, fixed, high energy, hype, ids, imaging, implants, internship, ios, laboratory, lecturing, management, mentorship, models, nate, outsource, removable, revolutionary, scan every denture, scanning, speaking, study clubs, teaching, technician, technology, theory, training, university, voices from the bench, world cup
Back at it from the exocad booth at IDS 2025! First up is new"ish" to the dental lab industry, Amy Tate from the UK. Then we chat with Dr. Rami Gamil, a dentist from Egypt that brought technology to the masses, and we wrap up with Canadian Pam Rehm who is out to make sure every denturist has the proper opportunity to go digital.
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Episode 375: IDS 2025 & exocad Part 1 with Hajir Shamil, Daniel Portal, Gerson Prada, & Dr. Diogo Viegas
June 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
ai, all-on-x, approval, bite international, burnt out, communication, dental, dentist, designer, digital, exocad, exoplan, face scanning, firing doctors, florida, ids, implants, ios, laboratory, malo clinic, miyo, paint a picture, partials, printers, single visit, social pressure, south america, spanish, teaching, technician, traffic, utah, voices from the bench
We start the run of conversations we got while in the exocad booth at IDS 2025 in Cologne, Germany. This week features Hajir Shamil from Iraq, Daniel Portal & Gerson Prada from the USA, and Dr. Diogo Viegas from Portugal.
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374: Dr. Andrew Turchin Has the Formula For a Smiling Success
May 26th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
3shape, aesthetics, ceramics, communication, dental, designers, education, emax, exocad, high end, hiring, ivoclar, lab day, laboratory, neck pain, picky patients, porcelain, quality control, teaching, technician, voices from the bench
This week we meet Dr. Andrew Turchin from Aspen Colorado who has developed a mathematical equation that has allowed him and his in-office lab technicians to formulate a simple treatment that creates better smiles.
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352: Carmel Vickers-Wall is Making a Good First Impressions with Patients
December 23rd, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
agency, analog, art, assistant, carver, clinical dental technician, dental, dentures, denturist, don't over sell, ear plugs, edentulos, education, focus, gagging, green stick, horror, implants, impressions, instagram, insurance, laboratory, learning, newspaper, nurse, patients, podcast, salt, school, shade, teaching, technician, tooth selection, torch, trays, voices from the bench
At the age of 16, Carmel Vickers-Wall was a Dental Nurse (Assistant), after discovering the dental lab she eventually decided to combine the two and become a Clinical Dental Technician. Carmel provides many insights into seeing patients and making their dentures.
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345: The Golden Age of Photogrammetry with Kamil Zborowski
November 4th, 2024 | 59 mins 49 secs
consulting, conversions, dental, dentures, design software, early cad cam, europe, exocad, full arch, healing abutments, immediate load, intraoral, laboratory, lava, mill temporaries, podcast, scan bodies, service, spain, teaching, technician, voices from the bench, workflow
This week we learn all about the camera that gets implant placement from outside the mouth, Photogrammetry. Kamil Zborowski from WTI Dental Concepts talks about the history, the how, the why, and how to go about getting into this fascinating full arch workflow.
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333: Success in Florida with Dany Sakr, Nick Azzara, Ifet Ahmeti, & Whitney Courtney
August 12th, 2024 | 1 hr 11 mins
3shape, adite, ah ha moments, analog to digital, attachments, cdt, dental, digital, education, email, employees, exocad, framework, generous, high end, imetric, implant, in-office, jensen dental, laboratory, lou, management, millbox, miyo, on-site, partials, podcast, prince, removables, sales person, simulate situations, size matters, solution, teaching, technician, trade shows, voices from the bench, wife
We wrap up our trip to the FDLA 2024 Symposium thanks to the WONDERFUL people at Jensen Dental with conversations with Dany Sakr, Nick Azzara, Ifet Ahmeti, and Whitney Courtney