Displaying items 1-10 of 23 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "vision 21".
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Episode 395: Lori Margiotta Wants You to Follow the Numbers to Find the Growth
October 20th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
care credit, case acceptance, ental, front desk, gatekeeper, growth, identify, laboratory, math, patients, recall, receptionist, relationships, sales, solutions, staff, systems, technician, treatment, trust, unbooked, vision 21, voices from the bench
Elvis and Barb chat with Lori Margiotta from Bookkeeper for Dentists about bridging the gap between dental labs and offices through smarter business tracking. Lori shares how understanding simple numbers like lab expenses and case acceptance can help both labs and dentists grow together.
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275: Lab Day West Coast Stories Part 2 with Heather Voss and Daniel Serrago
July 3rd, 2023 | 59 mins 23 secs
dental, digital specialty, fdlt, fix, french horn, furnaces, handpieces, ivoclar, lab day west, laboratory, mills, nbc, next generation, pfm, podcast, public awareness, recruiting, repair, small lab, social media, surveys, technician, vision 21, voices from the bench, zirconia
Back again at LMT Lab Day West thanks to Ivoclar! This week brings us the current President of the NADL, Heather Voss and the owner of Garland Dental Services, Daniel Serrago.
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261: A CDT of DLT at LSU with Tracy Graham
March 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 49 secs
anatomy, balance, cdt, college, courses, dental, dentures, education, exocad, family, kids, lab, lab day chicago, laboratory, lsu, new orleans, ortho, podcast, rg, technician, teeth, vision 21, voices from the bench
This week Elvis and Barb talk to current dental lab student from LSU, Tracy Graham. Tracy talks about the program, building her life after school, juggling that with a family, and why she loves teeth so much.
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253: Getting Candid About Candulor with Alexander Ewert
January 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
acrylic, advertising, colored wax, dental, dentures, germany, ids, lab day, laboratory, milk, molds, monomer, podcast, shade 34, swiss, technician, teeth, vision 21, voices from the bench
This week we talk to Alexander Ewert, the Director of Marketing & Education at the Swiss company Candulor. Alexander talks about the early days of Candulor, his past in dental labs, all the products they carry, and their dedication to removable education.
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252: The Family That Creates Smiles: Wayne Szara Sr, Mike Capps, Wayne Szara Jr, Steve Szara, and Erin Szara
January 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 9 mins
biomet 3i, christmas, dental, dental school, family, growing up in a lab, laboratory, lmt lab day chicago, navy, orthodontics, podcast, students, technician, tiktok, triton college, vision 21, voices from the bench, whopper, youtube, zimmer
We have a full house on today's episode with multiple generations of a family all in dental technology. Joining us first is the one who started it all, Wayne Szara Sr. He pulled in his brother-in-law, Mike Capps. But also, his two sons, Wayne Szara Jr and Steve Szara. Now Steve's daughter Erin Szara is starting dental school. It's a big family of smile creators!
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251: A BIG Heart for Dental with Marithe Baclagon
January 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
anax usa, assisting, ceramist, dental, digital, ear, exocad, formlabs, full arch, gc america, icam, in-office lab, ivocalr, lab day, laboratory, master dental technician, nadl university, phd, podcast, printed jaw, technician, vision 21, voices from the bench
This week features a conversation with Marithe Baclagon, who’s passion for dental and teaching has guided her on a journey that you need to hear to believe. The amazing adventure starts chairside and goes on to teaching techniques to dentist.
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250: From In Office to In Lab with Tra' Chambers
January 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
blue cam, business, cerec doctor, dental, dental assistant, hammer, insurance payments, ivoclar, laboratory, labstar, lmt lab day chicago, omnicam, outsourcing, podcast, primescan, same day, seminars, sintering oven, technician, vision 21, voices from the bench, zirconia
Celebrating our 250th episode with a great conversation with Tra' Chambers from Express Dental Laboratory. Tra' talks about learning the clinical side of office management before owning a digital leading lab.
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249: A Feather In Your CAP with Rob Nazzal and icortica
January 2nd, 2023 | 58 mins 57 secs
3m, bar graphs, bob cohen, cam, crm, culture, dental, laboratory, lava, lmt lab day chicago, mentors, mills, podcast, roland, scanner, tech support, technician, true definition scanner, vision 21, voices from the bench
We are joined by co-creator and past CEO of CAP (Custom Automated Prosthetics), Rob Nazzal. Rob talks about getting into the dental industry, starting and running CAP, and his new venture of using data and analytics to grow labs with icortica.
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245: Whip Mix Digital Forum 2022 Part 3: Step Toothmaster Bay & James Mahan from PTC
December 5th, 2022 | 1 hr
advanced, basic, casino, chairside, dental, dtg, education, framework, gc america, hands on, in-office, jelenko, john ness, laboratory, online, podcast, poker, steps, technician, testing, training, vision 21, voices from the bench, wagner rotary
This week we wrap up our conversations from the Whip Mix Digital Forum with two amazing people. Frist up is Step Toothmaster Bay talking about all things ceramics and then James Mahan from the PTC talking about training.
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220: Being a Disruptive Unicorn in Dental Technology with Nicole Jackson
June 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 15 mins
3shape, argen, cad, dental, education, educator of the year, laboratory, lmt alien milling, matc, new art dental lab, podcast, removables, school, technician, vision 21, voices from the bench, workflow production
This week we welcome Nicole Jackson to the podcast. Nicole is the Lead faculty and program chair of the dental technician program at Milwaukee Area Technical College. After completing the program herself and changing a few labs for the better, Nicole goes back to the school to train the next generation of technicians.