Displaying 9 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "vita".
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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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385: IDS 2025 & exocad Part 10 with Pierre-Luc Duchesne, Dereck Donnelly, & Dr. Eimear O’Connell
August 11th, 2025 | 58 mins 12 secs
1on1, art, back to the future, box, canada, dental, ds core, education, exocad, exoplan, feedback, fp1, fusion, glaze, grandmother, hero, ids, invisalign, ireland, itero, laboratory, maple syrup, marketing, master cup, nexus, packaging, panther, phototgrammetry, prep, public, scan, scotland, sleep apnea, smile design, stain, surgical guides, technician, teeth, vita, voices from the bench
Back for the 10th time with conversations from the exocad booth at IDS 2025. First up are two people creating excellent customer experiences with Panthera, Pierre-Luc Duchesne and Dereck Donnelly. Then we meet the Irish dentist in Scotland, Dr. Eimear O’Connell who uses digital to give her patients the best treatment possible.
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382: IDS 2025 & exocad Part 7 with Jade Connors and Lisa Aguirre
July 21st, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
artist, bego, blinged, dd, dental, dental inkjet printer, dirty talk, exocad, front office, gemstones, heal the mind, ids, influencers, japan, judge, kol, laboratory, lecturing, managing, mental health, music, national denturist association, paper vs patients, pictures, positive attitude, product manager, rdt, roland dga, sick, stickers, switzerland, technician, travel, vita, voices from the bench, work hard and play hard
Back again.... still.... with more amazing conversations from the exocad booth at IDS 2025 in Cologne, Germany. First is past podcast guest and Canadian Denturist Jade Connors. Then we learn all about DGShape and the Roland mills with Lisa Aguirre.
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262: 78 Going On 40 with Brian Binnie
April 3rd, 2023 | 1 hr 3 mins
ai, canada, cerec, curing box, dental, engineer, flex strength, hobby, inlab, ivoclar, laboratory, passionate, podcast, printing, resings, retirement, secret service, sirona, technician, vita, voices from the bench, walmart, williams gold
This week we catch up with a gentleman that has been around in the industry for years, being a part of many introductions of pivotal materials. Brian Binnie talks about his journey from growing up in a lab to his new role at Pac-Dent.
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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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214: A *Bleeping* Dental Technician From *Bleeping* Finland: Sandra Puurits
May 2nd, 2022 | 58 mins 35 secs
apprenticeship, archery, arrow, beer, bow, carpentry, dental, estonia, fencing, justin, laboratory, mrawwesome, podcast, technician, tradeshows, university, vita, vivadent, voices from the bench, woodworking
We welcome accident prone, foul mouthed, and talented removable technician from Finland, Sandra Puurits. Sandra talks about education through apprenticeship, her life in the lab, plans for the future, and of course archery.
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176: On the Frontier of Instagram: Gil Villavecer from Frontier Dental Lab
August 9th, 2021 | 1 hr 3 mins
#wellmakeyousmile, beauty queens, branding, cardi b, celebrities, cosmetic, dental, followers, frontier smiles, laboratory, podcast, social media, technician, veneers, vita, voices from the bench
We've all tried to advertise our lab on social media with mediocre success. Gil Villavecer from Frontier Dental Lab has found the key to making Instagram work. He shares tips and tricks on how to use this free platform and reach a global audience of both clinicians and the public.
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168: Reaching A New Summit: Norbert Ulmer and Gro3X
June 14th, 2021 | 58 mins 9 secs
3m, aidite, aligners, burs, cercon, dental, dentist, dentsply, flip block, frank acosta, inlab, kavo, laboratory, lava, mcx5, mcxl, podcast, procera, technician, vita, voices from the bench, zirconia
Joining the podcast this week is Norbert Ulmer. Norbert has a long history with Sirona and our industry. He talks about the early days selling in Europe, connecting with Sirona, bringing it to the US, and his new company Gro3X.
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144: Raising the Bar with the Panthera Master Cup: Béatrice Robichaud & Jeffrey Luk
December 28th, 2020 | 1 hr 39 secs
amann girrbach, artex articulators, bar, canada, dental, denturist, dolder, emile encinar, ioulianos moustakis, laboratory, mark wiliamson, overdenture, pekton, podcast, technician, vita, voices from the bench
We end 2020 with a great conversation about the Panthera Master Cup. Co-founder of Panthera Dental, Béatrice Robichaud joins us along with the 2nd place winner, Jeffrey Luk from the Shaw Dental Group in Canada. They talk about the contest, the criteria to make the top 10 and then the top 3, and how anyone can participate in this ultimate best of the best competition.