Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 375 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag “voices from the bench”.
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401: Seth Smith and Ryan Alexander: From Chaos to Clicks: The GreatLab.io Upgrade
December 1st, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
ai mapping, automation, bad scans, booking, capacity planning, case management, cloud-based, communication, crm, data migration, dental, dental lab, digital dentistry, digital workflow, doctor communication, ds core, efficiency, greatlab.io, integrations, itero, lab operations, lab software, laboratory, lms, medit, onboarding, paperless, production tracking, scan quality, scanhub, shipping integration, task management, technician, technician workflow, vitality dental arts, voices from the bench
Seth Smith from Greatlab.io joins the podcast to share how his team built a modern, automation-driven lab management system that streamlines booking, communication, scanning, and workflow for labs of all sizes. Ryan Alexander from Vitality Dental Arts explains how switching to GreatLab dramatically reduced calls, sped up case processing, improved technician efficiency, and transformed their day-to-day operations almost overnight.
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400: Joe Young - Hail to the Young: The Presidential Edition
November 24th, 2025 | 1 hr 9 mins
after school, cam, cdt, community engagement, dental, dental wings, digital, family, family history, fixed, hawley retainers, hong kong, laboratory, legacy, milling, moscow mule, nadl, nobel, ortho, parking, philadelphia, president, rebrand, receiving, shipping, spare room, super fan, technician, terms, thumb sucking, trade in, training, vendor, voices from the bench, wire bending, workforce, young
Barb and Elvis sit down with longtime friend and NADL President Joe Young, who shares his journey from growing up in his family’s small ortho lab to leading a full-service digital lab and serving the national community. The episode dives into family legacy, industry evolution, leadership, and plenty of classic VFTB fun.
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398: Jonathan Bourke Went From Six Strings to Six Implants
November 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
all-on-x, analog, asiga max, blender, demo, dentafab sega, denturist, digital, driver, ds world, ental, exocad, fiduciary markers, full arch masters, guitar, hands on, hybrids, hyperdent, implant pathways, in-office, ios scan, jazz, laboratory, megagen, micronmapper, miyo, model work, optisplint, ownership, photogrammetry, sin, technician, treatment planning, voices from the bench
This week, we chat with Jonathan Burke, a former jazz guitarist who traded music gigs for milling machines. Hear how he went from pouring models to running a full-arch digital lab, mastering exocad, photogrammetry, and MiYO along the way.
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397: Marc Rondeau: The Aussie Who is Making Teeth, Teaching Techs, and Spinning Records
November 3rd, 2025 | 1 hr 7 mins
accident, analog, associations, australia, car crash, college, crown and bridge, died, digital, digital sold, dj, ental, exam, exocad, fixed, freelance, giving back, internship, laboratory, london, nigh club, north shore, outsource, rehab, school, skill, teacher registration, technician, tumor, voices from the bench, volunteers, vp, walking
This week, Elvis and Barb head Down Under to chat with Marc Rondeau, a Sydney-based dental technician, educator, and DJ who’s spent decades shaping the future of dental technology in Australia. From his early days in Harley Street to his passion for teaching and advocating for the profession, Marc shares an incredible story of resilience, innovation, and rhythm—both in and out of the lab
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396: Daniele Collard & Amber Rosema Kept Calm and Crafted On After a Tragedy
October 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
alarm, analog, chairtime, community, compensation, didn't stop, digital, employee owned, ental, feedback, fire, great lab io, inspector, insurance, laboratory, laptop, loss, mental health, middle of the night, moving on, myron's dental lab, new systems, osha, overtime, phone call, rebuilding, safety, starting over, stronger, technician, togetherness, vacation, voices from the bench, working, zahn
When a devastating fire destroyed Denture Crafters, managers Amber Rosema and Daniele Collard refused to give up. In just days, they rallied their team, found a new space, and started rebuilding—proving that the dental lab community’s strength and heart can’t be burned down
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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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394: Will Varda Has a Recipe for Digital Succuss (and Scones!)
October 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
3shape, accordion, canada, community, conspiracy theories, cooking, cruise, dental, digital, education, fundamentals, fur purse, laboratory, lead dies, learning, mesh, nipples, obsessed, online, philosophy, rdt, recipe, scones, slow game, social media, speaker, technician, voices from the bench, wine, wing it, workarounds
This week we chat with Will Varda from British Columbia — a second-generation dental technician who grew up in his dad’s home lab and now leads the Dental Technicians Association of BC. Will shares incredible stories from his father’s days crafting crowns for Iranian royalty using goat-horn hammers to his own journey into digital dentistry, community building, and teaching others the “recipe” for digital design.
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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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392: Jed Archibald is Impressed with Empress and So Much More
September 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
dental, design, die, digital, education, family, finish, ivoclar, laboratory, lavender, management, margins, mechanical tension, mill, outsource, press, printing, rockstar and skittles, technician, testing, utah, utah valley dental lab, voices from the bench, wax, workarounds
Back again is Jed Archibald talking about minimal prepped restorations using Empress from Ivoclar, ZirCAD Prime, better printer resins, and so much more!
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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.