Displaying items 11-20 of 45 in total of Voices from The Bench with the tag "zirconia".
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416: Lab Day Chicago 2026 Part 2 with Rob Fletcher, Don Bell & Andreas Klie
March 16th, 2026 | 1 hr 26 mins
aces, ai, automation, bottlenecks, case entry, ceramart, chicago, collaboration, data entry, dental, dental labs, dental technicians, digital workflow, education, efficiency, full arch, fusion bar, implant bars, industry partnerships, innovation, ivoclar, lab day, lab management systems, lab technology, laboratory, lean manufacturing, materials, milling centers, ocr, panthera, photogrammetry, process improvement, productivity, prosthetics, rx scanning, technician, voices from the bench, workflow, zirconia, zirconia veneers
Live from the stage at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2026, the podcast talks with Rob Fletcher about ACES, an AI-powered system that reads handwritten prescriptions and automatically enters cases into a lab management system—helping labs eliminate one of their biggest workflow bottlenecks. Then Don Bell and Andreas Klie join the conversation to discuss the collaboration between Ivoclar and Panthera Dental, exploring how Fusion Bar technology and new materials are streamlining full-arch restorations while expanding education for technicians and clinicians.
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412: Matthew Douglas: The Fastest Hands in Texas and the story of the DLAT show
February 16th, 2026 | 1 hr 9 mins
affordable dentures, all-on-4, ambidextrous technician, analog workflows, barksdale dental lab, business systems, crown and bridge, dental, dental lab management, dental laboratory association of texas, dental meetings, denture setup, dentures, digital dentistry, dlat, full-arch, full-service lab, high-volume production, implant dentistry, industry networking, lab efficiency, lab growth, lab leadership, lab ownership, laboratory, live ce, outsourcing, regional manager, removables, state association, technician, technician training, voices from the bench, zirconia
Matthew Douglas shares his journey from a career-ending baseball injury to becoming a powerhouse denture technician, lab owner, and industry leader. From high-volume production at Affordable Dentures to pioneering All-on-4 workflows and revitalizing the Dental Laboratory Association of Texas, Matt’s story is all about speed, systems, and servant leadership. It’s a conversation about hustle, innovation, and building something bigger than yourself in the dental lab industry.
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411: Michael Joseph: No Wax, No Fear and One Lab’s All-In Leap to Digital Dentistry
February 9th, 2026 | 1 hr 14 mins
3d printing, brexit impact, business resilience, cad design, consistency, covid recovery, dental, dental education, dental laboratory, dental marketing, dental sales, dental scanners, dental technology, digital dentistry, exocad, full arch restorations, greatlab lms, immediate load, instagram marketing, itero, lab growth, lab management software, lab ownership, lab systems, laboratory, lithium disilicate, medit, milling machines, peer referrals, photogrammetry, pmma, primescan, quality control, reliability, remote designers, study clubs, technician, technician training, vertical integration, voices from the bench, workflow automation, zirconia
Elvis and Barb sit down with London lab owner Michael Joseph, who shares his journey from scooter courier to fully digital lab owner, including the hard lessons learned through COVID, Brexit, and rebuilding from the brink. Michael breaks down how committing to digital workflows, automation, photogrammetry, and rock-solid protocols transformed his lab into a scalable, referral-driven business. This episode is a powerful reminder that reinvention, consistency, and smart systems—not shortcuts—are what drive long-term success in today’s dental lab world.
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404: Rik Jacobs & Jess Gray: Gradient Dentures and Grit: Two Conversations from Lab Fest 2025
December 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
3d printing, all-on-x, analog workflow, dental, dentures, digital dentures, digital workflow, exocad, facial scanning, hard-soft appliances, in-house lab, instarisa, lab growth, lab ownership, laboratory, multi-color, multi-material, night guards, pmma, production dentistry, technician, technician education, voices from the bench, voxel printing, zirconia
Live from NOLA Lab Fest, we talk with Rik Jacobs of Novenda Technologies about a game-changing, production-scale 3D printer that can print full dentures and hard/soft appliances in true multi-material, multi-color—without supports and with massive throughput. Then we catch up with Jess Gray, who shares her journey from front desk to running a fast-growing, digitally driven in-house lab, blending analog and digital workflows, facial scanning, All-on-X, and leadership lessons from the bench up.
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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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402: Blake Roney & Patrick Dewey Are Mapping the Future of Full Arch in Microns with S.I.N.
December 8th, 2025 | 1 hr 22 mins
accuracy, cad, cam, cbct, centering, ct-alignment voices from the bench, dental, dental-labs, digital-dentistry, exocad, fitcheck, full-arch, implants, innovation, intraoral-scan, laboratory, micronmapper, milling, multi-unit, passive-fit, photogrammetry, prosthetics, rmes, same-day, scan-bodies, sin, technician, tissue-mapper, verification, versalis, workflows, zirconia
Blake Roney and Patrick Dewey from S.I.N. return to break down their newest innovations in implants, photogrammetry, and full-arch digital workflows, including the ultra-precise MicronMapper and the manufacturing-verifying FitCheck system. They also introduce the Tissue Mapper workflow, pushing the boundaries of scanner-free, fiducial-free, highly accurate full-arch dentistry.
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399: Jordan Greenberg: The CAM Man Can Follow-Me to HyperDent
November 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
abutments, amber, angulated, automation voices from the bench, bars, burrs, cad, calibration, cam, cnc, d5, datron, dental, denture, discs, exocad, feedrates, finishing, fixtures, follow-me, grinding, haas, hyperdent, hypermill, imagine, insertion-direction, ivoclar, ivotion, kevo, kinematics, laboratory, lava, machining, margins, materials, milling, multi-unit, nesting, pmma, post-processor, preforms, pucks, roland, roughing, screw-channel, spindle, stl, strategies, technician, templates, titanium, toolpacks, toolpaths, validation, zirconia
This episode features Jordan Greenberg of FOLLOW-ME! Technology, who breaks down the world of CAM software and explains how HyperDent powers mills, toolpaths, and new materials across the industry. Jordan shares his journey through dental milling, the challenges behind emerging workflows like angulated screws and milled dentures, and why CAM is the quiet engine that makes modern digital dentistry possible.
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389: FDLA 2025 and Jensen Dental Part 2 with Nick Bathija, Shanna Gripp, & Mark Stueck
September 8th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
allow, bond, brushes, cdt, color, courses, creation porcelain, dental, dentist, driver, easy gum, education, free, full service, hand polish, hand skills, harvest, high shine, hybrids, jensen, kol, laboratory, lick, light, mcdonald's, metal finisher, miyo, model room, nbc, quality control, social media, structure, technician, testing, tips, tricks, voices from the bench, webinar, wine, zirconia
We are back with three more conversations from the Jensen booth at the FDLA Symposium 2025. First up in long time Jensen employee Nick Bathija, we then revisit with Shanna Gripp to see what she's been up to and wrap up the episode with Mark Stueck, past chair of the NBC.
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359: Milling a Better Experience with Keith Clements, Nick Pizzo, & Mo Whitlock from Amann Girrbach
February 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 5 mins
ag360, amazon, artex articulator, austria, camera, champagne, chicago, clinical, culture, dealers, dental, distribution, energy, experience, hand mill, in stock, lab day, laboratory, matik, matron, millercoors, milling machines, motion, party, podcast, prime, pucks, raving fans, remote repair, service, teamwork, technician, voices from the bench, zirconia
Amann Girrbach is known for its great mills, but a new team of Keith Clements, Nick Pizzo, (along with an ol' favorite) Maurice "Mo" Whitlock come on to talk about taking the customer experience and service to a new level.
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342: The Right People, The Right Time with Tom Heusing, Bob Hadley, and Erica DiManna from Aidite North America
October 14th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
china, dealer summit, dental, europe, exocad, expectations, fitness, full gambit, furnaces, grow 3x, history, inlab, kol, lab day, laboratory, marketing, material technology company, mills, norbert, nowak, podcast, printers, right time, samples, scanners, scientist, sirona, smile plan, social media, stock exchange, technician, training, translucency, voices from the bench, youtube, zirconia, zubler
This week we meet most of the team for Aidite North America. Tom Heusing, Bob Hadley, and Erica DiManna come on to talk about running a successful division of Adite by providing quality products and working with good people and partners.