Voices from The Bench
330 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsA weekly podcast dedicated to the dental laboratory industry. Featuring anyone associated with the profession from all over the world. Host are in their own dental laboratory every day making teeth and interviewing people from the industry on their time off. New episodes every Monday morning.
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229: Blending Dental and Technology with Wolfgang & Michael Teiniker
August 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 31.3 MBTwo brothers with extensive dental experience put together Blender for Dental (https://www.blenderfordental.com/home), an affordable alternative to the other design software in our industry. Brothers Wolfgang & Michael Teiniker learned the craft in South Africa. Wolfgang continued his career in Germany, and then they connected again in New Zealand. You can say they know a thing of two about dental technology. Michael started to play around with a program called Blender. It wasn't long before...
228: Bringing Sexy Back to Dental Labs in the UK with Steve Campbell RDT
August 08, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 32.3 MBSteve Campbell, owner of Nexus Dental Laboratory (https://www.nexus.dental/) in the UK, joins us for an amazing conversation. Steve talks about the industry's history, how the government stepped in to help, how he learned his skills as an apprenticeship, opening his fully digital lab, using ExoCAD, and being an advocate for the digital workflow to make dental technology "sexy" to the next generation. ExoCAD (https://exocad.com/) is excited to present their next Insights event October 3-4, 202...
227: Alakazam and Presto! It’s Tony Prestipino!
August 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBWe are excited to have on good friend and supporter and advocate of our industry, Tony Prestipino from Artifex Dental Laboratory (https://artifexlab.com/). Tony comes on to talk about how he learned about the profession, having a brother who is a prosthodontist and another bother in the lab business, getting into implants, and taking an All-on-X procedure and patenting the procedure. It’s hard to find anyone so willing to help anyone willing to ask. Information and how to register for the Rac...
226: It's a S.I.N. Not to Go Digital: Patrick Dewey & Blake Roney
July 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBWhat?!?! Another Implant company? You bet. But this one is different. Patrick Dewey, the General Manager from S.I.N. Dental USA (https://sindentalusa.com/) and Blake Roney, the Digital Solutions Specialist come on the podcast to talk about the companies dedication and process to a completely modeless digital full arch workflow. Patrick and Blake talk about the process and while using Photogrammetry with the Imetric4D (https://sindentalusa.com/products/equipment/imetric-icam4d-photogrammetry...
225: The Grand Slam of Ceramics with Edgar Munoz
July 18, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBThis week brings the amazing story of Edgar Munoz. Edgar played baseball and had dreams of going professional. A couple of bad knees later and Edgar had to rethink his life. Luckily for our industry and thousands of patients, Edgar stumbled into dental technology. Opening his own lab in his garage and a lot of hard work, Edgar is now the owner of Elite Dental Studios (https://www.elitedentalstudiousa.com/). Partnering with Noritake (https://www.kuraraynoritake.com/world/)to teach ceramics, E...
224: The Race For Education! Lindsey Rowan, Arian Deutsch, Tony Prestipino, Bennett Napier
July 11, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBBefore we get stated with this jam packed and full filled episode, we have to get some links to you: Information and how to register for the Race For the Future 8.0 August 28th (https://dentallabfoundation.org/news-events/race-for-the-future/) Information and registration for the Chicago Triathlon (https://www.chicagotriathlon.com/) Register for the FREE Education Day on August 27th (https://dentallabfoundation.org/education-day/) (COME TO THE DINNER!) Donate to Barb or Team Voices From the B...
223: Following Your GPS to Digital Success with Andrew Perricone
July 04, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 26.6 MBJoin us at the Ladies of the Mill Summit - Nashville - July 21 & 22 (https://www.ladiesofthemill.com/) Live, hands-on course using anaxgum pink composite and PREAT Corp. implant components to create lifelike gingiva on implant prosthetics - During LOTM on Saturday July 22 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pink-esthetics-with-anaxgum-at-the-ladies-of-the-mill-summit-registration-314758911377) We love our stories of family taking over the family lab. One such family is the Perricone's. Andrew Perri...
222: Shaping the Future of the Dental Industry with Rune Fisker and 3Shape
June 27, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBDONATE to Barb Warner or Team Voices From the Bench for the Race For the Future 8.0 (https://fdlt.memberclicks.net/donor-form#!/) Participate or cheer the racers at the Race For the Future 8.0 - August 28th - Chicago (https://dentallabfoundation.org/news-events/race-for-the-future/) Come to the FIRST and FREE Education Day - August 27th - Chicago (https://dentallabfoundation.org/education-day/) Most labs have 3shape (https://www.3shape.com/) running a majority of their digital workflow. Do yo...
Episode 221: The Excalibur of Teeth: Craig Holland, CJ Holland, and Dr. Wendy Clark
June 20, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBJoin us at the Ladies of the Mill Summit - Nashville - July 21 & 22 (https://www.ladiesofthemill.com/) Live, hands-on course using anaxgum pink composite and PREAT Corp. implant components to create lifelike gingiva on implant prosthetics - During LOTM on Saturday July 22 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pink-esthetics-with-anaxgum-at-the-ladies-of-the-mill-summit-registration-314758911377) Imagine having to teach over 80 students partial design during covid. That is exactly what Dr. Wendy Clark...
220: Being a Disruptive Unicorn in Dental Technology with Nicole Jackson
June 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBThe Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology (https://dentallabfoundation.org/): Race For the Future 8.0 August 28th (https://dentallabfoundation.org/news-events/race-for-the-future/) Most technicians are very dedicated and passionate about what they do. That is what makes our industry so amazing. But sometimes there is a technician that we run into that is so passionate that it really stands out and shows really how amazing we are. Nicole Jackson came into this industry be seeing a patien...
219: The Maine Event with Denturists Patrick Allen, Austin Carbone, & Ashley Soucy
June 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBThe Maine Licensed Denturist Association June 10 - 11 (https://mainelda.com/) National Denturist Association October 12 - 14 (https://nationaldenturist.com/) We’ve had many Denturists on the podcast in the past. It’s a great career path for dental technicians looking for the next step. Unfortunately, Denturism is not legal in many states. Luckily for the residents of Maine, Denturism is legal there. We are joined again by multi-episode guest, Patrick Allen. Patrick is a Denturist in at Centra...
218: The Mouse is Mightier than the Sword with Minh Tran
May 30, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBThere are a few in our industry that create valuable content geared to the dental laboratory industry. If you have spent more than 10 minutes on a social media page for dental technology, you have probably heard of Minh Tran. Minh is a second generation lab technician that also has a passion for creating videos and sharing knowledge that he has picked up over the years on dentaltechtips.com (https://dentaltechtips.com/). Minh talks about his early days in the lab, discovering when it became a...
217: Making America Smile, One Lab at a Time with Keith Crittenden
May 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 30.2 MBSend us your audio thanks! Just record yourself on your phone or computer and email it to [email protected] and we will play it in the month of June to celebrate CDT and Dental Technician Appreciation month! Have you got your limited edition VFTB shirt featuring the triathlon of dental lab? Click here to get a Race For the Future 8.0 VFTB shirt raising money for The Foundation For Dental Technology featuring art by Mackenzie Mayer ORDER BEFORE MAY 28, 2022 (https://bonfire.com/race...
216: Finally Live, Live, Live From Texas with Kevin Dillon, Lance Dowdle, & Samantha Grayson
May 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 30.7 MBHave you got your limited edition VFTB shirt featuring the triathlon of dental lab? Click here to get a Race For the Future 8.0 VFTB shirt raising money for The Foundation For Dental Technology featuring art by Mackenzie Mayer ORDER BEFORE MAY 28, 2022 (https://bonfire.com/race-for-the-future-80-vftb-shirt) Participate or Cheer on the racers in Chicago at the Race For the Future 8.0 August 28, 2022 (https://dentallabfoundation.org/news-events/race-for-the-future/) We are STILL bringing y'all ...
215: Finally Live, Live From Texas with Wade Davenport, Richard Wills, & AJ Sheek
May 09, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 31.9 MBRace For the Future 8.0 VFTB shirt raising money for The Foundation For Dental Technology featuring art by Mackenzie Mayer ORDER BEFORE MAY 28, 2022 (https://bonfire.com/race-for-the-future-80-vftb-shirt) Participate or Cheer on the racers in Chicago at the Race For the Future 8.0 August 28, 2022 (https://dentallabfoundation.org/news-events/race-for-the-future/) When Texans do anything, they do it big. This year’s conference definitely didn’t disappoint. The podcast was set up next to the Pr...
214: A *Bleeping* Dental Technician From *Bleeping* Finland: Sandra Puurits
May 02, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBOne of the main points of the podcast is to feature anyone in our industry. Unbiased and uncensored. Too keep a clean rating on podcast apps, we bleep out words considered “bad”. That does not stop us from talking to technicians from around the world no matter their style of communication. When we discovered Sandra Puurits on Instagram, we knew it would be a “bleepful” episode that would be real and hilarious. Sandra didn’t disappoint. Sandra talks about getting into the industry, the state o...
213: Digging Deep into Dentures with Deepa Bharakhda
April 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 30.3 MBCome see Elvis at the Preat (https://preat.com/) booth during LMT Lab Day West May 20 - 21 (https://lmtmag.com/lmtlabdaywest) Register for Elvis' course "Using Your Awkwardness to Market Your Lab" (https://lmtmag.com/seminars/using-your-awkwardness-to-market-your-lab-122404) This week brings a great removable technician out of Leicester, UK. Deepa Bharakhda didn't know what she wanted to do with her life. After finding a dental technology course at a university and studying a year in India, D...
212: From Steel Bars to Titanium Bars with Kelly Weliky
April 18, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBJoin Elvis at the Washington Denturist Association annual conference May 12 -14 in Leavenworth. (https://wadenturist.com/wda-2022-conference/) Everyone has a story about how they got into the industry. Not everyone wants to share that story. For Kelly Weliky the story is not a highlight of her life. Kelly learned dental technology while in a correction facility. Many people learn the craft this way. For years Kelly didn't talk about publicly, but after her success of starting her own lab, she...
212: From Steel Bars to Titanium Bars with Kelly Simpson
April 18, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBJoin Elvis at the Washington Denturist Association annual conference May 12 -14 in Leavenworth. (https://wadenturist.com/wda-2022-conference/) Everyone has a story about how they got into the industry. Not everyone wants to share that story. For Kelly Simpson the story is not a highlight of her life. Kelly learned dental technology while in a correction facility. Many people learn the craft this way. For years Kelly didn't talk about publicly, but after her success of starting her own lab, sh...
211: The Buzz around The Hive with Emily & Eleanor Pittard
April 11, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBWhen we see unique and interesting labs online, we get to have them on the podcast and talk to them. That is exactly what we did when we saw The Hive (https://www.thehivedental.co.uk/) on Instantgram (https://www.instagram.com/hive_dental_laboratory/). Turns out it owned by Eleanor and Emily Pittard. Together they have created an amazing award winning (really) dental laboratory (https://www.thehivedental.co.uk/the-dentistry-awards-2021/) in Dorset, UK. Emily is a Clinical Dental Technician (t...
210: Back at LMT Lab Day Chicago Part 2: Randi & Scott James, Lorene Flores, Jennifer Cowherd
April 04, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 27.2 MBDid you miss LMT Lab Day Chicago (https://lmtmag.com/)? Want to feel like you were there? Did you go and want to go back? We do too! This is the next best thing to it. Three amazing conversation we got while at the Preat (https://preat.com/) booth. First up is Randi & Scott James from Renstom Dental Studios (http://www.renstrom.com/) talking about all the growth they have had since the last time we talked to them and what the two are doing while at the show. Then we talk to the ONLY female...
209: Back at LMT Lab Day Chicago Part 1: Christina & Brian Heaslip, Katie Boteler, and Jonathan Thompson
March 28, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBIt is so good to be among our fellow lab friends. After having no show in 2021, LMT Lab Day Chicago (https://lmtmag.com/) happened with a great vibe in 2022. While less people attended, the ones that came where ready to be out and about and many stopped by the Preat (https://preat.com/) booth. This week we talk to four people that attended. First up is wife and husband team from Georgia, Christina and Brian Heaslip (http://www.digitaldentallabs.com/default.html). They talk about working toget...
208: Providing an Opportunity of Education with Renata Budny and Jamie Rubin
March 21, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 31.1 MBAn Angled Approach: 90° Milling with DGSHAPE's C-Clamp Adapter for DWX-52D WEBINAR with Whitney Courtney McCarty and Ian O'Neill (https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A0wM1gYJQX2klJdW_rxueA?fbclid=IwAR0QOM5PRJvIfZ5niV0QoR_4AzDDGqdZf5Kjyg6QyC6KUwdyBNogl2RDURI) DLAT Southwest Conference and Expo April 1 & 2: Dallas / Fort Worth Airport Mariott (https://members.dlat.org/membership/2022-conference-portal/) Let's do the math. 52 weeks a year. 208th episode. Never missed a week. It's the 4t...
207: Lab Life is a Journey with Dennis Kalashnik CDT
March 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 28 MBEvery week we talk to technicians that share their journey to where they are today in the in industry. This week we talk to a gentleman whose journey is an interesting one that allowed him to re-light his passion for the industry. Dennis Kalashnick started on the clinical side of dentistry. It didn’t take long for him to discover he liked the laboratory work more. After years of doing Medicaid type dentures, Dennis went off on his own and continued to learn and grow. After a time of thinking ...
206: Providing Clinical Solutions with Laboratory Services with Lauren Crowe
March 07, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 30.6 MBHave you struggled getting out there and getting more work from dental offices? Not every lab has the resources from a sales team, but you can learn a lot from a lab that does. Lauren Crowe came to Blue Box Dental Lab (https://www.blueboxdental.com/) with a lot of clinical experience. Always working hard, Lauren worked her way up to manager and eventually became the Director of Sales for Leixir (https://www.leixir.com/) (a group of 5 labs). Lauren talks getting lab sales, struggles of selling...
Episode 205: The Golden Grin of a Cheshire: Jay Goodman
February 28, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBJoin Elvis and Barb at the DLAT Southwest Conference and Expo March 31 - April 2nd. Good times Texas style in Dallas! (https://members.dlat.org/membership/) Dental technicians spend a lot of time making restorations that match the natural beauty of human teeth. But what if you could make a full arch of gold? What if you could make it so it could be removed and put in at any time? This week talk to Jay Goodman (thecheshiresgrin on Instagram) (https://www.instagram.com/the_cheshires_grin/) fro...
204: Their Heart is Bigger Than Their Bark: Betty and Blake Barksdale
February 21, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBLIVE and IN-PERSON: Elvis Dahl at LMT Lab Day Chicago: Using Your Awkwardness to Market Your Lab Saturday 9:45am - 10:45am Acapulco Room · West Tower, Ballroom (Gold) Level (https://lmtmag.com/seminars/using-your-awkwardness-to-market-your-lab) We love us some labs that have a rich family story behind them. Barksdale Dental Lab (https://barksdaledentallab.com/) is the newest lab to share their family's history. Betty and Steve Barksdale opened their lab in 1980. They made sure two things w...
203: Open Source Printing with Cory Lambertson and Asiga
February 14, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBLIVE and IN-PERSON: Elvis Dahl at LMT Lab Day Chicago: Using Your Awkwardness to Market Your Lab Saturday 9:45am - 10:45am Acapulco Room · West Tower, Ballroom (Gold) Level (https://lmtmag.com/seminars/using-your-awkwardness-to-market-your-lab) Just recently Asiga (https://www.asiga.com/) has set up a North America headquarters and they brought on Cory Lambertson to run it. Cory grew up in a lab and eventually became a technical support manager at Whip Mix (https://www.whipmix.com/), the co...
202: The Triathlete of Dental Implants: Paolo Lubrano MDT
February 07, 2022 11:00 - 59 minutes - 27.2 MBPaolo Lubrano was a fully licensed dentist in Italy when he decided he liked the laboratory side of the industry more. Moving to America, he now co-owns a lab (Bespoke Dental Lab) in a dental office doing some amazing full-arch restorations with some top-notch technology. Paolo talks about working with implants, doing chairside crowns, and somehow finds the time to train and participate in triathlons. Whip Mix (https://www.whipmix.com/)’s new VeriEKO LCD printer (https://www.whipmix.com/prod...
201: Finding Your Passion Though Practice with Dani Farago
January 31, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBYou know we love stories of second-generation dental technicians and this week we travel up to Canada to talk to an amazing ceramist that is carrying on the family lab. Dani Farago wanted to be a hairdresser and after some encouragement from her parents set off to George Brown College (https://www.georgebrown.ca/programs/dental-technology-program-s100) to learn dental technology. Not yet finding her passion, she continued her education to Japan to get a new perspective on lab work and it was ...
200: On the Other Side of the Mic: Joe Young interviews Elvis and Barb
January 24, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 28 MBWho better to talk about then yourself? For episode 200, Elvis and Barb have turned the microphones on themselves. When asked “who should be on episode 200", multiple people said it was the hosts turn to sit in the hot seat. They asked a very special friend and the creator of the “Fan of Voices From the Bench (https://www.facebook.com/groups/4141108352651184)” Facebook page, Joe Young from Young Dental Laboratory (https://youngdentallab.com/) in Philadelphia to take over host duties. Temporar...
199: Never Stop Learnin' with Beth Brown
January 17, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes - 26.6 MBIt's no secret that a lot of guests recently have been found because of the amazing dental technician community found on Instagram. If you are on there you definitely know of @thepartyenamel (https://www.instagram.com/thepartyenamel/). It's hard not to know of her because she is great at creating content and bringing the dental lab community even closer. But the person behind the account is Beth Brown. Beth comes on the podcast to talk about getting into the industry, going to a dental unive...
198: What? You can get a PhD in Dental Technology?: Hugo Sousa from Conversa à Bancada
January 10, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 30.3 MBVOTE for Voices From the Bench as the 2021 Best Dental Podcast (https://dentalpodcast.org/VOTE-2021/?mc_cid=5351962153&mc_eid&fbclid=IwAR2Rrl0RxcQixo2V-F-7EBJ0eibgi_6bVX12pCtVcbAcQ9SWEIeAY8-8og8) We are back this week talking to a dental technician. Hugo Sousa is a very accomplished technician from the UK. Born and educated in Portugal at a university in Lisbon, Hugo then continued his career in England working for different labs and then obtained his Master's degree in dental technology. He ...
197: Dentures in Ink: Ed Johnson and Dr. Dennis Johnson
January 03, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBLet's start 2022 with a different kind of guest. What is a great way to show your passion for dental technology? Denture Babes (https://www.denturebabes.com/) shirt? Tooth decal on your car? How about an amazing denture tattoo? Well we have the perfect guest for you. Ed Johnson is a tattooist out of Portland Oregon who specializes in teeth and denture tattoo. Ed is joined by his dentist father, Dr. Dennis Johnson. They talk about the early days that lead Ed to art and his fascination with t...
196: The Pink Mullet of Dental Labs: Vicki Thomas & Carolynn Capps
December 27, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBSo many great dental lab shows to look forward to in 2022: Vision 21: https://nadl.org/events/v21/2022/ Cal-Lab: https://cal-lab.org/ LMT Lab Day Chicago: https://lmtmag.com/lmtlabday DLAT Southwest Conference: https://members.dlat.org/membership/ FDLA Southern States Expo: https://www.fdla.net/symposium Ladies of the Mill: https://www.ladiesofthemill.com/ This week we are talking to two amazing ladies who came together during the pandemic to open the lab of their dreams. Vicki Thomas and Car...
195: Whipping it up at Whip Mix Part 4: Patrick Strohkirch, Tom Houle, Nathan DiBiase, & Nathan Stainnack
December 20, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 26.9 MBWe told you that the Whip Mix (https://www.whipmix.com/) Digital Forum was amazing! This is the 4th episode we got from the Preat (https://preat.com/) booth talking to so many amazing people. First up is Patrick Strohkirch from Oqton (https://www.oqton.com/). Oqton is a interesting software company that allows AI to nest your mills and prints almost instantly. Then we chat with Tom Houle, who has a great path in our industry on the sales side to end up as the West Coast Digital Technology Sp...
194: Whipping it up at Whip Mix Part 3: Rich Green & Husam Sahwil
December 13, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBGingival Artistry for Analogue and Digital Dentures with Nina Frketin - February 10th Webinar (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gingival-artistry-for-analogue-and-digital-dentures-tickets-179391774627?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb) Check out her episode on the podcast- 171: Pretty Acrylic In Pink with Nina Frketin (https://www.voicesfromthebench.com/171) We love live events where we get to talk to people face-to-face. ...
193: Straight From the Mouth of Dandy with Kenn Butler
December 06, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBIn every industry, when a company that come into it that disrupts the usual way of doing things, people start to talk. Rumors go around and misinformation grows. This week we welcome the Head of R & D at Dandy (https://www.meetdandy.com/), Kenn Butler. Kenn hears all the talk online and at dental shows about Dandy and being a fan of the podcast, Kenn agreed to come on and talk about how and why Dandy came to be, what they have learned along the way, and he answers some of the rumors that hav...
192: Whipping it up at Whip Mix Part 2: Whitney McCarty & Gene Peterson
November 29, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 26.5 MBDARE to say NO to bad impressions the shirt! Order one today! (https://www.bonfire.com/dare-to-say-no-to-bad-impressions-shirt-1/) 100% of the profits go towards The Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology (https://dentallabfoundation.org/) We love it when we can talk to people in our industry face-to-face. Last October we got that chance at the Preat (https://preat.com/) booth while attending the Whip Mix (https://www.whipmix.com/) Digital Forum. This annual event was on its 9th year a...
Whipping it up at Whip Mix Part 1: Anne Steinbock, Pat Higgins, and Bryce Hiller
November 22, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBDARE to say NO to bad impressions the shirt! Order one today! (https://www.bonfire.com/dare-to-say-no-to-bad-impressions-shirt-1/) 100% of the profits go towards The Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology (https://dentallabfoundation.org/) October 2021 Elvis and Barb FINALLY got to record at a LIVE event together for the first times since February 2020. Lucky it was at the Whip Mix Digital Forum (https://www.whipmix.com/special-events/2021-digital-forum/), a packed event full of fantas...
Slightly Unhinged with Justin Gerard
November 15, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBWhen we discovered a Instagram account by a "gentleman" named @mrawwesome (https://www.instagram.com/mrawwesome/), we knew that he would be a interesting guest. Justin Gerard is a removable technician that tells it like it is. Entertaining and slightly offensive, Justin comes on the podcast to talk about getting into the industry, characters that help shape him in the profession, opening his own lab (Colonial Dental Lab (https://colonialdentallaboratories.com/)) with a partner, and starting h...
189: Easy Peasy with EasyRX: Todd Blankenbecler & Andy Stark
November 08, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 26.8 MBWhen has anyone ever said life in a dental lab is easy? It's not. There are many struggles and challenges every day. Todd Blankenbecler and Andy Stark from EasyRX (https://easyrxcloud.com/) have a solution for a few of the issues. Easy Rx is a software that can run production in the lab, but it also has a clinician aspect that allows the two to communicate efficiently. Oh, did we mention that it can also prep your digital scans for model printing? They talk about how two different software ...
188: Babes In Dentureland with Jenelle Tabaković & MacKenzie Mayer
November 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBWe love to talk to people that are so passionate about dental labs that they take their unique weirdness and turn it into a business that gives other technicians exactly what they want. Jenelle Tabaković (https://www.instagram.com/jtlabqueen/) and MacKenzie Mayer (https://www.instagram.com/toothfairyknz/) are both removable technicians with different career paths. But they didn’t like the options of clothing for dental technicians. After a lot of planning and hard work they have now created a...
187: Behind Every Great Dentist is an Amazing Lab: John & Jed Archibald
October 25, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBThey say behind every famous person is the true group that makes them famous. John Archibald has been the in-office dental technician to the famous Dr. Gordon Christensen (https://www.pccdental.com/). This gave John a chance to be on the forefront of a lot of new products and procedures. Seeing an opportunity to teach the lab industry, he started the country's only full time apprenticeship school. Raising his son Jed Archibald (https://www.archibalddigital.com/) in the school, Jed was soon te...
186: Finding Balance in the Lab with John Wilson
October 18, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBCheck out A Very Dental Podcast: Shorts: Everyone Sucks at Their Job (except Elvis) (https://verydentalpodcast.com/episode/shorts-everyone-sucks-at-their-job-except-elvis) This week we welcome John Wilson from Sunrise Dental Laboratory (http://www.sunrisedentallab.com/) out in California to the podcast. He has been at this lab game for a while. Early on he saw the importance of putting his lab on the front line of implant restorations. John comes on the podcast to talk about his early days as...
185: "Avery"body Should Listen To David Avery
October 11, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 31.1 MBConversa à Bancada: a dental laboratory podcast out of Portugal (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversa-%C3%A0-bancada/id1564666913) Join Elvis and Barb at the Whip Mix Digital Forum October 29 & 30 in Louisville, Ky (https://www.whipmix.com/special-events/2021-digital-forum/) When you hear of people consulting in our industry, you would hope that they spent some time in our industry doing what they are "consulting". David Avery has done it all. Classically trained in school, worked i...
184: Connecting Technicians and Labs with Andy Foster
October 04, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes - 27 MBEvery lab is looking for technicians. We all know about the lack of talent in the employee pool. What can we do about it? One man outside of London is attempting to help technicians and labs "hook up". Andy Foster comes on the podcast to talk about running his one person lab while at the same time running his website recruit4technicians.com (https://recruit4technicians.com/). This site is dedicated to our industry. If you are a technician looking for a career or are a lab looking for your ne...
183: The Emerick's Go To The Forum: Michael, Austin & Alex Emerick with Bernie Jaroslow
September 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 28 MBAfter a year of many dental meetings being canceled, Whip Mix (https://www.whipmix.com/) has come back bigger and better with the Digital Forum (https://www.whipmix.com/special-events/2021-digital-forum/). This year in Louisville, Ky October 29 & 30, is sure to be the best forum yet. Bernie Jaroslow comes on the podcast to talk about all the amazing speakers they have lined up along with some fun evening events that you will not want to miss. Also joining the episode is a father and two sons...
182: Collaboration, Communication, and Caring with Eric Kukucka DD
September 20, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBWhen you think of world-famous Denturist, who comes to mind? Because of the lack of legal states in America, the list is short. But there is one gentleman out of Windsor, Canada who has been promoting the profession for years online. Eric Kukucka, from the Denture Center (https://thedenturecenter.ca/), comes on the podcast to talk about finding out that he wanted to be a denturist at a young age, getting in to school, partnering with Ivoclar (https://www.ivoclarvivadent.com/en_US) and 3shape ...
181: Giving Back with the Dental Lifeline Network and Hollie Stevenson
September 13, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 26.4 MBEvery day. Every day we improve people's lives. From single tooth to full mouth, we get to make a difference in the oral health and wellbeing of patients. But imagine if you could do more with very little extra work. Now you can! Hollie Stevenson from the Dental Lifeline Network (Donated Dental Services) (https://dentallifeline.org/) comes on the podcast to talk about how labs, along with dentist and specialist, can take less fortunate patients and turn their lives around. Hollie talks about ...