Voices from The Bench

Send us your audio thanks to celebrate CDT and Dental Technology Appreciation Month. Every episode in June we will feature technicians thanking the ones that have made a positive impact on their dental Journey. It's super easy and fun. Just record yourself on your phone or computer. Just say your name, where you are from, who you are thanking, and why. Then email it to info@voicesfromthebench.com...

Send us your audio thanks to celebrate CDT and Dental Technology Appreciation Month. Every episode in June we will feature technicians thanking the ones that have made a positive impact on their dental Journey. It's super easy and fun. Just record yourself on your phone or computer. Just say your name, where you are from, who you are thanking, and why. Then email it to info@voicesfromthebench.com...

Can you believe that LMT Lab Day Chicago was almost 3 months ago? We got 7 hours of recordings when we were set up in the Ivoclar Ballroom. This week wraps it all up with 4 amazing conversations from that wonderful weekend. First up is Susan van Kensbergen who is the Vice President of Myerson . Susan talks about her journey from being a ceramist, moving up in lab responsibility, managing the world...

Can you believe we are still bringing out conversations from LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 in May? It was last February when we set up in the Ivoclar Ballroom and recorded all weekend long. This week brings three more amazing conversations with a few past guests and a new friend. First up is Katie Rinaldo and Mandy Arena. These two removable technicians are trying to get the state of Illinois to make D...

Hope to see you all at LMT Lab Day West ! Come find us in the Ivoclar Room. June is CDT and Dental Technician Appreciation Month. Every year we highlight those that mean a lot to all of us. For every episode in June we will play YOUR audio clips thanking that special someone in or around our industry. Just record yourself on your phone or computer and email it to info@voicesfromthebench.com and we...

As Elvis and Barb prepare to record at LMT Lab Day West on May 12 & 13, they bring you three more conversations from the Ivoclar Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023. First up is Alan Banks from Roe Dental Laboratory . Alan talks about his many roles in the lab and their new and interesting way to take accurate full arch implant impressions without the need of photogrammetry called just Gramme...

We are still amazed by all the conversations Elvis and Barb got while at in the Ivoclar Ballroom during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023. Didn't get a chance to record with us? You have another chance, as we will be again with Ivoclar at Lab Day WEST May 12 - 13 in Garden Grove, California . Come say hi and be on the podcast! This week brings us 4 conversations with 6 people! First up is Tobias Specht who...

Back in late February, Elvis and Barb set up their gear in the Ivoclar Ballroom during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 to record all the great people attending that amazing event. This week we bring you three of the conversations from that wonderful weekend. First up is the Chief Marketing Officer for Ivoclar , Patric Frank. Patric comes all the way from the Headquarters in Liechtenstein chin to celebrat...

It was so good to be back at LMT Lab Day Chicago back in February! We got to talk to so many amazing people while recording in the Ivolcar Ballroom. We are just as excited to start releasing these conversations in no particular order. First up is a very special friend of the podcast, Allie Williamson. Allie is well known for being an excellent in-lab trainer, working at some pretty decent sized la...

Every time you blink, technology and materials change in dentistry. One man who seems to keep up on a lot of it is Brian Binnie. Brian grew up in his father's lab but never really had the hands to do the work. Moving over to a supply vendor sent him on a journey to be a part of many big releases in dental laboratory history. Brian talks about the introduction of Empress to North America, the early...

We love passion on this podcast. We love talking to people that just by the tone of their voice when talking about teeth, you can tell they are smiling. Tracy Graham loves teeth. But she wanted more. After being chairside for many years, Tracy decided to go the extra step and become a dental technician. Tracy talks about the transition to the program at LSU , the classes, and the workflow with hav...

We can hardly believe that for the last 260 straight weeks, we have been able to talk to so many amazing people in and around the dental laboratory industry. Early on we thought we would struggle to find guests, but as it turns out, our industry is even more amazing than we thought. Every year on our anniversary we catch up with the first guest who took a chance on us, Renata Budny. Renata is a pr...

We know how fun it is working with a dentist right out of school, right? Well imagine working with them while they are still in school. Raul Garcia was a police officer in Dallas. Wanting to change and also meeting the right person, Raul soon found himself as a intern working with the digital workflow at a trauma clinic. It wasn't long before the University of Oklahoma found him and put him in cha...

We are always fascinated by technicians that are married and work together. Successfully. This week we talk to Lola and Mark Welch. Both technicians from the UK who worked in the same area. After finally running into each other, Mark and Lola dated and eventually got married. Still working together, their careers grew and soon went different but similar paths. They talk about their journey in dent...

We are back from LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 with an episode we recorded before the epic event. Dr. Mark Nation is a prosthodontist out of Louisville, Kentucky in a practice called Advanced Dental Solution s. Dr. Nation is known for the one to fix the unproperly planned full arch restorations. Working with all the ones that "don't work", he is able to work with patients to get them restored the way t...

Be sure to come see ELVIS and BARB in the IVOCLAR Grand Ballroom AB during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 February 24 & 25 Be sure to stop by the Nowak Dental Supplies booth during Lab Day Chicago and tell them you are a fan of the podcast to get a special sticker only for the fans. Be sure to come see Barb on stage and join a great association. The Cal-Lab meeting February 23 & 24 in Chicago! J...

Be sure to stop by the Nowak Dental Supplies booth during Lab Day Chicago and tell them you are a fan of the podcast to get a special sticker only for the fans. 100 years ago a company started making denture teeth. Now Ivoclar is known for some of the best products and equipment for both labs and clinical offices. To celebrate their century of helping us make restorations, they are going all out a...

Be sure to come see ELVIS and BARB in the IVOCLAR Grand Ballroom AB during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 February 24 & 25 Be sure to come see Barb on stage and join a great association. The Cal-Lab meeting February 23 & 24 in Chicago! JOIN TODAY! Let's face it. Digital is a majority of our workflow. At least for fixed and it's quickly becoming the workflow for removables. As labs scale, there h...

Be sure to come see ELVIS and BARB in the IVOCLAR Grand Ballroom AB during LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023 February 24 & 25 It's hard to name a company that was hand making porcelain denture teeth in the 30s that is still around today making teeth. One such company is Candulor . This Swiss company is a global leader in products for removable technicians. Joining us is Alexander Ewert, the Director of...

Be sure to come see Barb on stage and join a great association. The Cal-Lab meeting February 23 & 24 in Chicago! JOIN TODAY! Over the years, we have talked to a lot of families in dental. Husband and wife. Fathers and Sons. Mothers and Daughters. Bothers. Sisters. But never have we talked to 5 family members at the same time all in the industry. Let us introduce you to the Szara's (sort of). M...

This is the LAST week to get the limited edition “4 out of 5 Dentist Recommend a Dental Technician” shirt before Lab Day Chicago ! Order before January 22nd. All profits go towards the Foundation For Dental Laboratory Technology . ORDER TODAY!! We love learning about the people behind the Instagram accounts. We have been following the adventures of @RVAtoothfairy for a while. There we can see the...

Get a "4 out of 5 dentists recommend a dental technician" shirt highlighting the LMT Lab Day Chicago meeting! ORDER BEFORE JANURARY 22, 2023!!!!!!!! As we get into 2023, we get to celebrate our 250th episode of the podcast! What an honor it is to bring you so many great conversations with all the wonderful people in our industry. This week we get to talk to Tra' Chambers from Express Dental Labora...

Vision 21 - Janurary 19-21 at the Aria in Las Vegas! Do you remember the early 2010 and doing zirconia? Because milling machines were not yet affordable to most labs, milling centers did most of the work. One of the biggest players back then was CAP (Custom Automated Prosthetics). One of the founders and the CEO was Rob Nazzal. Rob comes on the podcast to talk about getting into the dental industr...

When we think of advances in digital dentistry, 3D printing is at the top of the list. Many companies have entered the field, but only a few have stood out as leaders that changed the ways other companies create their product. Once such company is Keystone Industries . Makers of finger nail acrylics, they hired a lawyer that saw potential. Ira Rosenau admittedly knew nothing about dental. With a l...

Elvis and Barb on episode 362 of Tale of two Hygienist. Listen TODAY! Imagine being a solo lab owner in a town of only 4 dentists… and being related to 3 of them! Meet Anne Koelzer, owner of AMK Dental Lab in O’Neill Nebraska. Anne comes from a family FULL of dentist but decided that her future is in the dental lab industry. After attending lab school and a short time at another lab, she returned...