Voices from The Bench

Head over to the DLAT Southwest Conference and Expo March 26-27, 2021. Voices From the Bench will be recording remotely LIVE, NOT LIVE from the Argen booth!

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We welcome back Bennett Napier from the NADL (National Association of Dental Laboratories). Bennett stops by the podcast for a brief update of the state of our industry, technicians getting vaccines,…

A lot of labs fabricate overdentures. Hader bars, Dolder Bars, and wrap around bars for fixed hybrids. All very common in our industry. But years ago Arian Deutsch from Deutsch Dental Arts found a b…

We all know how hard it is to find good, talented, and knowledgeable removable technicians. Even when good candidates get into the field, it's not an easy skill to train. Enter the Swiss School of Pr…

Most of us think we have a pretty good team in our lab. But sometimes you run in to a couple of technicians that, when together, create great work and even better experiences. Conrad Rensburg came …

One of the most common restorations for labs to "outsource" is metal frameworks and flexible partials. The training, personal, and equipment is a huge hurdle to overcome and Bertram Dental Lab can be…

Imagine taking your skill and talents working on the bench everyday and becoming known as the "best-of-the-best" in overdentures. You can! For the last 4 years Panthera Dental has put on the Panther …

It all started with a meme we made on Facebook August 25th, 2020. Check it out. Dentsply Sirona reached out to us wanting to have someone one the podcast to talk about what they are doing. Lucky fo…

Regardless of size, dental laboratories need to be productive, efficient, and to deliver products on time. Imagine a software that can help you do all those things so you can free up time to concentr…

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This podcast is all about featuring people from and associated with our industry. But it's not very often that we get to talk with…

Don Bell, the Vice President of Product Marketing in North America for Ivoclar Vivadent, has seen a lot of products come and go. He has seen a lot of technology come and go. As labs and manufacturer…

When you can't be somewhere, the next best thing is to talk to the people who could. That is what Elvis and Barb did in early October. Argen partnered up with VFTB to set up a computer and a microp…

What do you do when you can't travel to see friends? You do the next best thing. The Dental Laboratory Association of Texas held their annual conference in October this year. While Elvis and Barb wan…

Remember Lab Day Chicago? When dental technicians from around the world could get together with our worry or concern. When the pandemic hit every show, event, conference, and symposium got pushed to …

It's amazing how far zirconia has come in our industry. There are monolithic crown that have such good translucency that they rival lithium disilicate. But so many labs still layer them to get the d…

We hear about dental offices having a in-office dental lab, but what we don't hear enough is a dental lab in a dentist office doing what they are doing at Family Dental Associates in Georgia. Dr. Ja…

Voices From the Bench is all about showcasing people that love what they do, show true passion for it, and do everything they can to share it with our community. Not many people do this more than Jos…

Dental Technicians, learn about a possible career path. This weekend is the National Denturist Association Virtual Conference - October 16-17, 2020. CHECK IT OUT!

Vincent Silva is a technician that…

Denturism is a great way for a dental technician to take their career to the "next level". It's really the best of both worlds. Maybe you don't think you can do it? Maybe it's not regulated in your s…

We love it when we have a guest on and we get surprised with all the amazing things they do. Daniel Alter did just that. We knew he was a teacher at the New York City College of Technology restorativ…