Voices from The Bench

By: Elvis Dahl
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  • A 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.
    © 2024 Voices from The Bench
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  • 340: All Levels of Collaboration with Don Bell from Ivocar

    340: All Levels of Collaboration with Don Bell from Ivocar
    Sep 30 2024
    Join the GOLDEN BENCH CLUB! All you have to do is leave us a 5-star review and comment on the Apple Podcast app (or any other app and email us a screen shot) and we will read your review on the podcast and welcome you to the Golden Bench Club. This super elite club is only for the best of the best When you think of companies that have changed dentistry for the better, Ivoclar (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us) is always on that list. From the world’s first pressed ceramic to emax (https://www.ivoclar.com/makeitemax), from heat injected acrylics to milled dentures, Ivoclar has been innovating and making teeth better. This week Elvis and Barb talk to their VP of Product Marketing for North America Don Bell. Don was on the podcast almost 4 years ago and comes on to update us on what's been happing with the company. He talks about coming out of covid, learning from customer feedback, the evolution of dentures and the upcoming Ivotion print, living in the age of digital treatment planning through communication and collaboration, Ivoclar Academy (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/academy/training-center), and end of the year promotions. If you are in the market for purchasing a new milling machine or a furnace, Voices From the Bench invites you to connect with an Ivoclar (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us) sales associates. They have several great deals and financing options now available for you to take advantage of. These robust and dependable machines were designed to make your laboratory more efficient and profitable. They are work horses when it comes to processing IPS e.max lithium disilicate (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/metal-free-ceramics/ips-e.max-press-lab) and the amazing Prime Zirconia (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-processes/prime-zirconia). The PM7 mill (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-equipment/programill-pm7) also allows you to do digital dentures with their game changing Ivotion puck (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-processes/ivotion). Head over to ivoclar.com (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us), voicesfromthebench.com/ivoclar, or call them at 1-800-533-6825. Special Guest: Don Bell.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 339: The Jewel of Canadian Dentures with Jade Connors

    339: The Jewel of Canadian Dentures with Jade Connors
    Sep 23 2024
    Join the GOLDEN BENCH CLUB! All you have to do is leave us a 5-star review and comment on the Apple Podcast app (or any other app and email us a screen shot) and we will read your review on the podcast and welcome you to the Golden Bench Club. This super elite club is only for the best of the best We love Denturist and all they do to help patients and the ever-growing edentulous population. So imagine how excited Elvis and Barb were when they got to talk to Jade Connors from Alberta Canada. Jade owns Pearl Denture & Implant Centre (https://www.pearldenture.com/) and talks all about the journey leading up to it. You see, Jade is a millennial and openly talks about the mental struggles she had to overcome to find her love of dental. Starting with Art, she was afraid of going "corporate" so she looked at dental. Not liking authority, she went into dental lab technology and earned her RDT from Nait Polytechnic (https://www.nait.ca/nait/home). It was then she decided to go back to school and become a denturist and the rest is history. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book See Jade at the National Denturist Association Oct 2-4 in Las Vegas: https://nationaldenturist.com/2024annualconference/ If you are in the market for purchasing a new milling machine or a furnace, Voices From the Bench invites you to connect with an Ivoclar (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us) sales associates. They have several great deals and financing options now available for you to take advantage of. These robust and dependable machines were designed to make your laboratory more efficient and profitable. They are work horses when it comes to processing IPS e.max lithium disilicate (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/metal-free-ceramics/ips-e.max-press-lab) and the amazing Prime Zirconia (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-processes/prime-zirconia). The PM7 mill (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-equipment/programill-pm7) also allows you to do digital dentures with their game changing Ivotion puck (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-processes/ivotion). Head over to ivoclar.com (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us), voicesfromthebench.com/ivoclar, or call them at 1-800-533-6825. Special Guest: Jade Connors, DD, RDT.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 338: More Units Don't Always Mean More Profits with David Lesh

    338: More Units Don't Always Mean More Profits with David Lesh
    Sep 16 2024
    Thank you to everyone that donated to our Race for the Future 10 triathlon. This was the biggest one yet in terms of money brought in. All of this money goes right back in to our industry and remember you can give all year long! https://dentallabfoundation.org/ Sometimes the business part of the lab is not the most exciting. But honestly, it's super important for everyone to understand in order for a lab (or any business) to be successful. The thinking that more units equal more profit is just not true. The one to help your lab is David Lesh from 8&9 Consulting (https://www.8and9consulting.com/). David is back on for a third time and now he is sharing the secrets of the financials that labs need to be profitable. David emphasizes that if you're not growing profitable sales, you're merely exhausting your resources without reaping the rewards. He also shares practical tips on how to reduce COGS and set key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and improve financial performance and a unique approach to setting prices based on turnaround times, which can significantly increase the average selling price and overall profitability. A lot of financial terms are used, so luckily David takes the time to explain to Elvis like a 3rd grader. Get the Dental Lab Growth Calculator TODAY: https://www.8and9consulting.com/contact-us If you are in the market for purchasing a new milling machine or a furnace, Voices From the Bench invites you to connect with an Ivoclar (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us) sales associates. They have several great deals and financing options now available for you to take advantage of. These robust and dependable machines were designed to make your laboratory more efficient and profitable. They are work horses when it comes to processing IPS e.max lithium disilicate (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/metal-free-ceramics/ips-e.max-press-lab) and the amazing Prime Zirconia (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-processes/prime-zirconia). The PM7 mill (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-equipment/programill-pm7) also allows you to do digital dentures with their game changing Ivotion puck (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/products/digital-processes/ivotion). Head over to ivoclar.com (https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us), voicesfromthebench.com/ivoclar, or call them at 1-800-533-6825. Special Guest: David Lesh.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
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