# Margins & Meaning with John Wilson Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123.md RSS feed: https://feed.podbean.com/kh2trrsxdt/feed.xml Official site: https://kh2trrsxdt.podbean.com Author: John Wilson Episodes: 22 ## Resource Digital dentistry, dental lab life, full-arch implant workflows, and the business of being a modern dental technician. Where digital dentistry, craftsmanship, and real talk meet. Hosted by John Wilson, Margins & Meaning dives deep into the dental lab world — the workflows, the wins, the failures, and the lessons that shape better technicians and better dentistry. If you’re searching for a podcast on dental labs, digital dentistry, full-arch implant design, CAD/CAM, 3Shape, Exocad, zirconia, or the real business side of being a dental technician, this show is for you. No hype. No shortcuts. Just straight talk, hard-earned experience, and the little details that still matter in modern dental technology. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123.md ## Episodes - [The Case Everyone Wanted to Throw Away | The Margin You Can't Bill For](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-case-everyone-wanted-to-throw-away-the-margin-you-can-t-bill-for) — 2026-07-13T11:35:27+00:00 - [The Year I Tried to Download Myself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-year-i-tried-to-download-myself) — 2026-06-29T11:22:54+00:00 - [Not Done](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/not-done) — 2026-06-16T21:49:34+00:00 - [What You Can't Download: The Phone, the Portal, and the Value of a Dental Lab](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/what-you-can-t-download-the-phone-the-portal-and-the-value-of-a-dental-lab) — 2026-06-08T12:56:01+00:00 - [Single-Unit Implant Crowns: Why the "Easy" Case Goes Gray](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/single-unit-implant-crowns-why-the-easy-case-goes-gray) — 2026-06-01T13:07:42+00:00 - [What You Leave Behind — Knowledge, Legacy, and the Obligation to Pass It On](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/what-you-leave-behind-knowledge-legacy-and-the-obligation-to-pass-it-on) — 2026-04-20T04:26:17+00:00 - [Not a Menu — Why Material Selection Is a Diagnosis, Not a Snap Decision](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/not-a-menu-why-material-selection-is-a-diagnosis-not-a-snap-decision) — 2026-04-13T13:25:55+00:00 - [The Most Powerful Tool in the Lab — Voice, Truth, and Communication That Makes You Irreplaceable](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-most-powerful-tool-in-the-lab-voice-truth-and-communication-that-makes-you-irreplaceable) — 2026-04-06T11:43:42+00:00 - [What the Software Doesn't Feel — Digital Workflow, Analog Judgment, and the Limits of CAD/CAM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/what-the-software-doesn-t-feel-digital-workflow-analog-judgment-and-the-limits-of-cad-cam) — 2026-03-30T13:01:04+00:00 - [Still Carrying — What Nobody Tells You About the Middle Years of Running a Dental Lab](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/still-carrying-what-nobody-tells-you-about-the-middle-years-of-running-a-dental-lab) — 2026-03-23T11:30:24+00:00 - [The Reps Don't Lie — Visibility, Wisdom, and Earning Authority as a Dental Lab Technician](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-reps-don-t-lie-visibility-wisdom-and-earning-authority-as-a-dental-lab-technician) — 2026-03-16T11:41:01+00:00 - [Iron Sharpens Iron — Mentorship, Authority, and What Real Leadership Looks Like in a Dental Lab](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/iron-sharpens-iron-mentorship-authority-and-what-real-leadership-looks-like-in-a-dental-lab) — 2026-03-09T12:03:34+00:00 - [The Records Are the Workflow — Why Weak Impressions, Bad Bites, and Bad Shades Break Every Dental Case](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-records-are-the-workflow-why-weak-impressions-bad-bites-and-bad-shades-break-every-dental-case) — 2026-03-02T12:26:56+00:00 - [The Standard — Owning the Case, Setting the Line, and Refusing the Blame Game in the Dental Lab](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-standard-owning-the-case-setting-the-line-and-refusing-the-blame-game-in-the-dental-lab) — 2026-02-24T17:14:47+00:00 - [The Cost You Don't See — What a Record Month at the Lab Actually Took From Me](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-cost-you-don-t-see-what-a-record-month-at-the-lab-actually-took-from-me) — 2026-01-20T15:43:58+00:00 - [If I Had to Start Over — Cash Flow, Boundaries, and Running a Dental Lab on Your Own Terms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/if-i-had-to-start-over-cash-flow-boundaries-and-running-a-dental-lab-on-your-own-terms) — 2025-12-31T17:59:47+00:00 - [The Cost of Knowing — Why Experience in the Dental Lab Carries Weight, Not Freedom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-cost-of-knowing-why-experience-in-the-dental-lab-carries-weight-not-freedom) — 2025-12-25T13:09:37+00:00 - [The Expansion Myth — Why Scaling a Dental Lab Exposed What I Didn't Know About Leadership](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-expansion-myth-why-scaling-a-dental-lab-exposed-what-i-didn-t-know-about-leadership) — 2025-12-18T23:45:49+00:00 - [The Reflection — My First Hire, the Mistakes I Made, and What Leading a Dental Lab Team Actually Costs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-reflection-my-first-hire-the-mistakes-i-made-and-what-leading-a-dental-lab-team-actually-costs) — 2025-12-12T00:27:22+00:00 - [The Furnace: The Years That Forge a Dental Technician](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-furnace-the-years-that-forge-a-dental-technician) — 2025-12-05T17:34:56+00:00 - [From Fraud to First Client: Surviving the Early Dental Lab Grind](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/from-fraud-to-first-client-surviving-the-early-dental-lab-grind) — 2025-12-02T12:56:27+00:00 - [The Garage Years: Where a Dental Technician’s Identity Begins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/margins-meaning-with-john-wilson-7602123/the-garage-years-where-a-dental-technician-s-identity-begins) — 2025-11-28T03:13:18+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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