Schadenfreude

I’ve been guilty of Schadenfreude on more than one occasion, I’m ashamed to say. Every human being has at one point or another – especially in junior high and high school. On the ups...

Putting Pride Aside

Arkansas Orthodontist Forced to Relinquish License in Order to Immediately Expand Access to Affordable Dental Care I need to explain what is going on with my licenses. I have dropped my federal lawsui...

An Honest Man Has Nothing to Fear

We talked about honor the other day but I wanted to follow up with a short discussion of the biggest benefit of being honorable. I don’t know who said it or where I heard it but the saying, R...

What We Teach Patients About Brushing

“Go brush really well while you have your wires out”, I often hear doctors and assistants say when visiting offices. It sounds harmless enough but what are we really saying to our patients...

Honor

honor [on-er] noun 1.honesty, fairness, or integrity in one’s beliefs and actions: a person of honor.  It is a funny word that seems misused, misunderstood and misplaced in this day and age. Th...

Accountability

Everything is my fault. Everything. In my home, in my business, with my wife, with my kids, with my parents, with my team, with my patients… Everything that happens or does not happen is 100% my fau...

Enthusiasm

Bridget and I spent the last two weeks on and around the family farm with our kids and their cousins. It’s been quite an experience watching the children delight in every little thing and has se...

OrthoPundit 2015 and Beyond

2015 has been a great year for the OrthoPundit blog! When we started OrthoPundit back in April we didn’t know what to expect but the results have been phenomenal by any standard. These days the ...