Sometimes things just don’t go your way no matter your intentions or your actions! The new dental reality encompasses more than just the way we orthodontists do business. It has a great deal to ...
I had an interesting conversation with an orthodontic resident Monday at the AAO Annual Session. A couple of friends of mine and I were sitting at a table catching up when a senior resident approached...
Super proud of our current Progressive Orthodontist Magazine CoverDoc! If you aren’t aware of all the things Dr Marc Ackerman has done for the profession – research, innovation, peer reviewed ...
By: Angela Weber, CMO OrthoSynetics We still get a ton of requests for our free Smile Planner. Due to the high demand, we are releasing Smile Planner 2.0 at the AAO! The Smile Planner is a tool your t...
By Marc Ackerman Mission Statement of the Commission on Dental Accreditation: The Commission on Dental Accreditation serves the public and profession by developing and implementing accreditation sta...
The biggest problem facing orthodontic practices in the United States is a lack of new patients. Though there are outliers who have more work than they can handle and despite other concerns, orthodont...
This morning Marc received a lovely message from Dr. Blair Barnett of Avery Orthodontics via Facebook. We have no words to adequately describe it so have a look for yourself: While we realize that mos...
It’s been interesting to watch organized dentistry groups rail against direct to consumer, doctor directed aligner treatment. Instead of embracing and incorporating new technology, most dentists...
The world is a funny place. Just the other day I was telling a group of people that state dental boards are effectively controlled by state dental associations – even though state dental associa...
I listened to the talk “A Call for Professionalism” by Dr. Peter Greco and Dr. Eladio DeLeon, Jr. on the AAO member website (their talk starts about 1:34:00) and it was interesting to say the leas...