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 ...

Average Verses Peak Performance Meet and Greet

By: Charlene White Many doctors underestimate the power of the initial meet and greet in their practice.  It is a powerful 30 second event that is over looked.  Ask yourself a question, “How much ...

Why Aren’t You Wearing Loupes?

I wore loupes in dental school but put I them away for Ortho residency because everyone else did. I didn’t use loupes for the first couple years I practiced but one day I decided to break them o...

You Can’t “Think Outside The Box”

Well, if you’re Einstein and have genius IQ combined with the most fertile imagination in history you can but the rest of us cannot. Think of your box as the sum total of everything you have eve...

Your Patients Agree With You!

Of course they do. They decided to start treatment with you so obviously they liked you and what you do better than any of their other options. That’s fantastic for you and for them. However, no...