“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 [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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Doctors approach me wanting to know what to do in this situation often. We had a discussion the other day on one of the FB forums and I thought I would share my response for the benefit of all: Having...
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...
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...
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...