Patient Comfort
Do you ever really consider patient comfort? I know you think you do but do the decisions you make during your daily routine support your self assessment? Let’s see. Here is a short checklist of...
Does Membership Matter?
By:Courtney Dunn, DDS, MS Dunn Orthodontics, LLP Recently, I have had several conversations about the role of organized dentistry – and more specifically organized orthodontics in day to day practic...
Supporting The AAOF is Stoopid
No? How many of you think we have too few orthodontic residency programs? That’s what I thought. So why would we donate millions to the AAOF so they can artificially support residency programs t...
Now Hiring
Arkansas Dentistry & Braces is looking for motivated and competent General Dentists and Orthodontists to join our team. Not only do our dentists and dental specialists get to use the latest techno...
Defining the role of the Infection Control Coordinator
By: Andrea Cook Orthodontic offices continue to face the challenge of implementing and maintaining an effective, efficient, affordable and compliant office safety program. A key to this challenge is t...
Fear
So I’ve had more than my share of sleepless nights of late and my sleep cycle always revolves around what is going on in two areas: 1) My relationship with my wife and kids. 2) What’s goin...
Once You Buy Your Orthodontic Practice
As a follow up to Checklist For Ortho Practice Evaluation, I wanted to give you a to do list for the days, weeks and months immediately following the closing. This is certainly not the only way of doi...
Your Comments Make a Difference
Thanks so much for taking the time to comment on the articles about our fight with the state board. Look what you did!! “Sometimes, the right action for government to take isn’t clear. Sometim...
Get A Fidelity Policy
It happens all the time. Small business owners are defrauded, stolen from, cheated, lied to, and abused… by their own employees! The cost is not just money. Relationships are destroyed, good emp...
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...