Use Your Head!

As I’ve mentioned several times recently, I took over a practice that I own but haven’t run for many moons this summer. Overall the patients are in good shape but I’ve seen things...

Just Do As I Say

So I came across this gem, watched it and took some notes. I usually have to pay for this kind of entertainment. Enjoy! 13:40 – Klontz tells us how to practice and how many patients you’re all...

Retractor Choice and Placement

I get asked about the retractor we use all the time so I thought I would share a video we did for team training. You can get this retractor and the bite block shown here in different sizes from Tim La...

“The Right Way” Is A Relative Term

Healthy relationships require a nurturing of respect, a steadfast commitment to truth-telling and transparency.  In advance of making any decision or making declarations of right and wrong, we should...

Down Payments and Monthlies – The Data

By Jamie Reynolds In previous posts, I shared some of the data we are collecting at OrthoFi.  In a series of blog posts, I hope to share more of the data we have collected from over 76,000 new patien...

Blueprint for Successful Orthodontic Treatment

Successful treatment encompasses much more than just aligning teeth and requires the orthodontist to have skills beyond the ability to position brackets accurately or design a Clincheck. These technic...

Angle Classification is Dead

  Deader than dead. As dead as the once revered science of Phrenology. I’ve suspected as much for a long time but recently, undeniable proof has surfaced in the form of a Facebook poll of all t...

Schedule Template Examples From Our Office

One of my favorite sayings is, “If someone else has already done it, then it’s probably possible.” I know this is heresy in orthodontics where anyone who is doing more than you are m...

Rubber Band Wear Scripting

As all of you know, getting kids and teens to do anything is a challenge. Talking at them, demanding, insisting, pleading, nagging or explaining why we want them to do something is a waste of time. Wh...

An Access to Care Fairytale

Let’s say that you were in a car wreck – you went to sleep and ran into a tree out on some deserted highway – and you were injured to the point of incapacitation. Let’s imagine not a living so...