New Patient Process Delineated
We have recently gone to chair side consults for new patients in our offices but in the process of working that out I came across the written procedure for how we used to do them. I think this list wi...
The Vatican, Institutions and why I think #AAOSUCCEED
By Chris Bentson I just returned home from a short but awesome trip to Italy. My youngest, a Junior at UNC-Chapel Hill, is studying (you can eliminate this word but it is the rational given by the u...
ADA Resolution 65
I’ve been told that this resolution passed. We talked about it a couple weeks ago (see link here). Anyway, here is a copy of the resolution for your perusal. (5000-5999)_Committee_D_-_Legislativ...
A System for Minimizing Overtime Patients
Patients going beyond treatment time are the bane of orthodontic practice. We orthodontists bring this ubiquitous problem on ourselves by and large for any number of reasons we have discussed before. ...
Great New Book from Ginny Hegarty
I’ve known Ginny for a long time. She has a wealth of experience and expertise when it comes to running a successful dental office and she is excellent at sharing her insight. Ginny sent me a co...
Orthodontic Contract Paperwork – What We Use
Over the next few weeks I’m going to share details and paperwork, contracts, procedures, etc. that we use in our office. Today I’ve uploaded all the paperwork we use when starting a case:...
How to Hire a Marketing Employee
By: Angela Weber, CMO OrthoSynetics If you’re an orthodontic practice owner with ambitions to grow your patient base and even open up new locations, you know you need to aggressively market your s...
Practical Ideas to Drastically Improve Recall & Bond Scheduling
I’m sure most of you do your best to start cases TODAY for all the reasons we have discussed in the past. That being said there will always be a few patients who need treatment and want treatmen...
Creating Leverage: 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 60,000 starts and...
Align Suggests One Week Aligner Wear
Many progressive offices have been telling patients to change out Invisalign trays weekly for years but now it’s official! See the release from Align here....