Bond Video 2
So I think we finally got it right. This video starts with isolation and ends with light curing. Doing complete bonds in less than 15 minutes is absolutely possible – seeing is believing. Show y...
13 Minute Bond VIDEO
I posted a really crappy two-part video of us doing a bond on Ortho101 a couple years ago. I took the time to video our bond process because people were convinced we couldn’t put braces on as fa...
Cash Flow Management–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...
Questions Without Answers… Yet
By Michael Zetz I have a few questions worth pondering. Some without answers. Yet at least. Are access to care and standard of care mutually exclusive? Really? They shouldn’t be, in an i...
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:...