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...
DON’T DO IT. Buy less expensive gloves, get more efficient, make less trips to the chair, anything… But use new gloves every time you glove up. Every time. While we are on the subject, don...
If you have a patient that is over the estimated treatment time and the end is nowhere in sight, it’s time to do something about it. Whether it’s a compliance issue, a bracket position iss...
Don’t worry. I didn’t think it was possible either! I firmly believed it took 6 months to two years to train an employee properly and, because I believed that, it did! And no, I’m no...
We won our appeal and are very excited to get back to discussing the merits of the case in court. Please share your comments on the Arkansas Business website on this issue. It doesn’t matter if ...
By: Bridget Burris What does your ideal patient day look like? Have you ever considered that? Can you tell me, in detail, what makes a great day at work great? Most people cannot, though they fantasiz...
Here are a few tricks to make you feel more confident about assessing the compliance level you are getting from individual patients. Creating an atmosphere in which we get good compliance in most cas...
Lots of docs are asking about how we train train TCs, how our managers train chair side staff and how we set up and implement systems. Well here’s your chance to get those details and more in pe...
I know the knee jerk reaction when you aren’t getting results and the patient says they are wearing elastics is to just use a class II corrector because “they don’t require complianc...
Aligners? Maybe – not my cup of tea, but maybe. Class II correctors? No way! NiTi Wires? Well, it’s been a bit longer than 20 years… Straightwire appliances? Again, more than 20 years since intr...
Having bought one or two practices and learned many, many tough lessons, I thought I would share a few of them here. Read this as a checklist of things to examine before, during and even after buying ...