Another Study Questions AcceleDent Efficacy
Spending money to “finish faster” increase capacity or even to “get a better result” does not make sense in this day and age. We have plenty of time. What the modern orthodonti...
Looks Like I’ll Be Joining the AAO
As I mentioned a few months back, I decided not to renew my AAO membership this year. However, times change and it looks like the AAO Board of Trustees is actually changing as well. I just listened to...
Fun Quips I Use in Clinic Every Day to Make People Laugh
What we do is fun. It should be. Elective, non-invasive, relatively comfortable treatment with Invisalign or braces makes people better than they ever have been is an easy sell and people want what we...
It’s Not About Being Right
It’s not about winning. It’s not about what’s fair. What we orthodontists do every day is about a very few things (ranked in the order I see them): Taking care of patients as we wou...
Two Phase Treatment?
Why do we talk this way? Either a patient needs treatment or they don’t. Phase I treatment is often more difficult than comprehensive treatment for a litany of reasons. Why would we charge less ...
10 Ways to Significantly Reduce Treatment Time
Why is the average orthodontic case over 20 months? Why does the average mature practice have such a high percentage of patients overtime? I know you want to point to those outlier, difficult cases bu...
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Easy Way To Adjust Torque – Upper Laterals
I have to do this regularly and today we had a chance to video it. Hope this helps....
Tips for Placing Separators Between Teeth with REALLY Tight Contacts
Had a tough one today that the assistants couldn’t handle. Luckily I remembered to video how we did it....
Case Acceptance Tracking
By Charlene White Case acceptance tracking is the foundation to achieving high production in the orthodontic practice. I find many practices are unaware of how powerful an effective recall system can ...