Carestream Dental for Sale?
Bloomberg reports that “Clayton Dubilier & Rice is in talks to buy Carestream Health Inc.’s digital dental-equipment unit”. Read the article here...
Really?
By Marc Ackerman, DMD, MBA I practice orthodontics full-time in a hospital setting. My patient population is about as diverse as they come. Kids with chronic disease. Kids post-transplant. Kids with ...
Get The Latest Progressive Orthodontist Magazine HERE!
The paper edition of The Progressive Orthodontist Magazine, AAO Edition, has shipped and should be hitting mailboxes this week but while you wait, feel free to download and pursue the digital version....
The New, New Standard of Care
“FLIR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS ALLOW MACHINES TO READ HUMAN EMOTIONS.” According to this article on Flirmedial.com, heat sensitive cameras and the associated computer software have been suc...
No Wonder We Act This Way
I’ve always wondered why so many orthodontists are resistant to allowing patients’ parents, families and friends to join the patient in the treatment area but this weekend I visited a den...
I’ve Finally Seen The Light!
I am stubborn and resistant from time to time. I wore loupes in dental school but put them away when I started orthodontic residency because that’s what everyone else did… only to rediscov...
STOP BUYING SH*T YOU DON’T NEED – Part II
Great points in the latest AAO Tech BLog. However, I would caution orthodontic residents, young orthodontists and those starting out in practice against taking this article as “proof” that CBCT an...
Are All Academics PRO-Extraction?
It sure seems like it though I know there are notable exceptions. I’m talking about full time academics here of course – the ones at the residency programs day in, day out. The ones who re...