Give The People What They Want!
We orthodontists have a big problem and almost all of us suffer from the same disease. Perfectionism. It’s ironic to me that in a profession where we are dealing with asymmetric people and too many ...
Dr. Ackerman Responds To “Well Begun, Half Done” AJODO Article
As many of you remember, Dr. Ackerman and I took great offense to this “ethics” article in the AJODO and made that displeasure known here, here, and here. We believe that this kind of hub...
A Modern Day Business Tale of David vs. Goliath What can Orthodontists learn from Dollar Shave Club vs. Gillette
By: Chris Bentson In 2006, Proctor and Gamble made a $56 Billion, with a “B”, investment in the razor blade market; purchasing the Gillette products and brand. With a 70% market share in the r...
When SUPERMAN meets KRYPTONITE
By Anil Idiculla Caped crusaders. Champions of good. Protectors of the universe. Dominators of snaggle. Whatever you wanna call it. Superheroes. We are all superheroes. We all have a speci...
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...
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...
The Pragmatic Orthodontist Elite
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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 ...
Will you still need me, will you still feed me When I’m sixty-four?
By Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA I am the last person that you would expect to hear breaking orthodontic news from. In fact, if I am the first person to hear about something, it probably isn’t th...