Finite Work, Excess Time, Infinite Possibilities

What we do is easy. Or at least it should be. Hell, it should even be fun for us and for our patients and for our team! But as with anything, perspective and attitude are everything. Tired or running ...

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...

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...

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. ...

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:...

Discontinuation Of Treatment Form

There is often talk about what to do when a patient is happy with their result and wants their braces off but the orthodontist still thinks there is work to be done. I think you know my position if yo...

3 Ways to Verify Contracts Are ALWAYS Entered

By Bridget Burris Advertising, attracting new patients and closing the deal are all labor intensive, expensive processes in orthodontic practices. You work hard to render good treatment, give good ser...

Why Do Ortho Cases Take So Long?

It seems to me that the average orthodontic case treated with braces takes well over 20 months. I can’t back this up with stats or studies or anything like that but I am willing to bet that if s...

Utility, Pleasure or Price?

What exactly determines the value of something? Why is there so much variance in price among allegedly similar products and services? I find the question interesting and the investigation useful for b...

But HOW Do You Know, Doctor?

We orthodontists take a lot of things for granted. We did well in school and are doing well in life in general and this can give us a false sense of security and even a bit of undeserved arrogance whe...