Schein, Patterson, and Benco Sued for Price Fixing
By Scott and Jacob Drucker THE BULLET POINTS Who’s in trouble: Henry Schein, Patterson, and Benco (the “Big 3”) sued by over a dozen dentists in class action cases for keeping prices high...
Why Don’t We Do More Invisalign?
As I’ve mentioned in recent posts I’ve put a lot of thought into how Invisalign works in the marketplace and in my practice. After doing several hundred cases in and around 2006-2007 I sto...
Let’s Role Play
By: Jeff Shirck DDS, MS and Jeff Mastroianni DMD, MS You know the scenario: It’s 3:30PM, your office is humming along with the afternoon rush, and you are popping back and forth from chair t...
Lust for Life
I was asked the other day why others and I are constantly striving for more and shouldn’t we just settle down and enjoy what we have? I get this question all the time and it is very much part of our...
Patient Comfort
Do you ever really consider patient comfort? I know you think you do but do the decisions you make during your daily routine support your self assessment? Let’s see. Here is a short checklist of...
Does Membership Matter?
By:Courtney Dunn, DDS, MS Dunn Orthodontics, LLP Recently, I have had several conversations about the role of organized dentistry – and more specifically organized orthodontics in day to day practic...
Supporting The AAOF is Stoopid
No? How many of you think we have too few orthodontic residency programs? That’s what I thought. So why would we donate millions to the AAOF so they can artificially support residency programs t...
Now Hiring
Arkansas Dentistry & Braces is looking for motivated and competent General Dentists and Orthodontists to join our team. Not only do our dentists and dental specialists get to use the latest techno...
Defining the role of the Infection Control Coordinator
By: Andrea Cook Orthodontic offices continue to face the challenge of implementing and maintaining an effective, efficient, affordable and compliant office safety program. A key to this challenge is t...
Once You Buy Your Orthodontic Practice
As a follow up to Checklist For Ortho Practice Evaluation, I wanted to give you a to do list for the days, weeks and months immediately following the closing. This is certainly not the only way of doi...