Train Chairside Assistants In 2 Weeks
Don’t worry. I didn’t think it was possible either! I firmly believed it took 6 months to two years to train an employee properly and, because I believed that, it did! And no, I’m no...
“8th Circuit Sends Burris Case Back to District Court”
We won our appeal and are very excited to get back to discussing the merits of the case in court. Please share your comments on the Arkansas Business website on this issue. It doesn’t matter if ...
Orthodontic Scheduling- How To Create YOUR Schedule Template
By: Bridget Burris What does your ideal patient day look like? Have you ever considered that? Can you tell me, in detail, what makes a great day at work great? Most people cannot, though they fantasiz...
How To Tell If A Patient Is Wearing Elastics
Here are a few tricks to make you feel more confident about assessing the compliance level you are getting from individual patients. Creating an atmosphere in which we get good compliance in most cas...
Don’t Miss It- Orthodontic World Congress 2016
Lots of docs are asking about how we train train TCs, how our managers train chair side staff and how we set up and implement systems. Well here’s your chance to get those details and more in pe...
Class II Correctors… No Thanks
I know the knee jerk reaction when you aren’t getting results and the patient says they are wearing elastics is to just use a class II corrector because “they don’t require complianc...
What’s the Greatest Innovation in Orthodontics in the Last 20 Years?
Aligners? Maybe – not my cup of tea, but maybe. Class II correctors? No way! NiTi Wires? Well, it’s been a bit longer than 20 years… Straightwire appliances? Again, more than 20 years since intr...
Checklist For Ortho Practice Evaluation**
Having bought one or two practices and learned many, many tough lessons, I thought I would share a few of them here. Read this as a checklist of things to examine before, during and even after buying ...
Doing Recall Sucks… Start Today!
TCs hate doing recall more than just about anything. Orthodontists hate trying to insure TCs do their recall at least as much as TCs hate doing recall! So why don’t we just avoid doing recall altoge...
There Are No Points For Style
I wanted to share a conversation I had with a young doctor the other day because it is not at all atypical of the conversations I have ALL THE TIME. For some reason many, if not most, orthodontists th...