The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
By: Bridget Burris I was visiting an office the other day and had an interesting situation arise. A mom brought in her child for treatment, eager to get started (the child’s teeth were a mess). The ...
HSAs & Cafeteria Plans Are Awesome – Scripting
By: Bridget Burris A mom brought her kids into an office I was visiting last week and she was keen to begin treatment. Her employer provided her and her family with access to a Health Savings Account ...
Verbiage Can Make All the Difference
By: Dr. Jason Tam This entry is a throwback to my first interaction with Dr. Ben Burris at the 2008 Denver AAO meeting. We did not reconnect again until 2014, through pure coincidence, while vacat...
TheOrthodontist.com
For those who missed it, here is a link, The Orthodontist Webinar , to the recoding that Jeff Behan did last night about TheOrthodontist.com ...
Orthodontitis [1]
I graduated from orthodontic residency in June 2004, bought a tiny, antiquated practice in August 2004 and we brought in our first consultant in November 2004. We would have had the consultant in earl...
Selling Something For Cost Is Dumb
I hear it all the time. Orthodontists decide they want a new product or technology and are “convinced” that it will grow the practice and attract patients… But they turn around and s...
Always Get A Good Faith Estimate IN WRITING!
Don’t get caught and find yourself at the mercy of a banker!! If you’re thinking about buying or starting a practice, buying or building an office or doing anything else that requires bank...
Don’t Be Dumb – Do The Math
I keep hearing people talk about offering clear aligner therapy, using third party financing and how much they love the mouth vibrators that allegedly make the trays work better and faster. People are...
Buy a Dental Practice!
I often discuss what I would do if I was an orthodontic residents coming out of school today and dead set on owning a practice in a competitive area – as opposed to living where there is a ne...
Find An Underserved Population
Want to be a successful orthodontist, have plenty of patients and have a great career? It’s easy. Just find an underserved population and serve them! Now, I know what you are thinking, but you’re ...