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The Art of Orthodontic Doublespeak
Enjoy this guest blog from Dr. Marc Ackerman. I find it interesting, thought provoking and an excellent prelude to the 2019 NewConn Meeting. There’s an old adage that states, “Say what you mean ...
$800,000
The other day I was asked why I think the median orthodontic pracrice is doing less than a million in production and, even if most orthodontists are producing in the 800 k range, how can they be broke...
Dentistry’s Latest Great Satan
I’ve noticed a definite change in the flood of emails, blog posts and other content we dentists are inundated by daily. Over the last six months to a year there has been little if any mention of the...
Patients Just Don’t Get it!
I hear this all the time from doctors and team members alike. We tend to gripe and complain about all the things that patients consistently just don’t understand or do properly or follow through on....
White Coat Syndrome
Online, in lecture halls and in print, there are fanatical devotees of evidence based orthodontics whose shrill voices lament the absence of science in our profession. For proof and for comedic relief...
Shame On Us
I received a text a few days ago from a young orthodontist who is a few years out of school. They were distraught over a case that “didn’t turn out the way it should have” and they “didn’t f...
Thought Experiment – The Next Big Thing
Marc Ackerman & Ben Burris What event will totally disrupt the landscape of orthodontics more than any other we can imagine? That’s easy and we have mentioned it before: When someone is able to ...
Don’t Limit Yourself by Setting Goals for 2019
Traditionally this time of year we set goals for the next 12 months. It’s a fine tradition I guess as long as you realize the nature of goal setting is both empowering and extremely limiting. What I...