The Boutique Mentality
For years we have met colleagues who tell us that they have or are thinking of starting a boutique orthodontic practice. In our younger less skeptical days, we would take this at face value believing ...
Playing Offense or Defense?
By Marc Ackerman Lower incisors have to be positioned upright over basal bone and you must measure this on a lateral cephalometic radiograph before and after treatment. If you don’t finish your ...
They Can’t Get Away with That!
Marc Ackerman Ben Burris One of us went to an emergency meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Orthodontists last week. It was held at a small hotel in a nondescript meeting room with about 20 or...
Medically Necessary Orthodontic Treatment: A Serious Handicap to Orthodontics’ Bright Future
Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA The American Association of Orthodontics Committee on Medically Necessary Orthodontic Care (MNOC) produced this statement in 2015 that is being promoted at the present ...
Letting The Air Out of Sleep Orthodontics
Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA “The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.” Sir William Osler An aggravated wife walks into the family Doctor’s office with a complaint about her hus...
A Radiographic Rationale for Orthodontists
Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. Mark Twain I was reading the most recent Ethics in Orthodontics article in the American...
Roadmap 2022: Overcoming Impediments to the $3000 Fee**
** WE ARE NOT PROPHETS AND WE DON’T KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE FEE WILL BE $3000 DOLLARS EXACTLY BUT WE DO KNOW THE PRICE FOR TRADITIONAL ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT WILL DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY. PICK YOUR OW...
Caveat Lector: Let the Reader Beware
By Marc Bernard Ackerman Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. With that being said, there is a difference between imitation and reinterpretation. When I write a peer-reviewed journal paper or ...
Anonymity: A Different Way to Give
by Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA The School of Public Health at my University was strapped for cash. In order to secure the type of endowment needed for the long haul, they sold the naming rights of...
The Gaucho Consult
by Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA Who doesn’t love churrascaria (Brazilian Pampas Barbeque)? O.K., you’re all thinking vegetarians and vegans. Duh. All kidding aside, even the non-carnivorous amo...