A Better Use of Your Facebook Time
Since we opened Smiley Face in May I’ve been running our practice Facebook page, responding to messages, answering questions posted as comments and generally doing whatever needs to be done to enga...
You’re Asking the Wrong Questions
I get survey requests from the AAO regularly and I like to take them to see what residents, and thus their faculty, think is important. It also gives insight into what the people handing out grants ar...
Jack of All Trades?
I am the first to admit that in the not too distant past I fell for the orthodontic groupthink that is the rush to add new services to our offices. I have since wised up as have many others who’ve t...
Orthodontist with $1,000,000.00 in Student Debt
Utah Orthodontist, Dr. Mike Meru was featured yesterday in The Wall Street Journal for his outlier status of being one of 101 people in the US with a seven-figure student debt. I find the article int...
The Quest for Quality
I’ve enjoyed watching the explosion of groups and meetings that has happened over the last year. I love to see more people taking part in the conversation about what orthodontics is and where the pr...
Senior Ortho Residents Are The Smartest People On The Planet!
I had an interesting conversation with an orthodontic resident Monday at the AAO Annual Session. A couple of friends of mine and I were sitting at a table catching up when a senior resident approached...
Signs
I saw this sign today while out and about (note the pen on a chain as well – what message is that sending?) and thought it made for a great blog topic. It’s the simple things that make all...
Consistent Problems Are Actually Opportunities
Do you have a problem that you have to deal with every single day in your business? Every week? Every month? If you said no I’d question your grasp of the day to day operation of your office, wonder...
20 Million or 100 Million?
I’ve had several conversations of late with orthodontists interested in joining or starting DSOs. They want me to advise them as to how to proceed in any number of variations on a deal that makes th...
Sell or Stay Put? Cash or Equity? Now or Later? A Discussion of the Orthodontic Marketplace
It’s been an interesting couple years. The orthodontic market has changed so radically that it’s almost unrecognizable and the opportunities for orthodontists who own their own business are many&#...