Bonding All 7s Doesn’t Make You A Great Orthodontist
I hear and see this a lot from orthodontists – colleagues, peers, friends, my associates and especially recent graduates/residents. For some reason most orthodontists truly believe: “If I ...
It’s more fun to talk about orthodontics than to do orthodontics…
Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA Dateline July, 2000 It’s been a great week in Marina Del Rey. Right now though, the buzz of jets at LAX is compounding my gargantuan headache from drinking one too ma...
Casting Call: Playing an Orthodontist on Social Media
by Marc Bernard Ackerman, DMD, MBA Facebook Posts: MONDAY 6:30 a.m.-Ready for my 5K run. Below zero out but Dr. Smith thanks for the fleece hat. Your pedo office rocks! 8:20 a.m.-I can’t function wi...
Really?
By Marc Ackerman, DMD, MBA I practice orthodontics full-time in a hospital setting. My patient population is about as diverse as they come. Kids with chronic disease. Kids post-transplant. Kids with ...
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The paper edition of The Progressive Orthodontist Magazine, AAO Edition, has shipped and should be hitting mailboxes this week but while you wait, feel free to download and pursue the digital version....
The New, New Standard of Care
“FLIR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS ALLOW MACHINES TO READ HUMAN EMOTIONS.” According to this article on Flirmedial.com, heat sensitive cameras and the associated computer software have been suc...
No Wonder We Act This Way
I’ve always wondered why so many orthodontists are resistant to allowing patients’ parents, families and friends to join the patient in the treatment area but this weekend I visited a den...
What Is A GOOD Referral Source?
Ancient History When I got out of residency in 2004, this question was easy to answer. A good referral source was a general dentist or pediatric dentist who sent me every child or adult that the denti...
Don’t Be Constrained by the Chief Complaint
In orthodontics, the chief complaint is sacrosanct. Or at least we talk about it like it is. The reality is that better is better and most patients will be well satisfied with a better-looking smile e...
Are All Academics PRO-Extraction?
It sure seems like it though I know there are notable exceptions. I’m talking about full time academics here of course – the ones at the residency programs day in, day out. The ones who re...