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As specialists, we lead. We lead in innovative diagnosis and therapeutics, implementation of state-of-the-art technology and, most importantly, quality of patient care. I say that as much as a reminder to myself as I do to my specialist colleagues. Because, to paraphrase Bob Dylan’s song, “The times they are a-changing.” So, what’s happening? In the […]

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  Besides reading and editing clinical articles and working with the best authors and practitioners in the orthodontic world, my favorite pastime is playing with my 4-year old granddaughter, Emma. After careful deliberation, about a year ago, she announced that she had decided to become a dentist. I would expect nothing less from a child

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A History of the Business of Orthodontics • Norman Wahl, DDS, MS, MA First Edition Design Publishing Inc., Sarasota, Florida As orthodontics’ most eminent and thorough historian, Dr. Norman Wahl has assembled material from his other historical documents to offer readers the most complete body of orthodontic information ever presented. The amount of research and

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Drs. Pat Brady, Carina Dabney, and Hilton Israelson helped a patient uncover her smile through orthodontics Figure 1: Initial photos and panoramic X-ray On August 20, 2014, a 13-year-old patient presented to our office for orthodontic treatment with this chief complaint: “I don’t want to smile because I don’t have any front teeth.” Her mother

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To thrive and grow in a competitive business landscape, orthodontists must be able to pivot — to think more broadly about the patient problems they solve and to reimagine ways of operating. For me, Jamie Reynolds, the pivot resulted from working in the Detroit area that found itself on the leading edge of the economic

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Dr. Joel C. Small discusses self-awareness and motivation to change Extensive research into behavioral change has identified various stages that lead to purposeful and sustainable behavior modification. The transtheoretical model (Prochaska and Velicer, 1997) of behavioral change describes an initial stage of “precontemplation” in which people are unaware that a behavioral problem exists and, therefore,

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When we began our careers as orthodontists 30 years ago, it was challenging to treat cases that presented with difficult tooth movements predictably. Additionally, these cases took several years to finish and often required the use of heavy mechanics and forces. Now with so many advancements in our profession, we’re achieving quality finishes that match

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Digital treatment planning, in particular, gives us the ability to custom-fit appliance therapy to suit each patient’s unique malocclusion as well as his/her treatment preferences.

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