Category: Practice Management

Practice Management

Team Culture: Your Secret Weapon for New Patient Growth

Orthodontic practice growth starts from within. While marketing brings families in, a strong team culture builds the trust and emotional safety that drives long-term referrals.

Practice Management

Digital Payments Are Reshaping Orthodontic Practice Finance

As orthodontic practices modernize their financial workflows, Franshaun Thomas of Synchrony, parent company of CareCredit, discusses the technologies driving the shift and what orthodontists should know about digital payments, financing, and practice efficiency.

Practice Management

Zero-Click Search Is Reshaping Orthodontic Marketing

AI-powered search summaries are increasingly shaping how prospective patients discover orthodontists, often delivering answers before users ever visit a practice website. As zero-click search grows, practices must adapt their SEO and content strategies to remain visible, credible, and competitive in AI-driven search results.

Business Development

Planet DDS Report Reveals Orthodontic Performance Benchmarks and Industry Gaps

Planet DDS’s latest report analyzes data from 2,500+ orthodontic practices, revealing a 68.3% case acceptance rate and production benchmarks that highlight significant growth opportunities for the specialty.

Continuing Education

Dentsply Sirona Webinar to Cover Combining Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Dentsply Sirona will host a webinar April 9 on integrating orthodontics and restorative dentistry, outlining a workflow for clinicians to achieve esthetic outcomes using clear aligners and composite procedures.

Financial Management

AAO Selects Panacea Financial for Member Practice Loans

The AAO has endorsed Panacea Financial to provide members with exclusive rate discounts and zero origination fees on practice and personal loans, following a multi-month evaluation process.

Marketing and Promotion

KaleidoscopeAI Will Unveil KAL AI Visibility Platform at AAO Annual Session

KaleidoscopeAI is launching KAL, an AI-driven growth system for orthodontic practices, to assess and improve digital visibility across AI search tools, debuting at the AAO Annual Session in Orlando where it will offer complimentary AI visibility audits to attendees.

Practice Profiles

An Orthodontic Practice as a Testing Ground

Beyond patient care, Hessam Rahimi, DDS, DMSc, MBA, leverages his practice to test innovative orthodontic solutions, such as Brava by Brius.

Patient Relations

From Teens to Adults: Using Technology to Improve Compliance and Care

From gamified apps to remote monitoring, digital tools help teens stay compliant and give adults the convenience and clarity they expect.

Staff Issues

New ADA Course Addresses Mental Health and Burnout in Dentistry

The ADA has launched a new CE course addressing mental health and burnout in dentistry, offering strategies and resources to support well-being for dental professionals and teams. The one-hour course provides one CE credit.