Category: Practice Management

Practice Management

Competing on Price: How Orthodontists Can Prepare for Fee Pressure

With orthodontic case fees under pressure from discount providers and DSOs, private practices must prepare now for intensifying fee-based competition.

Practice Management

What Google’s AI Means for Your Orthodontic Practice Marketing

This collection of articles examines how Google’s AI updates are reshaping online visibility, SEO, and marketing strategies for orthodontic practices.

Practice Management

Managing the Cost of Being An Orthodontist

Financing a career in orthodontics is daunting. For April J. Cole, DDS, MBA, joining a DSO gave her financial certainty.

Business Development

MetLife Integrates SKYGEN’s Dental Hub to Streamline Provider Credentialing

MetLife is partnering with SKYGEN to implement a centralized digital platform that simplifies credentialing and recredentialing for dental providers.

Continuing Education

PepperPointe Concludes Inaugural Leadership Development Program

PepperPointe Partnerships’ inaugural Leadership Development Program culminated with 10 participants transitioning to doctor ownership roles.

Financial Management

Planet DDS Launches New Payment Processing Solution

Planet DDS launches Planet DDS Pay, a payment solution for multi-office practices, featuring automation, digital payments, and financial analytics.

Marketing and Promotion

Meeting Patients Where They’re At (in The Palm of Their Hand)

How a smartphone-based workflow cut new patient wait times by 50% and boosted starts by 65%

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

The Building Blocks of Outrageous Customer Service

How to implement outrageous customer service to move beyond average and start being exceptional in a competitive orthodontic market.

Staff Issues

Time to Ditch Performance Reviews in 2025 (Seriously, Just Toss Them!)

Ditch performance reviews in 2025. Opt for growth plans that foster real-time feedback, skill development, and a stronger orthodontic team.