Tips for bettering your orthodontic practice

Ormco Corp., a manufacturer and provider of advanced orthodontic technology and services, is advising orthodontists on ways to better their practices in 2012 by offering tips and insightful data to help increase the value of their services. According to a study conducted by Millennium Research Group, 68 percent of surveyed adults are interested in improving their smiles.

Dec 7, 2011 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

OrthoMetrics: Measure it. Improve it.

We find our practices in a challenging marketplace: a new consumer, increased competition for that consumer and rising costs for delivering treatment. In today’s practice, being an informed business manager isn’t an option; it’s a must. Maintaining a healthy practice requires managing the clinical and the business components efficiently and profitably.

Sep 14, 2011 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

The investment tax landscape: Countdown to 2013

In December 2010, Congress extended the so-called Bush-era tax cuts by passing the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. For many dental practices and high-income households, this has helped to relieve the uncertainty, but it kicked the can down the street to 2013.

Aug 25, 2011 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Build a better practice

You required specialized training to begin your orthodontic practice, and now your practice requires specialized information technology experts in order to take it to the next level. The NTG Systems experts are singularly able to help you integrate the latest orthodontic-specific practice technology.

Nov 9, 2010 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Systems for increasing production: the one-appointment consultation

The most effective way to increase practice case acceptance and decrease the incidence of patient shopping is the one-appointment process. It is important to understand that each minute of the consultation appointment must be carefully planned, systemized and executed. The process about to be described has been used in hundreds of orthodontic practices enrolled in Levin Group’s consulting program.

Oct 25, 2010 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Improve your production, profitability, quality of life

In many practices, less than 60 percent of exams with orthodontic treatment diagnosed ever start. That is a much lower rate of case acceptance than what the profession had 30 years ago, yet too many orthodontists have accepted today’s rate as “the norm” and therefore believe that their only path to growth is more exams.

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