Practice owners who don’t want to change
News & Blog You’ve just had a conversation with a dental colleague who has opened your eyes—literally and figuratively—to airway issues, and now you want to get on board. Maybe you have a child struggling with airway problems, and you know there’s an issue that needs solving. Maybe you’ve noticed a colleague or friend who […]
Feeling alone when everyone else is still straightening teeth and making them fit like gears
News & Blog Over 40 years ago, when doubts about the scientific basis of my orthodontic training began creeping into my mind, I was able to shut them out. How could my instructors not have known that the faces would look worse when I finished treatment? Surely, they would have warned me! This was long […]
Parents who don’t understand there is a problem
News & Blog “My child sleeps great!”“My child doesn’t snore!”“My child is totally fine!” …Meanwhile, they’re bouncing off the walls, unable to focus for more than a nanosecond, and their teacher is begging for them to be removed from the classroom. As parents, we naturally focus on the positives in our children. We want to […]
Team members who don’t want to change
News & Blog Momentum is a powerful thing. You’ve just returned from a conference where you “saw the light”. Excited and energized, you walk into your Monday morning huddle, ready to share the game-changing insights you’ve learned. And then… silence. Not even caffeine can wake your team from their deep sleep. When you leave the […]
Knowing what works and what doesn’t work technically
News & Blog Wouldn’t it be nice if everything were as easy as “expand, expand, and expand some more” with assured success? Doctors could build practices using the latest “magic” or “miracle” appliance they learned about on the internet or from a course promoting a commercially available device that promises to grow the face. Dream […]
Common Challenges In Airway Orthodontics And How To Overcome Them
News & Blog The fact is that 8 years after the ADA mandated dentists screen for airway issues, little has changed in the profession. It is easy to be discouraged when you read the refereed literature with case reports showing retraction. Many published case reports do not even mention the word “airway” much less discussing optimizing […]
Effective treatments are usually not the S.O.C….but are the diametric opposite
News & Blog Traditional orthodontic care has historically been retractive in nature. If you have not yet come to understand that any form of retraction has the potential to be highly detrimental to both the face and the airway, this is something you must learn before proceeding. You cannot avoid a problem—or provide truly successful […]
Books You Should Read And Why
News & Blog In an ideal world orthodontic books would also all be airway health books. But, sadly, we don’t live in an ideal world. I’ve said for years that the ultimate goal of all orthodontic treatment should be to optimize airway health instead of lining teeth up and making them fit like gears. […]
Why Early Orthodontic Intervention Matters
News & Blog Early orthodontics, early treatment, and early intervention are common terms that have been floated around in the orthodontic profession in my career. Many traditional orthodontists suggest it is a waste of time. I strongly suspect none of those skeptics advocating against early treatment understand that orthodontists in the early 1900’s were using […]
Common Myths About Orthodontics and Airway Health Debunked
News & Blog There are many orthodontic myths just as there are dental myths. Probably the most common orthodontic myth is that malocclusion is largely a genetically determined thing. There are books I’ll cover in another blog for readers interested in learning about how the environment is a much more plausible cause of malocclusion. I […]