Improve your practice and life by tuning into Episode 15 of the Orthodontic Pearls Podcast featuring Dr. Jordan Lamberton!

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Here are the key moments:

2:47 - Buying a pedo practice to support your ortho practice 

6:41 - How to maintain referrals when opening a pedo practice 

10:04 - Considerations when exploring owning a pedo practice

13:00 - Does quality differ when the practitioner is not the owner? 

19:05 - AI in the Ortho Space - exploring Ortho Berry, DentoAI, and other AI platforms 

25:05 - Will AI replace team members?  How could it affect our practices positively or negatively? 

30:00 - Using technology as a tool vs it using you, adapt or perish

39:42 - Airway in Orthodontics

52:00 - Getting to $400k+ per FTE (Full Time Equivalent Employee)

55:02 - Recent increasing trends away from aligners and toward braces 

60:10 - Jordan’s branding journey 

66:39 - Using ChatGPT in marketing 

68:00 - Should financial freedom be the metric we are shooting for?  What is this all for?

75:00 - Jordan’s top pearls in rapid fire questions 

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Improve your practice and life by tuning into Episode 14 of the Orthodontic Pearls Podcast for our Mother's Day Special episode featuring our signficant others Dr. Morghan Teeters, Dr. Jenny Sun, and Diana Bailey!

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Here are the key moments:

2:30 - State of the orthodontic profession looking at the Gaidge Data
4:01 - The importance of professional relationships

9:05 - The beginning of relationship stories

28:58 - Why forgiveness is essential

30:06  - Challenges & benefits of working with your significant other

45:40 - Hilarious stories

57:06 - Why we choose marriage and partnership? 

85:05 - Life lessons on being a Mom and owning/working in Orthodontic and Pediatric Dental Practices

99:58 - Everyone’s top relationship and parenting pearls

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Improve your practice and life by tuning into Episode 13 of the Orthodontic Pearls Podcast featuring Dr. C Colby Gage !

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Here are the key moments:

0:01 - Dr. C Colby Gage’s Story from partnership in Calgary, to a mid-career startup in Denver

13:40 - Moving and starting up during COVID

17:00 - Mentorship in the tough years of practice 

21:30 - TC strategies to increase conversion rate 

25:50 - How to incentivize your team productively 

31:02 - How to get a bunch of Google and Yelp reviews

34:40 - The Orthodontic Pearls Dad Jokes book

40:00 - Giving Back Programs

46:50 - Digital Orthodontics

55:00 - Developing the Ideal Practice for You and Your Community

60:20 - Lessons Learned Working as an Associate

71:00 - How to Manage Difficult Seasons of Ownership

85:10 - Dr. Gage’s Top 3 Pearls 

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0:01 - Words of wisdom from Morgan Housel

4:20 - Pearls Post: The use of eyelets for blocked out incisors

12:20 - Looking at facial photos first 

20:05 - Asymptotic curve of Mastering Orthodontics, finding Joy in the Journey 

26:04 - Going from Good to Great orthodontics

32:00 - Colleagues not competitors

41:15 - Setting examples as a business owner and a parent 

47:00 - Chad’s perspective on DSOs and OSOs

56:36 - “An honest conversation should threaten no one”

65:42 - Motivation as a business owner 

70:40 - Sharing cases online; Teddy Roosevelt’s “The Man in the Arena”

88:03 - Dr. Foster’s Top 3 Pearls

Key Moments:

2:00 The value of reconnecting with colleagues

8:10 Mindset shifts in overcoming challenging problems 

16:10 Work/Life balance

34:02 Worthwhile goals and aspirations in practice and in life

36:06 David’s practice journey in an ortho/pedo/oral surgery trifecta practice 

44:05 Thoughts on opening multiple offices

51:30 Responding to a Pearls Post from Dr. Vladimir Leon re: “Say no to the DSO”

72:41 David’s top 3 pearls

Improve your practice and life by tuning in to episode 10 of the Orthodontic Pearls Podcast featuring Dr. Adam Schulhof. Here are the key moments:

0:01 - The Gaidge Data: State of the Orthodontic Profession

3:05 - Responding to a Pearls Post - Actress Dakota Johnson’s removal of a fixed retainer resulting in dissolution of discomfort 

15:00 - Closing diastemas with no overjet patient discussions 

21:36 - Innovations in orthodontics 

24:10 - Lingual orthodontics 

26:06 - Dr. Schulhof’s journey

36:05 - Orthodontic convenience for patients 

41:20 - Tribalism and polarization in orthodontic treatment options and in life 

53:22 - Contrarian views- learning and growing through conflict 

63:42 - Elasticity of demand - Adult and child treatment trends 

68:00 - 3 different practice models 

74:02 - Adam, Brian, Andy, and Chris’ Relationship Experiences

96:30 - Adam’s Top Pearls

101:00 - Growing Together

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Improve your practice and life by tuning into Episode 9 of the Orthodontic Pearls Podcast featuring Tony Peniche of Peniche & Associates and a noteworthy entrepreneur. Here are the key moments:

2:34 Tony’s background: from business development to marketing

5:15 Dr. Teeters’ office rebranding and inspiration 

7:05 Using PLAUD note for note-taking efficiency

9:00 Overcoming inertia and making important changing 

12:15 Marketing tips, tools, and technology (AI)

14:12 Kids Club, pins, and lanyards

25:01 Growth vs Fixed mindset

26:50 OBS Program ID Cards

30:30 Entrepreneurial Endeavors

35:02 Networking and Growth

48:35 Entrepreneur vs. Operator

54:30 Balance of Personalities in the Office and Business

65:00 A New Therapy

87:00 The Survival Games

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Improve your practice and life by tuning in to episode 8 of the Orthodontic Pearls Podcast featuringDr. Matt Larson of Larson Orthodontics and AAO’s Chair of the Committee of Conferences. Here are thekey moments:

2:35 -Dr. Larson’s role with the AAO and Committee on Conferences

4:32 - Open call forAAO Speakers and what they’re looking for - highlights of upcoming AAO Meetings and speakers

8:45 - Pearls Post fromDr. Jackson Kelley Griffeth- Discussingdirect to consumer Orthodontics in the past, present, and future.

22:05 =Strategies to adaptto patient demands withpersonalized care.

39:20 - Dr. Larson’spractice story, publishing the latest editions ofContempoary Orthodontics with the late and respectedDr. William Proffit,meeting his wifeDr. Katie Larson, andteaching as an adjunct faculty member at theUniversity of Minnesota.

45:08 - Dr. Larson’s best practice advice for new graduates and transitioning orthodontists.

47:41 -Personality types, leveraging unique talents and overcoming “paralysis by analysis.”

60:46 - Newupcoming innovations in orthodontics

75:30 - Dr. Matt Larson’sTop 3 Pearls

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Improve your practice and life by tuning in to Episode 7 of the new Orthodontic Pearls Podcast featuring Dr. Greg Ohanian practicing in southern California among the wildfires. Here are the key takeaways:

Learn from Dr. Ohanian’s experience with embers of the fire all around his home and 90 MPH winds 

How have the California wildfires affected his practice?

What was it like to have his sister’s house burnt down

What he learned in times of crisis 

The value of relationships and helping your community

On-the-ground report of the devastation

The future of his practice and the residents of southern California

Greg’s biggest lessons learned from his experience

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Join us for the 6th episode of the OPP featuring The Digital Orthdontist, Dr. Kyle Fagala! Here are the key moments:

1:48 - Pearls Post from Dr. Glenn Dubroc: Retiring early with a single location, low volume, low overhead practice.

3:18 - Dr. Kyle Fagala’s practice model and thoughts of different practice structures and goals: 2 location, 3 days a week, 1 associate

6:45 - Dr. Chris Teeters’ practice model: Ortho/Pedo Single location, high volume, 3 days a week

9:28 - Dr. Brian Anderson’s practice model: Own pedo to feed ortho, 2 location, high volume, variable schedule. 

14:14 - Dr. Andy Sarpotdar’s first experience working for a chain

20:13 - Thoughts on Money as a metric 

22:30 - “Know thy self”

25:00 - What drives you?

28:40 - The INTJ “Architect” personality 

30:10 - How Kyle met his wife, Anna

32:35 - What drives an Introvert to be a public figure?

37:37 - Pursuit of excellence

42:48 - The story and rise of RELAPSE as an all-orthodontist band

53:00 - The role of luck and God’s hand in success

56:35 - Marketing strategies in orthodontics 

74:00 - AI and Chat GPT’s role in digital marketing 

78:18 - How Kyle utilizes Chat GPT for brainstorming and productivity 

89:06 - Kyle’s Top 3 Pearls