The 3 M's of Practice
An orthodontic practice within or combined with a Pediatric practice offers some challenges to conventional thinking. The most obvious is that Pediatric dentistry is procedure driven while Orthodontics is process driven. The differences are immense especially when building out a team and other infrastructure. For a guide to practice arrangement, we utilize the 3 M's to assist in organizing thoughts.
MARKETING
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
Reaching out to the community begins with parents and other providers of health care to children. Pediatricians, schoolteachers, ear, nose, and throat physicians and myofunctional therapists are a great source of referrals to establish a truly health centered practice. Acquiring patients that understand the value of airway focused orthodo
Reaching out to the community begins with parents and other providers of health care to children. Pediatricians, schoolteachers, ear, nose, and throat physicians and myofunctional therapists are a great source of referrals to establish a truly health centered practice. Acquiring patients that understand the value of airway focused orthodontics starts with the new patient examination. The Treatment by twelves practice philosophy makes it easy to determine when to initiate treatment. Examples of care during the three periods have been published in Orthotown magazine by Dr. Grob as well.
MECHANICS
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
The new patient examination is one of the first opportunities for parents and patients to experience The Pediatric Orthodontist philosophy
(Link to New Patient Exam)
MacNammara, James A. - Early intervention in the transverse dimension - Is it worth the effort
Two phase treatment differences
(Link coming soon)
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
From uniting the staff, to managing the patients, a pediatric orthodontic practice does present some unique challenges in order to grow and prosper as well as offering quality care.
Some examples are:
- Two phase treatment
- Making it affordable
- Time efficient