One of the easiest mistakes to make in clear aligner treatment is looking at mild crowding or a small amount of spacing and assuming the case will be simple. Sometimes it is. But the amount of visible movement doesn’t always tell you how difficult the case will...
I believe in protocols. They create consistency, give teams a framework, and make dentistry more efficient. But a protocol can only take you so far. Every patient brings a different mix of clinical findings, medical history, expectations, anatomy, and risk factors....
Creating a dental course is not about fitting as much information as possible into a presentation. More content does not automatically make the education better. For me, the bigger question is: what is actually going to help someone think more clearly, make a better...
Clear aligners can look pretty simple from the outside. Patients see a series of clear trays and naturally assume the trays are doing all the work. But there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes. For clear aligner treatment to be predictable, we have to think about...
When a dental team tells me a workflow “isn’t working,” I don’t immediately assume the workflow itself is the problem. Sometimes it is. But a lot of the time, the issue is that the process was never clear enough, never repeated enough, or never owned by anyone long...
I think refinements get a bad reputation in clear aligner treatment. The second a case needs one, it can feel like something went wrong, like the plan failed or the teeth didn’t cooperate the way they were supposed to. But teeth are biological. We can create a...
When I teach a workshop, I’m not trying to impress people with how much information I can fit into an hour. I care much more about what happens after they leave. Did something click? Did they finally see a problem in their practice differently? Did they realize they...
One of the things I’ve come to appreciate about virtual education is how much easier it makes it for people to actually show up. You don’t have to book a flight, leave your practice for several days, or rearrange your entire week around one course. That matters,...
When patients come to me for a second opinion, they are usually not looking for more information. They already have a lot of information. They have X-rays, treatment plans, procedure names, estimates, and sometimes two completely different recommendations. What they...
One thing I think dentists underestimate when they start doing more implants is how much of the responsibility begins after the implant is placed. The surgery gets a lot of attention, and understandably so. You are thinking about bone, anatomy, positioning, stability,...
