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the mirror, she couldn't stop crying and
hugging every one of us in the office. Most
of us started crying, too.
The saddest part was that when the
patient looked in the mirror and was done
crying, she told my assistant, " Now I can
have friends. " That broke my heart because
all too often, too many people are being
bullied and their self-esteem is destroyed.
To think that this poor young lady thought
that having straight teeth would finally let
her have friends because of how badly she'd
been bullied was heartbreaking.
But let me tell you, we all went home
with a huge smile on our faces that night.
What's your most controversial
opinion about orthodontics?
I think that many-not all-generations
of orthodontists who came before us are
responsible for a lot of the challenges we
face today. I see orthodontists in their 70s
practicing well longer than the doctors they
took over for, who handed them the practice
for next to nothing. They didn't face huge
student debt, communities oversaturated with
orthodontists, general dentists doing ortho
or at-home aligner companies competing
with them.
They also didn't hire younger docs, or
allow the next generation of providers to
come in with new ideas and techniques.
They often asked exorbitant prices for
practices that had in many ways been
neglected. Minimal technology upgrades,
minimal investment into infrastructure.
They oversaw the largest stock and real estate
market growths in our country's history,
and yet they often make it hard for young
docs to get into a community. And many
ask why the OSO/DSO movement, which
gives doctors a way to get a job straight out
of school, flourished?
While this won't be a popular comment
among that generation of orthodontists, many
of the ills we face today that I mentioned
earlier-as well as insurance involvement,
student debt, and lots of other issues-all
came about on their watch, not ours. So they
left the next generation with a world that
requires significant debt to enter into the
profession, less opportunity, more saturation
and the inability to buy a practice when they
want to. That's the truth. While it may not
make me a lot of friends, I am an advocate
for the younger orthodontists who are faced
with more business challenges unique to
their practice lives.
What's the No. 1 challenge
facing young graduates today?
I think today's graduates face an amazing
and challenging workplace-there's
a lot of student debt, but there's a lot of
opportunities. I don't think orthodontics
is on a downward slope; I think there's a
tremendous opportunity to do amazing
things in our profession. We just have
to be smart about how we bring these
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