Orthodontics can be a great profit center in your practice, providing reliable income as well as a great source of referrals. However, incorporating Orthodontics into a GP practice can sometimes be a difficult experience, even after understanding the technical side of orthodontics. “Incorporating Orthodontics into a GP Practice” is designed to make this process simpler and more effective.

Dr. Joe Viviano will take you step by step through every aspect of incorporating Ortho into your practice, from dealing with insurance, scheduling your time and taking records, to ensuring that you keep a good relationship with your local RO. Dr. Viviano has over 25 years of experience successfully practicing Orthodontics in a comprehensive practice, and over this time has developed protocols for dealing with every situation that may arise. He will share this experience with you, and help youmake Ortho profitable and fun immediately.

Topics

• Navigating Insurance for Ortho
• Front Desk Efficiency
• Setting Fees
• Patient Management
• In Office Lab Procedures (another source of income)
• Other Revenue from Ortho
• Marketing
• Economics of Ortho
• Scheduling &Time Management
• Records & Charting
• Supplies Needed, Inventory to Keep
• Invisalign/ AOA
• Consultations- 1st and 2nd
• Properly Using Assistants
• Indirect Bracketing
• Other Orthodontic Systems
• Sterilization
• Informed Consent
• Computers
• Mixed Dentition
• Case Studies
• Pathology
• GP vs RO Relations
• Standard of Care
• Patient FAQs
• IPSoft™/ the POS System