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The AAO spends about $4.25 million a year renting consumer attention and roughly $1.2 million changing policy. Eight state laws say the ratio is backwards.
Eleven of the nineteen Frisco orthodontic practices in our directory are privately owned. The full list by zip code, with addresses, and a disclosure about the two that are mine.
Six of the twenty Plano orthodontic practices in our directory are privately owned, the lowest share of any city we cover. Here they are, grouped by zip code.
Eight of the eleven Dallas orthodontic practices in our directory are privately owned, the highest share of any city we cover. Here they are, grouped by zip code.
MARPE opens the suture in about 92.5% of adult cases. But the average skeletal gain is 2.33 mm against 6.55 mm of dental width, so most of what you gain is teeth, not bone.
Case complexity is not what decides between aligners and braces. Two things do: whether your provider can genuinely run that case in aligners, and whether you wear them full time.
A 10x10 booth is $3,800, and who stands at the front of the hall is decided by how much a company spent with the AAO last year. Two prices are not published anywhere.
Every orthodontist is a dentist. Not every dentist is an orthodontist. What the extra residency actually covers, and why more dentists now keep orthodontic cases in house.
The AAO owns equity in eight companies, endorses products, and gives an annual innovation award. Four of five award winners won before the investment. One did not.
Member dues used to dwarf the AAO's commercial revenue. That gap has narrowed considerably. At the same time, more orthodontists are working for corporate organizations.
