Category: Industry / Business
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.
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.
CoTreatMe lets a general dentist deliver orthodontic treatment while an orthodontist plans it remotely. Its website names nobody. Trademark and Texas corporate filings name three directors, two of them Smile Doctors leadership. Here is what we found and what we still cannot answer.
Starting January 1, 2027, a dental support organization in Colorado cannot own a practice, hold its lease, or own its equipment. Here is what the rule actually says, why the DSO industry sued, why other states are watching, and what it means for your orthodontist.
The five largest orthodontic support organizations in America, by the numbers, plus MB2 Dental, the doctor-equity money machine behind the braces boom, and why a backlash is building.
