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		<title>ORTHOBANC ACQUIRES ACCEPTX FINANCIAL SERVICES</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OrthoBanc, a Chattanooga, Tennessee, based payment management company, has completed an asset acquisition of Acceptx Financial Services, Inc. that includes the Zuelke Automated Credit Coach (ZACC) and Acceptx case acceptance software.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=253&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Closing Orthodontic Speciality Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote an article for Orthodontic Products Online where in I argued that we should begin closing orthodontic speciality programs in the US.  OPO does not allow for comments &#8212; so if you&#8217;re interested in reading the article and adding your thoughts (pro or con) I&#8217;d love to hear from you. You can find [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=250&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Orthodontists Discover Marketing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Betty Zuelke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlene White]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the AAO in Denver in 2008, the marketing suppliers were a sorry and lonely bunch.  They could not scream loud enough to get the attention of orthodontists and their staff.   What a difference a year can make, in Boston marketing companies were swamped and most wished they had brought more staff. What orthodontist [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=245&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Capital One Message to Orthodontists: BEWARE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a name that includes &#8220;Financial Solutions&#8221; we had more than our fair share of traffic in Boston (AAO Annual meeting) at the Acceptx booth  from practices asking if we offer third party financing.  Almost every one of these visitors were former Capital One clients looking for a competitor to fill the gap.  Acceptx does [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=241&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is it time to Close Orthodontics Schools in the US?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DISCLOSURE: A friend of mine told me yesterday of a quote he had heard while living in Taiwan as an LDS missionary for two years.  He said a respected leader told him, &#8220;If you visit a country for a week you can write a book.   If you visit a country for several months you can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=234&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Litigating for Aligners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Align Technology has created a brand unmatched in the orthodontic industry. No other brand comes close in search engine rankings and no brand has been promoted so aggressively to potential patients. Still &#8212; Align has vigorously defended its patents and used tough lawyering to make sure OrthoClear was stopped before they became a serious threat. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=231&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Practice Management Software &#8212; Partner or Perish</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year Patterson announced that they would no longer charge licensing fees for their dental practice management software Eaglesoft.  They started giving it away in exchange for revenues from add on services and support.  Then they made the decision to acquire Dolphin and to bring a similar model to orthodontics.  At the AAO show in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=209&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brackets &#8212; Boom to Bust?</title>
		<link>http://poordoc.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/brackets-boom-to-bust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it was only a matter of time &#8212; Patterson and Henry Schein have been fighting in the dental space and finally made the decision to enter the Orthodontics industry.  Interesting though is the decision each made regarding their entry point &#8212; Patterson chose Dolphin and Henry Schein chose Ortho Organizers.  Both acquisitions will bring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=207&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resolved:  2009 will NOT be the End of the Orthodontic Specialty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN ORTHO TRIBUNE 2009: In the May 22, 2000 issue of Time Magazine, orthodontics was listed as one of ten careers that would disappear in the ‘new millennium.’ At the time, that prediction seemed ridiculous, not even worthy of consideration. Now, as we approach the close of the first decade of this millennium, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=206&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Orthodontics: Lets Start the Speculation</title>
		<link>http://poordoc.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/the-future-of-orthodontics-pure-speculation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stroll through the trade show at the 2009 AAO Annual Meeting in Boston highlighted dozens of trends gathering like storm clouds around the profession.  While the coming storm will bring life to new technologies and new opportunities &#8212; it is likely to leave a path of destruction that will clean out the old and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poordoc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2845185&amp;post=201&amp;subd=poordoc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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