Patient
Starts
|
Are
you satisfied with the number of new patient starts this year?
| Yes,
more than enough! (10) |
5% |
|
| About
right (10) |
5% |
|
| Yes,
but could start more (26) |
14% |
|
| Less
than I like (16) |
9% |
|
| Not
enough (123) |
66% |
|
Total
Votes: 185
|
|
Practice
Growth
|
Do
you feel "Non-Bracket and Wire" treatment methods have helped your
practice grow?
| Yes
(38) |
38% |
|
| No
(48) |
48% |
|
| About
the Same (14) |
14% |
|
Total
Votes: 100
|
|
Invisalign(TM)
and Extractions
|
Do
you treat extraction cases with Invisalign (TM)?
| Yes
(32) |
14% |
|
| Yes,
but rarely. (23) |
10% |
|
| I
plan on in the future. (28) |
12% |
|
| No
(143) |
63% |
|
Total
Votes: 226
|
|
Temporary
Implants
|
Do
you use temporary implants for anchorage?
| No,
I do not plan on using. (37) |
15% |
|
| No,
but I plan on using and will place myself. (65) |
27% |
|
| No,
but I plan on using and will have oral surgeon place. (35) |
15% |
|
| Yes,
I place them myself (59) |
25% |
|
| Yes,
I have an oral surgeon place them. (43) |
18% |
|
Total
Votes: 239
|
|
Early
Treatment
|
Do
you do early treatment?
| Most
of the time (16) |
40% |
|
| About
half the time (6) |
15% |
|
| About
a third of the time (7) |
18% |
|
| Sometimes
(8) |
20% |
|
| Rarely
(3) |
8% |
|
Total
Votes: 40
|
|
Extraction
of Deciduous Cuspids
|
Do
you favor early extraction of deciduous cuspids to relieve anterior
crowding?
| Yes,
frequently use this method. (35) |
16% |
|
| Yes,
use occasionally in more severe cases. (97) |
45% |
|
| Rarely.
(26) |
12% |
|
| No,
I do not use this method. (56) |
26% |
|
Total
Votes: 214
|
|
First
Visit
|
Do
you charge a fee for initial examination appointments?
| Yes
(107) |
53% |
|
| No
(94) |
47% |
|
Total
Votes: 201
|
|
What
Bracket System?
|
What
Bracket System Do You Use?
| Straight
wire (178) |
68% |
|
| Standard
Edgewise (40) |
15% |
|
| Begg
(7) |
3% |
|
| Self
Ligating (19) |
7% |
|
| Other
(19) |
7% |
|
Total
Votes: 263
|
|
Office
Software
|
Are
you satisfied with your office business software?
| Very
(10) |
20% |
|
| It's
OK (11) |
22% |
|
| Not
very (14) |
27% |
|
| It
is poor (8) |
16% |
|
| I
do not use a computer program (8) |
16% |
|
Total
Votes: 51
|
|
Extractions
|
What
percentage of your cases require extractions?
| None
(4) |
3% |
|
| 0-25%
(59) |
39% |
|
| 25-50%
(51) |
34% |
|
| 50-75%
(24) |
16% |
|
| More
than 75% (13) |
9% |
|
Total
Votes: 151
|
|
Invisalign(TM)
|
Have
you done any Invisalign(TM) Cases?
| Yes,
Use it frequently (7) |
9% |
|
| Yes,
Use it Occasionally (9) |
12% |
|
| Yes,
have done less than 5 cases (7) |
9% |
|
| No,
I have not done any (53) |
70% |
|
Total
Votes: 76
|
|
|
Appointment Intervals
|
| What
is the time between appointments for your average patient? |
| |
Three or four weeks (110) |
54% |
 |
| |
Five or six weeks (66) |
32% |
 |
| |
Seven or eight weeks (20) |
10% |
 |
| |
More than eight weeks (9) |
4% |
 |
Total Votes:
205
|
|
|
|
Single Step Etch
and Sealant Combination.
|
| Have
you used the new single step etch/sealant combinations? |
| |
Yes, like very much! (30) |
34% |
|
| |
Yes, but prefer separate etch and sealant. (10) |
11% |
|
| |
No, have not tried. (47) |
53% |
|
| |
Do not use light cure. (2) |
2% |
|
Total Votes:
89
|
|
|
|
Using the Invisalign(TM)
System
|
| Have
you used the Invisalign(TM) System? |
| |
Yes, happty with results, will use more (21) |
12% |
|
| |
Yes,
results not as expected, not sure (7) |
4% |
|
| |
No, Interested in trying (80) |
52% |
|
| |
Do not intend to use (38) |
24% |
|
| |
Other (7) |
4% |
 |
Total Votes:
153
|
|
|
|
|
Average Starts
Per Year
|
| How
many new patients do you start in a year? (Any active treatment) |
| |
Less than 100 (43) |
46% |
|
| |
100-200 (19) |
20% |
|
| |
200-300 (14) |
15% |
|
| |
300-400 (8) |
9% |
|
| |
Greater than 400 (10) |
11% |
|
Total Votes:
94
|
|
|
|
Treating Class
II's
|
| What
is your main method for treating Class II's? |
| |
Headgear (69) |
31% |
|
| |
Herbst Style (25) |
11% |
|
| |
Elastics (27) |
12% |
|
| |
Other Functionals (54) |
24% |
|
| |
Extraction (31) |
14% |
|
| |
Other (19) |
8% |
 |
Total Votes:
225
|
|
|
|
Functional Appliances
|
| What
functional appliances do you use? Check all that apply. |
| |
Frankels (17) |
13% |
|
| |
Herbst or similar (28) |
22% |
|
| |
Bionators/Activators (23) |
18% |
|
| |
Twin Block (25) |
20% |
|
| |
MARA (7) |
5% |
|
| |
Jasper Jumpers or similar (12) |
9% |
|
| |
Other (16) |
13% |
 |
Total Votes:
128
|
|
|
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