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Building a Practice With Zero-Tolerance Culture: The Problem
By Dr. Emily Watson First of three parts Human beings, sadly, find it much easier to be negative than to be positive. That isn’t just hyperbole, or my opinion. Researchers who have looked into this particular quirk of the human race have even come up with a name for this phenomenon – negativity bias. What…
Read MoreThumbsucking: A Seemingly Innocent Habit Can Have Serious Consequences
NOTE FROM DR. EMILY WATSON: One common habit children have that can lead to such problems as improper jaw growth and misaligned bites is thumbsucking. Some children rid themselves of the habit easily by the time they are 2 or 3, but for others it hangs on stubbornly and that’s when problems can develop. I…
Read MorePutting Together Strengths That Result In A Great Team
By Dr. Emily Watson All of us have strengths, those traits that help us excel and accomplish whatever tasks are put before us on any given day. And one of the beautiful things about working as a team, which we do at Warsaw Orthodontics, is that our strengths can complement each other. One person may…
Read MoreHow Technology Has Transformed The Orthodontic Experience
By Dr. Emily Watson It is incredible to look at technology and how quickly it advances and evaluate how it affects nearly all aspects of our lives. At one time making a phone call meant going to your home, office, or a pay phone and pressing or dialing numbers. Then along came cell phones…
Read MoreThe Tongue: A Powerful Force in Facial Development
By Dr. Emily Watson Perhaps you don’t think about your tongue all that much. That would not be unusual. The tongue plays a big role in our lives — helping us talk, helping us taste, helping us swallow and process our food — but most of the time, all of these things are automatic and…
Read MoreSleep, School Grades, and How Orthodontists Can Help
By Dr. Emily Watson Parents understandably become frustrated when their child’s latest school report card shows a slip in grades and, perhaps even more troubling, includes comments from the teacher about behavior problems. Mom and Dad are likely to deliver a stern lecture, insisting that the child improve their study habits and conduct themselves in…
Read MoreWhen Should Children See An Orthodontist? Earlier Than You Think
By Dr. Emily Watson If you suggest to parents that their child visit an orthodontist as early as age 2, you’ll likely get a startled reaction. Then come the questions. Or maybe just one question expressed in a single word: Why? After all, in the view of many parents, the orthodontist is someone a child…
Read MoreBreathe Better, Live Better Part 2: Treating Problems Caused By Mouth Breathing
By Dr. Emily Watson Perhaps you notice it when your child is sleeping. Or maybe it’s while they are watching TV. Instead of breathing through the nose, the child is breathing through the mouth, a habit that can seem “normal,” but actually can affect a child’s health, growth, and development. In my previous article, I…
Read MoreBreathe Better, Live Better: Why The Mouth Is a Poor Substitute For The Nose
By Dr. Emily Watson Most people don’t give a lot of thought to breathing. It’s just something they do naturally and effortlessly. So it can come as a surprise when they learn they are doing it wrong — and may have been doing it wrong since early childhood. This isn’t true of everyone, of course,…
Read MoreNew Year, New Hours – And Lessons in Work-Life Balance
Happy New Year to all of my patients and families! It has been awhile since I’ve had a blog up, but I hope to be more consistent with this in 2023! As with all businesses, 2022 had its struggles, but it was also a great year of growth for many. Year over year though, my…
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