Community marketing is one of the most underinvested growth strategies in modern orthodontic practice marketing — not because it doesn’t work, but because its returns are harder to attribute to a specific click or campaign and therefore easier to de-prioritize in favor of channels with cleaner measurement. The practices that invest consistently in community presence,

Amanda Floyd has helped grow Fishbein Orthodontics into a 100-person, nine-office group. She breaks down how to grow when the market is down: measure on a three-year CAGR, spend more on marketing, and let a confident treatment coordinator close same-day.

Financing and payment plan messaging is one of the most impactful — and most mishandled — elements of orthodontic marketing. When done well, transparent financing communication removes one of the primary barriers to case acceptance: the belief that orthodontic treatment is financially out of reach. When done poorly, it positions your practice as the discount