Hello Orthodontists!

This post is going to ask a few questions instead of just providing entertainment. As you can tell by my blog title, this website is about the web application that our dental lab (Aorta Dental Lab) has developed.

Questions:

1. Do orthodontists like providing more choices to their patients when it comes time for them to choose a retainer?
2. Do orthodontists prescribe traditional hawley retainers (wires and acrylic) or the invisible retainers more often.
3. Do orthodontists see allowing more design options as generally a benificial thing, or more of a hassle than anything else?
4. Do orthodontists think that patients want the option to design their own retainers (ie choose from many options), or does it not make a difference to the patient?
5. Do orthodontists see a value and think that their profits can be positively affected by offering numerous 'designer" options for dental retainers.
6. Do orthodontists feel that an online system that simplifies choosing a design (for the patient) and adding a prescription (for the dental pro) would be helpful and efficient?

I think that my main question to orthodontists is would you be willing to try out a system at your dental office that involved patients choosing their designs online, and someone from your office adding their presciptions and sending it to the lab over the internet?

What, if anything would keep you from implementing such a system?

What would entice you to try such a system?

Feel free to comment on any of these questions.