Article Description Date
Article Description Date
CIVITAS Architects Article

Daniel A. Bills, DMD, MS, considers himself a "late bloomer" when it comes to technology. As a kid, he was much more interested in playing outside with friends than he was in entertaining himself with computers and video games. "I didn't even get my first cell phone until dental school," says Bills, now 38. "And I was one of the last people I know to join Facebook."

2014
CIVITAS Architects Article

In today’s economic space, it’s no secret that we all have to do more with less. This is a challenge in any area of business, but for designers and architects who are charged with creating the look, flow, and brand for an orthodontic practice, the challenge can sometimes be amplified.

2014
CIVITAS Architects Article

Almost 6 years ago, Philadelphia native Anil J. Idiculla, DMD, came to Denver with his freshly minted orthodontic degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was looking for a place to call home and to start his career, but he found much more: a community and a place to, as he puts it, "live life smiling."

2012
CIVITAS Architects Article

The state of our Union has rarely been as interesting as it is now. During these trying times, we see it at a crossroads in search of its cultural identity—especially in business. The business of orthodontics is included in the changes that are happening. Things are no longer the same. We need to transform, but which way?

2011
CIVITAS Architects Article

The new graduate has to understand his or her working life span. It is safe to assume an orthodontist’s working life is about 40 years. The initial and mature years of this 40-year working life span will yield different sums of income. Is it good business to squander the initial years by working odd jobs as an associate?

2010
CIVITAS Architects Article

The Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry - Department of Orthodontics held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the newly completed rehabilitation of its facilities. The department and alumni volunteers conducted a multi-year Capital Campaign to raise the $3 million needed to complete the renovation and reconstruction of the space, based on a design by Agnes Kan of CIVITAS Architects.

2010
CIVITAS Architects Article

Educate yourself about the contruction market and its service providers before you build a new practice.

2009
CIVITAS Architects Article

Neal D. Kravitz, DDS, MS, tends to bite off a lot of work during his 6-day workweek, but he can chew it comfortably. Combining the latest technology with a distinctly old-school dedication to hard work has allowed Kravitz to regularly pull in almost 700 starts per year to his two offices in South Riding, Va, and White Plains, Md.

2009
CIVITAS Architects Article

In deciding whether to upgrade your present facility or move to a new location, such factors as the attractiveness of the location, the amount of office space available, the base of referring dentists in the area, the population demographics and growth, projected downtime, and, of course, the cost of the project all come into play. To help those who are thinking of moving make a truly informed decision, Orthodontic Products talked to four professional office designers and one orthodontist who did it himself.

2008
CIVITAS Architects Article

Build a better mousetrap, the saying goes, and the world will beat a path to your door. However, as Orhan C. Tuncay, DMD, sees it, mousetrap technology of the orthodontic variety has for the most part reached the upper limits of advancement. In other words, there isn’t a whole lot of room left for scientific improvements that will allow brackets and wires to do a better job moving teeth than they already do.

2006