2012 AAO Webinar - Path to Ownership, Partnership, Associateship

Understanding the options for employment, how to find them, and what to review when you do find them is extremely important. This webinar will be directed primarily with an orientation to the process of how buyers and sellers or employers for orthodontic opportunities happen. A review of the current market conditions and review of the timeline, expense, and materials needed to review an opportunity will be discussed. Current valuation methodology and a high level overview of the operational and financial metrics that should be reviewed will be covered as well as associate pay, and cash flow pro-formas. Partnership methods of buying in will also be covered.

Learning Objectives:

• Recall the nine paths to earning income as a young orthodontist
• Explain the current associate compensation norms
• List the high level operational and financial metrics necessary to evaluate an opportunity
• Illustrate a tax-affected cash flow pro-forma and explain its importance