How Process Debt and Disconnected Software Hinder Multi-Location Orthodontic Growth

Orthodontic Products Podcast · Aug 6, 2026 · 23m · transcript

GUEST: Kevin Simmons, Enterprise Sales Director for Cloud 9 at Planet DDS

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:

In this episode of the Orthodontic Products Podcast, host Alison Werner sits down with Kevin Simmons, Enterprise Sales Director for Cloud 9 at Planet DDS, to discuss the key findings from the company’s newly released 2026 Mid-Year Dental Industry Outlook Report. Drawing on data from over 8,000 practices—including 2,500 orthodontic clinics—Simmons breaks down the macroeconomic and clinical factors driving specialty and orthodontic groups to outpace general dentistry with a 5.5% growth rate.

The…