Our commitment to the highest level of orthodontic care through the years has included the following:
- Emphasize Early Treatment as a preventative program 1969
- Include parents in the treatment area with patients 1969
- Non-Extraction Approach as primary goal 1969
- Surgical Orthodontics 1969
- Exclusively use Stage I Treatment to reduce the time and cost of Stage II and the total orthodontic fee 1970
- Functional Appliances 1971
- Use a Non-Appliance Thumb/Finger Sucking program to stop the habit 1973
- Myofunctional Therapy 1975
- Recognize and use Ear Nose and Throat Specialists to correct Airway Breathing Problems and Dental Crossbites 1977
- TMJ Therapy 1979
- Determine the connection between extreme tooth sensitivity and mineral deficiency 1981
- Use Permanent Lower Retainers 1981
- Use Indirect Bracketing 1983
- Permanent Retainers for early treatment to prevent costly lost retainer replacement 1985
- Lingual Braces 1988
- Use a lower splint to maximize patient comfort 1990
- Use a multidisciplinary approach to TMJ issues 1990
- Computer Imaging & Diagnostics to determine optimum treatment 1992
- Include temporary bonding tips of teeth before removing braces to insure stability 1994
- Invisalign 2000
- TAD mini implants to accelerate the treatment for complicated cases 2004
- Adult Treatment up to age 81
- Accelerated Adult Orthodontics 2005
Reduce treatment time by 75%
- Braces on 13 dentists and dental laboratory personnel
- Sliding Brackets first used in 1985. Currently use 4 types of sliding brackets which are individualized to fit the patient’s treatment.
- 2008-2009 MBT 2 Year Advanced Orthodontic Course
- 2009 iBraces (Invisible Braces System)
