Getting Started
What are the Steps to Orthodontic Treatment?
01 Initial Consultation
Done at our office during your Initial Examination, these records include photos, Orthodontic x-rays (different than x-rays at your general dentist), and a survey. These are needed so the doctor can analyze you/your child’s individual teeth size and study your/his/her presentation in detail.
We also take a digital scan for study models. These are needed so the doctor can analyze you/your child’s individual teeth size and study your/his/her presentation in detail.
02 Review Treatment Plan
Dr. Patil will do a thorough Orthodontic examination of you/your child in your presence to understand the concerns you/your child has regarding you/your child’s smile.
After your records are completed, Dr. Patil will review the nature and extent of Orthodontic presentation of you/your child and we together will make a treatment plan based upon all the information gathered so far. For these appointments we suggest that the patient and both parents (if applicable) are present, so that our objectives, methods, and duration of treatment are clearly communicated to the family.
Working Together
We work with you to come up with the very best
solutions for your treatment!
03
Financial Consultation
During your Initial Examination, we can inform you details regarding your insurance coverage and payment options.
04
Placing the Braces on
Oral Hygiene instructions are given and we educate you regarding home care and daily brushing and flossing with your new braces.
05
Follow-Up Visits + Progress Checks
Follow up visits, or adjustments, are when oral hygiene is checked and colors and/or wires of braces are changed.
During progress checks, photos and x-rays are taken, every six-months to discuss progress with general Dentist and patient (and/or parent).
06
Removal of Braces & all active appliances
Almost there but not done quite yet! (Read 07)!
07 Retainers
Now that your braces have been removed, you and your orthodontist want you to preserve that healthy, beautiful smile you worked so hard to get. Your orthodontist has determined that the best way for you to do that is by wearing retainers. While wearing a retainer is simple, it is a very complex and powerful appliance. A retainer is an important part of your orthodontic treatment. A retainer is designed to keep your teeth where your braces moved them and wearing it as instructed is the key to maintaining the success of your orthodontic treatment.
Please remember that this is a general plan for most of our patients and there may be slight variations in some situations depending upon the complexity of the presentation.