At its core, orthodontics is a method to create a long lasting functional occlusion (bite) in an award winning smile. When it comes to our pediatric patients, I feel that you MUST reach for excellence. We can achieve this ideal in all of our patient’s smiles with the proper treatment planning. You have given us an opportunity to shape your child’s smile and bite and they deserve the best possible outcome. At Faber Orthodontics, you’ll notice we don’t necessarily do things like every other orthodontic office.

In our office, the PLAN is the most important part of the project. I contend that the PLAN is why you choose to see an orthodontic specialist to correct your child’s smile. Would you remodel your house without a plan? Would you just knock down the walls and start moving the foundation without any ideas of how you might proceed? I would hope not. You should want to see what an architect or interior designer might imagine based on your opinions and the space that you would like to create. If you wouldn’t treat your house without plans, why would you proceed into orthodontics without a plan?

Records (models of your teeth, x-rays, and photographs) are absolutely vital to an orthodontist. Just like an architect would come to your house and measure the property, the existing house and the rooms inside, the records allow the orthodontist to do their homework. That homework is used to develop the PLAN. The plan is a detailed treatment plan (like your car’s GPS system) which tells the orthodontist how to go from here to there. There are many, many different ways to treat any orthodontic patient, but you are paying for the expertise in diagnosis and treatment planning. Braces are highly specialized appliances that can be utilized for a large variety of problems and need to be handled by a specialist.

After we have collected your records, we will sit down with you and review the findings from the evaluation and then proceed with the plan of action. This discussion is the most important part of the treatment. It allows us to answer any and all questions that either of us will have before we start treatment. From Day 1, we will be on the same page so there are no surprises during treatment. During treatment, there will be periodic reviews. Open communication is the best way for this to be accomplished so that when the appliances are ready to be removed and treatment is complete, everyone is ecstatic!