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Involvement of a patient's family or pediatric dentist is a critical to successful orthodontic treatment. the primary care dentist and the orthodontic specialist must work together as a team to properly prepare the patient for orthodontics, to establish appropriate treatment goals and objectives to successfully achieve the desired changes and to perfect and maintain the final results.

Upon initiation of orthodontic treatment, you should never view this as a "leave of absence" from you general or pediatric dentist: in fact, just the opposite is true. While in orthodontic treatment, following you dentist's recommendations for timely recall exams and cleanings, and working with your dentist to identify and sequence additional dental needs is more critical than ever.

If you have no primary care dentist at the time you visit our office, we will be happy to assist you in selecting one of the outstanding general or pediatric dentists in your area.