Dr. Jasmine Gorton here. On behalf of the entire Gorton & Schmohl team, I wanted to send you and your families warm greetings and well wishes! Hopefully you and yours are doing your best to stay healthy and taking all the necessary precautions to keep others safe as well!
While we are all feeling the impact of the timing of the Covid-19 shelter-in-place order, please rest assured that your orthodontic treatments will continue as planned and largely without issue.
For our patients in braces, your wires will continue to straighten your teeth. Our recommendation to you is to continue maintaining excellent oral hygiene practices (making sure you use the Clinpro 5000 fluoride toothpaste you received from us) and also maintain a healthy braces-friendly diet! Please reference the braces food list you received, which is also on our website, and steer clear of hard, sticky, overly chewy foods that could cause things to come loose.
If you are wearing rubber bands as part of your recommended treatment, please continue! We’d like to see how you’ve done with your rubber bands and what your bite looks like so there will be some instructions later on in the video about how to take pictures of your teeth that we can use to evaluate your current bite.
For our Invisalign patients, you should have by now received all the aligners in your current set, as our office team has been mailing those out as they have become available. We encourage you to continue with wearing your aligner 20-22 hours per day, using your chewies regularly, and using your accelerator device daily if you elected to purchase one.
If you feel that you are going to be running out of aligners in the near future, we recommend slowing down your pace. If you customarily switch your aligners twice per week, which is the case for some of our youngest patients using Invisalign with Acceledent, you may want to switch once a week for the time being. If you usually switch your aligners weekly, you may want to slow down to every two weeks if you think you may run out soon. If you usually switch every two weeks, please stay with the same schedule of aligner changes.
Finally, if you’ve reached the last aligner of your set and have worn it full-time for a couple of weeks, please switch to night-time only with your last aligner so that they can hold your teeth in their current position. Please don’t stop wearing your aligners! And, as always, please do not throw away any backup aligners you may need if your current aligner breaks or gets lost!
For those patients with expanders, please stop turning after the prescribed number of turns has been completed. Please do not continue turning after the prescribed number of turns until you have submitted evaluation photos for assessment of progress.
While we are only seeing emergency patients in our office at this time per the recommendations of all governing health care bodies at the local, state and national levels, we want to reassure you all that we are available by phone, text, email, and video.
If you’ve subscribed with our dental monitoring program, please continue your weekly scans for evaluation. For everyone else, we’d like to extend an invitation for a virtual appointment for all our Invisalign patients due for a check, our braces patients who are currently wearing rubber bands, and expander patients who were still turning their expander when the shelter-in-place order started so that we can check-in and evaluate your progress.
We also want to let you know that we have virtual consultations available on our website for new treatment interest and inquiries. We have a video coming up from Lindsay, our Treatment Coordinator, demonstrating how to take photos of the teeth easily at home to help us with our assessments. You are welcome to email your photos to all three doctors at doctors@marinortho.com with any questions or concerns you may have.
Orthodontic Instructions During Covid-19 Shelter-in-Place Order
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Signs of a good orthodontist Signs of a good orthodontist. Adults, particularly moms, between the ages of 20-45 usually have a tough time finding a good orthodontist mainly because their teeth, gum, and jawbone are fully developed and need expert orthodontic care. In this post, we’ll show you 10 Signs of a good orthodontist. Let’s get going.
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Are you an individual with jaw pain or a parent who has noticed that your child complains of abnormal pain in their mouth and jaw area? Jaw pains and treatment can be challenging to handle and there may be a number of reasons causing it. Some causes may be minor and while they may need attention, they are nothing to be too worried about. Other causes may require immediate attention to protect against complications and extreme pain. In this post, we’ll show you all about abnormal jaw pains and treatment. Let’s get cracking.
Orthodontics is a special branch of dental medicine that focuses on achieving optimal alignment for the teeth, bite, and jaw. Traditional treatment has focused on the use of braces to achieve this goal. Today, in addition to metal braces, there are a number of other treatments. Invisalign and Damon Clear braces are also available for patients who prefer other options. But one thing has not changed in the field of orthodontics, and that is the need to take images before beginning a course of orthodontic treatment. In this post, we’ll answer the question – Why does the orthodontist need an X-ray? Let’s get going.
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Please use mouth retractors instead of spoons if you have them!
Submit pictures of your face (from the side, the front, and smiling) as in the photos above along with your teeth photos and add a “mouth open” shot as in the photos below.
**If you are in Invisalign treatment, please take TWO sets of photos: one with your aligners on and one without. Please email us both sets**
Special Message from Lindsay
Hi, everyone!
I’m Lindsay, the treatment coordinator at Gorton & Schmohl Orthodontics. We wanted to let all our patients know that we are here for you guys during this tough time! You can still reach us by phone or text, email or video. I’ll be showing you this tutorial to use for taking photos of your teeth that you can send to us for evaluation.
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When will Gorton & Schmohl Orthodontics start seeing patients?
As soon as it is safe to do so! We have been working hard with our administrative team managing rescheduling, mailing rubber bands, mailing aligners, answering questions, etc. All of our team, including our clinical assistants, are using this time for training such as technique courses for the orthodontic assistant permit certification. We don’t yet know when our building will be re-opened, but when it is, we plan to be available to you immediately and better than ever!
What additional safety precautions are in place for when the office reopens?
We want to make sure that you feel comfortable and safe in our office environment. We have been keeping up on the medical literature surrounding COVID-19 and will be implementing some additional precautions, at least for the short term:
Check in procedure: We have placed hand sanitizer by the self check in screen and will also be checking patients in vis verbal communication with our front desk. If you arrive early and/or we are not able to seat you immediately upon your arrival, you may wait in the outdoor courtyard downstairs or in your car and we can text you when ready.
Hospitality: Our hospitality stand with coffee, tea, etc as well as magazines, fidget spinners, video game joysticks and patient prize basket will be removed (sorry!)
Patient seating: We will modify our schedule to allow seating of patients with the 6 ft recommended “social distancing”.
We will maintain masks / gloves refreshed and in place, even outside of direct patient care
What can Invisalign patients do while they are waiting for an appointment?
Keep moving forward in your aligners at your usual pace, trying to never have them out for more than 30 min at a time for meals. Our office is mailing aligners (and rubber bands when indicated). If you have not received your aligners within the time frame of your original appointment, this is because they needed to be re-designed to remove and / or delay the placement of attachments and/ or tooth reshaping in order to continue to move ahead with treatment with mailed aligners. Remote monitoring using cheek “retractors” is available via Dental Monitoring and/or Invisalign Virtual Care so that our doctors can continue to monitor your treatment closely.
What can Braces/ Expander patients do while waiting for an appointment?
Please avoid any hard or sticky foods! Hard foods can bend a wire causing discomfort and/or unintended tooth movement and can knock off 1 or more braces, which extends treatment. Sticky foods have a pulling action and can cause a wire to pull out and feel pokey and/or can pull braces off. Preventing breakage is a key component to finishing treatment on time. Please let us know if you need more rubber bands and we can mail them to you. If you have a question about your treatment, please use a spoon to move your cheek out of the way to send us a photo for our doctors to review (doctors@marinortho.com)
Has anyone working at the office tested positive for COVID-19?
Due to our strict pre-existing infection control procedures, prompt office closure and social distancing at the onset of the outbreak, it does not appear that any team member has contracted COVID-19. As always, any team member with symptoms of any illness is requested to stay home and the same is true for our patients.
Will there be Saturday/ Sunday appointments to “catch up” on delayed appointments?
Currently, our professional buildings are locked and without HVAC (heating and air conditioning circulating) on both Saturdays and Sundays. We do not feel that this is an optimally safe environment for patient care. We will see patients M-F during business hours as soon as we have access to the office, utilizing additional safety precautions mentioned above.
COVID-19 FAQs Specific to Gorton & Schmohl Orthodontics
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If you have ever had to have a tooth pulled for any reason, you already know why so many orthodontic patients are keen to avoid this experience in their treatment! In fact, this is one of the first questions many nervous new orthodontic patients have. “Will I have to have any teeth pulled?” The moment they ask this question, it is easy to see they are hoping to hear a resounding, “No!” In this article, let’s take a closer look at the alternatives to having teeth removed. Let’s get cracking.
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Invisalign can be your perfect solution To A healthy smile. Whether you are a teenager getting braces for the first time, or an adult who wants to fix their smile, Invisalign is a great choice for you. There are a few things you should know before you get started. In this post, we’re going to show you 6 things to know before Invisalign Treatment in 2020. Let’s get cracking.
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Special message from Dr. Gorton During Covid-19 Shelter-in-Place Order
/in Events /by DrG AdminSpecial message from Dr. Gorton
Hello, everyone!
Dr. Jasmine Gorton here. On behalf of the entire Gorton & Schmohl team, I wanted to send you and your families warm greetings and well wishes! Hopefully you and yours are doing your best to stay healthy and taking all the necessary precautions to keep others safe as well!
While we are all feeling the impact of the timing of the Covid-19 shelter-in-place order, please rest assured that your orthodontic treatments will continue as planned and largely without issue.
For our patients in braces, your wires will continue to straighten your teeth. Our recommendation to you is to continue maintaining excellent oral hygiene practices (making sure you use the Clinpro 5000 fluoride toothpaste you received from us) and also maintain a healthy braces-friendly diet! Please reference the braces food list you received, which is also on our website, and steer clear of hard, sticky, overly chewy foods that could cause things to come loose.
If you are wearing rubber bands as part of your recommended treatment, please continue! We’d like to see how you’ve done with your rubber bands and what your bite looks like so there will be some instructions later on in the video about how to take pictures of your teeth that we can use to evaluate your current bite.
For our Invisalign patients, you should have by now received all the aligners in your current set, as our office team has been mailing those out as they have become available. We encourage you to continue with wearing your aligner 20-22 hours per day, using your chewies regularly, and using your accelerator device daily if you elected to purchase one.
If you feel that you are going to be running out of aligners in the near future, we recommend slowing down your pace. If you customarily switch your aligners twice per week, which is the case for some of our youngest patients using Invisalign with Acceledent, you may want to switch once a week for the time being. If you usually switch your aligners weekly, you may want to slow down to every two weeks if you think you may run out soon. If you usually switch every two weeks, please stay with the same schedule of aligner changes.
Finally, if you’ve reached the last aligner of your set and have worn it full-time for a couple of weeks, please switch to night-time only with your last aligner so that they can hold your teeth in their current position. Please don’t stop wearing your aligners! And, as always, please do not throw away any backup aligners you may need if your current aligner breaks or gets lost!
For those patients with expanders, please stop turning after the prescribed number of turns has been completed. Please do not continue turning after the prescribed number of turns until you have submitted evaluation photos for assessment of progress.
While we are only seeing emergency patients in our office at this time per the recommendations of all governing health care bodies at the local, state and national levels, we want to reassure you all that we are available by phone, text, email, and video.
If you’ve subscribed with our dental monitoring program, please continue your weekly scans for evaluation. For everyone else, we’d like to extend an invitation for a virtual appointment for all our Invisalign patients due for a check, our braces patients who are currently wearing rubber bands, and expander patients who were still turning their expander when the shelter-in-place order started so that we can check-in and evaluate your progress.
We also want to let you know that we have virtual consultations available on our website for new treatment interest and inquiries. We have a video coming up from Lindsay, our Treatment Coordinator, demonstrating how to take photos of the teeth easily at home to help us with our assessments. You are welcome to email your photos to all three doctors at doctors@marinortho.com with any questions or concerns you may have.
Click here for Lindsay’s tutorial on how to take photos of your teeth
Click here for Covid-19 FAQ
Click here for Cornonavirus Updates
Orthodontic Instructions During Covid-19 Shelter-in-Place Order
10 Signs of a Good Orthodontist in 2020 | READ HERE
/in General Orthodontics /by Dr GortonSigns of a good orthodontist Signs of a good orthodontist. Adults, particularly moms, between the ages of 20-45 usually have a tough time finding a good orthodontist mainly because their teeth, gum, and jawbone are fully developed and need expert orthodontic care. In this post, we’ll show you 10 Signs of a good orthodontist. Let’s get going.
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Abnormal Jaw Pains and Treatment in 2020 | EPIC FACTS
/in General Orthodontics /by Dr GortonAre you an individual with jaw pain or a parent who has noticed that your child complains of abnormal pain in their mouth and jaw area? Jaw pains and treatment can be challenging to handle and there may be a number of reasons causing it. Some causes may be minor and while they may need attention, they are nothing to be too worried about. Other causes may require immediate attention to protect against complications and extreme pain. In this post, we’ll show you all about abnormal jaw pains and treatment. Let’s get cracking.
Read more
Why Does the Orthodontist Need an X-ray? | 5 EPIC ANSWERS
/in General Orthodontics /by Dr GortonOrthodontics is a special branch of dental medicine that focuses on achieving optimal alignment for the teeth, bite, and jaw. Traditional treatment has focused on the use of braces to achieve this goal. Today, in addition to metal braces, there are a number of other treatments. Invisalign and Damon Clear braces are also available for patients who prefer other options. But one thing has not changed in the field of orthodontics, and that is the need to take images before beginning a course of orthodontic treatment. In this post, we’ll answer the question – Why does the orthodontist need an X-ray? Let’s get going.
Read more
Keeping Invisalign Clear Aligners Clean While Sheltering-in-Place
/in Uncategorized /by DrG AdminDr. Jasmine Gorton and her son demonstrate the easiest way of keeping Invisalign clear aligners clean at home.
Taking Photos of Your Teeth Tutorial
/in Events /by DrG AdminTaking Photos of Your Teeth and Face
Special Message from Lindsay
Hi, everyone!
I’m Lindsay, the treatment coordinator at Gorton & Schmohl Orthodontics. We wanted to let all our patients know that we are here for you guys during this tough time! You can still reach us by phone or text, email or video. I’ll be showing you this tutorial to use for taking photos of your teeth that you can send to us for evaluation.
Read more
COVID-19 FAQs Specific to Gorton & Schmohl Orthodontics
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When will Gorton & Schmohl Orthodontics start seeing patients?
As soon as it is safe to do so! We have been working hard with our administrative team managing rescheduling, mailing rubber bands, mailing aligners, answering questions, etc. All of our team, including our clinical assistants, are using this time for training such as technique courses for the orthodontic assistant permit certification. We don’t yet know when our building will be re-opened, but when it is, we plan to be available to you immediately and better than ever!
What additional safety precautions are in place for when the office reopens?
We want to make sure that you feel comfortable and safe in our office environment. We have been keeping up on the medical literature surrounding COVID-19 and will be implementing some additional precautions, at least for the short term:
What can Invisalign patients do while they are waiting for an appointment?
Keep moving forward in your aligners at your usual pace, trying to never have them out for more than 30 min at a time for meals. Our office is mailing aligners (and rubber bands when indicated). If you have not received your aligners within the time frame of your original appointment, this is because they needed to be re-designed to remove and / or delay the placement of attachments and/ or tooth reshaping in order to continue to move ahead with treatment with mailed aligners. Remote monitoring using cheek “retractors” is available via Dental Monitoring and/or Invisalign Virtual Care so that our doctors can continue to monitor your treatment closely.
What can Braces/ Expander patients do while waiting for an appointment?
Please avoid any hard or sticky foods! Hard foods can bend a wire causing discomfort and/or unintended tooth movement and can knock off 1 or more braces, which extends treatment. Sticky foods have a pulling action and can cause a wire to pull out and feel pokey and/or can pull braces off. Preventing breakage is a key component to finishing treatment on time. Please let us know if you need more rubber bands and we can mail them to you. If you have a question about your treatment, please use a spoon to move your cheek out of the way to send us a photo for our doctors to review (doctors@marinortho.com)
Has anyone working at the office tested positive for COVID-19?
Due to our strict pre-existing infection control procedures, prompt office closure and social distancing at the onset of the outbreak, it does not appear that any team member has contracted COVID-19. As always, any team member with symptoms of any illness is requested to stay home and the same is true for our patients.
Will there be Saturday/ Sunday appointments to “catch up” on delayed appointments?
Currently, our professional buildings are locked and without HVAC (heating and air conditioning circulating) on both Saturdays and Sundays. We do not feel that this is an optimally safe environment for patient care. We will see patients M-F during business hours as soon as we have access to the office, utilizing additional safety precautions mentioned above.
COVID-19 FAQs Specific to Gorton & Schmohl Orthodontics
Corona Update and Alternatives
/in Events /by DrG AdminTeeth Removed for Braces in 2020 | AMAZING NEW FACT SHEET
/in Braces, General Orthodontics /by Dr GortonIf you have ever had to have a tooth pulled for any reason, you already know why so many orthodontic patients are keen to avoid this experience in their treatment! In fact, this is one of the first questions many nervous new orthodontic patients have. “Will I have to have any teeth pulled?” The moment they ask this question, it is easy to see they are hoping to hear a resounding, “No!” In this article, let’s take a closer look at the alternatives to having teeth removed. Let’s get cracking.
Read more
6 Things to Know Before Invisalign Treatment in 2020 | FAST FACTS
/in Invisalign /by Dr GortonInvisalign can be your perfect solution To A healthy smile. Whether you are a teenager getting braces for the first time, or an adult who wants to fix their smile, Invisalign is a great choice for you. There are a few things you should know before you get started. In this post, we’re going to show you 6 things to know before Invisalign Treatment in 2020. Let’s get cracking.
Read more