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Bates Family Orthodontics

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Bates Family Orthodontics

Dr. Bates is a board-certified orthodontist who provides braces and Invisalign for children, teens, and adults.

Designing beautiful smiles is our passion, loving people is our livelihood! We pride ourselves on providing confident, beautiful smiles while building lasting relationships allowing us to love, serve, empower, and impact our community. Dr. Bates is a Board-Certified Orthodontist who is highly trained in all areas of orthodontics, including braces and clear aligners for both children and adults, interdisciplinary care, jaw surgery, and craniofacial syndromes. Designing beautiful smiles is our purpose, loving people is our livelihood!

01/07/2026

CONFIDENT. JOYFUL. COURAGEOUS.

That’s what we see in Rebecca’s smile and hear her describe in her sweet video testimonial. We love her story and her message to those that listen to it. Thank you, Rebecca. We are proud of you

At Bates Family Orthodontics, we’re doubling down on relationships in 2026. While designing beautiful smiles is our passion, loving people is our livelihood.

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12/31/2025

⭐️ TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY ⭐️

Congratulations to Brady on completing an awesome smile transformation! Brady was as great a teammate in his treatment as we could ask for and we are super proud of him.

Brady’s smile is another great example of how the little details of smile design make a huge impact. If we were to just look at Brady’s teeth in the beginning we’d notice the he had mild crowding, a mild deep bite, and an asymmetric Class II malocclusion. All of these were corrected of course, but Dr. Bates was also intentional in improving the width of his smile, the arc of his smile, midlines, and some mild recontouring of his teeth to really make Brady’s smile project.

It’s all in the details and we love it! Congratulations Brady!!

✅ Midlines
✅ Smile Arc
✅ Functional and healthy bite
✅ Good arch form and alignment

If you’re ready to get started on your own smile transformation, call us or visit our website to schedule your FREE consultation!
📞 (434) 846-4014

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12/23/2025

🎄 MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and hope you all get to enjoy some time resting and enjoying the fellowship of those around you. We are praising God for a great year of serving this wonderful community. Thank you for being a part of the BFO family!

- Dr. Bates

12/18/2025

SWEET MOMENT TODAY!! ❤️

Dr. Bates had the pleasure of treating his mother and she finished up her treatment today! Check out her beautiful new smile!

12/16/2025

🎉 TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY! 🎉

Congratulations to Skylar on completing her smile transformation!! We are so proud of her!

Skylar started out with a deep bite, Class II division 2 malocclusion, retroclined maxillary incisors, crowding and narrow dental arches. Dr. Bates treated Skylar with traditional braces in just under 2 years. Check out her beautiful new smile!

Congratulations, Skylar!!

✅ Midlines
✅ Smile Arc
✅ Functional and healthy bite
✅ Good arch form and alignment

If you’re ready to get started on your own smile transformation, call us or visit our website to schedule your FREE consultation!
📞 (434) 846-4014

12/15/2025

Our team had a great time at our annual Christmas party the other night! 🎄🎁

MERRY CHRISTMAS Y’ALL!

12/05/2025

CONFIDENCE. JOY. BOLDNESS

That is what we see in Seth’s smile. At Bates Family Orthodontics we like to say that “designing beautiful smiles is our passion, but loving people is our livelihood”.

Towards the end of Seth’s treatment, he made it a point to find Dr. Bates in his office and thank him personally. While we’re glad he was grateful, we’re proud that he was confident enough and felt loved enough in our office to depart in a similar way that a family member would from a gathering.

This is more than just straight teeth.

12/02/2025

TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY!!

Congratulations to Lynne on a wonderful smile transformation!! Lynne was such a pleasure to treat and we will miss seeing her bright smile and kind demeanor at the office.

Lynne started out with narrow, crowded dental arches and a Class II division 2 malocclusion. She desired to improve her alignment, improve her bite to foster long term dental health, and improve her smile esthetics.

Dr. Bates used clear aligners to design Lynne's new smile in a little over a year and a half. It was so fun to see Lynne confidently showing off her smile even early in treatment and we think she had a beautiful result.

Congratulations Lynne!!

✅ Midlines
✅ Smile Arc
✅ Functional and healthy bite
✅ Good arch form and alignment

If you’re ready to get started on your own smile transformation, call us or visit our website to schedule your FREE consultation!
📞 (434) 846-4014

12/01/2025

No time to yap, too busy creating smiles 😁

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11/27/2025

From our family to yours, we hope you have a wonderful day of fellowship with friends/family and reflecting upon all that you are grateful for. We are so incredibly grateful for the trust and support of our patients and this community. THANK YOU!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Bates Family

11/25/2025

🎉 TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY!! 🎉

Congratulations to Jaden on completing a beautiful smile transformation!! Jaden’s case was a challenging interdisciplinary case but finished up SOOO nicely. We are proud of you, Jaden!!

Jaden started with narrow dental arches, significantly flared upper and lower anterior teeth, and a maxillary right canine that was horizontally impacted near the nasal floor. Dr. Bates had the impacted canine and a premolar in each of the other quadrants extracted and then treated Jaden with traditional braces in 2 years. With some cosmetic reshaping of the substituted premolar by Dr. Bates, most would have no idea that Jaden is missing a canine on the right side. This was a fun one!

Congratulations, Jaden!!!

✅ Midlines
✅ Smile Arc
✅ Functional and healthy bite
✅ Good arch form and alignment

If you’re ready to get started on your own smile transformation, call us or visit our website to schedule your FREE consultation!
📞 (434) 846-4014

11/24/2025

Beautiful. Confident. Joyful. Friendly. Healthy.

These are words that come to mind when we see these beautiful and intentionally designed Bates smiles.

We had a ton of fun with Kiara and her daughter, Jayla, at our recent smiles stories shoot. Thank y’all for trusting Dr. Bates and our team to design your smiles.

Address

1925 Thomson Drive
Lynchburg, VA
24501

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8am - 4:30pm
Friday	8am - 12pm

Website

http://www.batesfamilyortho.com/

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