04/15/2020
Hello again Braces Family! We hope that you are all doing ok inside the comforts of home and for those of you still working, thank you for risking your health to keep this world moving. It’s been a very unusual few weeks to say the least. But we are glad to hear that you are all healthy and we are as well.
Logistically speaking we are one month behind on all of your treatments. And even though it may sound like it’s a long time, the interval between orthodontic appointments can safely be a lot longer as long as there is no “active” treatments going on, such as wearing elastics, headgear, expander turns. So here are the recommendations
1. Stop all elastics unless you are a surgical patient and the Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon is monitoring the elastic wear. For non-surgical patients, stop the elastics for now. Losing 1-3 months of elastic wear can be made up relatively easily. However, if you just started the elastics with us, it is safe to keep wearing them but please email us photos of your progress at info@bracesriverside.com. We would need a right and left side biting down photo with cheeks pulled away and a photo straight on with teeth biting down.
2. Do not turn the expanders any more. We can resume the turns when we get back.
3. Keep wearing headgear for the effects of this will take longer than a few months.
4. Please please please keep teeth clean.
5. For our Invisalign patients, if you need to pick up more trays please call and we can arrange for you to pick them up. Please wear each tray longer than you were wearing previously. You can safely wear them at nights only for 3 weeks at a time.
We are here to take any phone calls from 8am-12pm. The messages are checked constantly and we are always here to take emergencies.
We feel so helpless as I’m sure all of you do as well. We want to get back to working and serving you but we are told that we can’t until the spread of this pandemic is under control. You are all like family to us and honestly, we feel so bad. But we are trying to keep you updated as best as we can and if you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact us. For now please stay safe and healthy. That’s the best that we can do for now.
This is a pic of Elliot stuffing his face as always. Hope it brings a smile! Love all of you!