hey it's dr amanda with straightsmilesolutionstraightsmilesolutions.com
and i'm here today making this video just to reach out to consumers and doctors alike to remind you
how our how does our company work straight smile solutions
and a lot of people are getting confused so everything's on our website as to how
it works you can go to straight smile solutions and check it out it's pretty self-explanatory
our service is only for doctors doctors not patients not consumers we do make a ton of
videos that's out there and it's really just to give back for the consumers that
are out there some of our videos are more consumer facing just in information opinions
on different types of orthodontics different types of companies different types of appliance systems
a lot of them are more how-to videos for doctors um just to create some awareness so you can learn
more about what's out there um what might be right for you what may be right for your child
that's pretty much it but i just wanted to remind you two major rules that we have okay number one
we don't work with consumers or patients we don't we will not if you email us we will not respond so
i'm just letting you know sometimes we'll do a courtesy sorry we don't work with patients
please do not send us your records please do not send us your photos it will be permanently deleted
we will not even look our view at them it is not legal to email records or photos through email
so we will literally put a block if you send it to us don't do it if you want an opinion about your
case you need to go to an orthodontist that's the best thing in every city there are dozens
upon dozens of orthodontists and if you don't want to go to an orthodontist that's fine you can go to
a general dentist who does ortho you can go to a pediatric dentist who does ortho if you know
you're looking for invisalign search invisalign near me use the invisalign doctor locator we
have great tools on how to look for someone if you're looking for maybe an off-brand cheaper
clear alarm system you can just look up clear aligners near me and it'll find you some good
doctors you should sample multiple doctors go to multiple consultations you're gonna find
the right person you're probably gonna get multiple opinions for every doctor you go to
and that's okay you know find the one that seems right for you and that's totally fine
some doctors might do virtual consultations some might do in-person consultations
most if not all consultations are free if they're not free don't go
only go to the free ones ask that question it's a good question to ask right because i always
gave free consultations so i don't see any reason why most orthodontists do do free consultations
that shouldn't be a problem right um if you're looking for phase one treatment expanders rpes
put expanders near me or interceptive phase one orthodontics near me and interview three four five
ten different orthodontists it's okay yes it takes time but it's a big commitment you wanna make sure
your personality matches up you wanna make sure you're comfortable with the team you wanna make
sure you're comfortable with the office how it runs do they run on time does this treatment
plan make sense to you does it financially make sense to you don't go with the cheapest person
don't go with the most expensive person it's not as much about money it's about the experience
and remember if you're doing orthodontics you don't want to start a case if you're not going
to be there the whole time most orthodontic cases take a year to two years something only takes a
few months it's probably no good so if somebody and something that's they're telling you two and
a half to three years they probably don't know what they're doing so the sweet spot in there
for maybe a phase one treatment might be six to 15 months but for comprehensive it should be
you know 12 to 24 months somewhere in there less i'm suspicious more i'm suspicious
somewhere in there unless it's a super easy treatment you know sometimes it is less
but um yeah i mean that's pretty much it so yes just putting this out here says stress
doctor i'm really not depressed or anything but please don't email me stuff and doctors don't
email me stuff i will block you you will never hear from me again i will put a block on you
i keep saying everywhere do not email me stuff and y'all are still trying to email me stuff okay
if you need help with the case you need to do it just like you're supposed to do it's right on my
website you go to the services page you check out and you purchase a session we have hipaa
compliant ways of communicating and that's the only way we communicate is hipaa compliant ways
no ifs ands or buts no flexibility there must be legal so i'm just posting this because i got
three different people trying to email me records today and i'm like no don't do that and the people
are still doing it so um permanently deleted and blocked if you do it all right thank you