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Thanks for 2012!

Happy New Year and thanks to our Seattle orthodontic patients that have made Riolo Orthodontics the largest and most succesfull lingual orthodontic practice in the Pacific Northwest.  

AAO Midwinter Meeting

      We will be attending the American Association of orthodontists midwinter meeting February 8th, 9th and 10th.  This meeting is a combined orthodontic and periodontic meeting concentrating on interdisciplinary patient care including complex periodontal issues that are frequently complicating factors in adult lingual (braces behind the teeth) treatment.  Dr Riolo will be concentrating on orthodontic topics […]

Wilckodontics

 Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics (AOO) Procedure or Wilckodontics Wilckodontics or AOO combines orthodontic treatment and periodontal surgery to facilitate the safe and rapid movement of teeth through the jawbone. Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics (AAO) or “Wilckodontics” was developed in order to give many people the options of much shorter treatment times without comprimising treatment.  In addition, many patients present for […]

Orthodontics

What is Orthodontics? The term itself comes from two Greek words: “orthos,” which means right or correct and “odon,” which is the Greek word for tooth. Orthodontics is a “special kind” of dentistry involving the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of dental and facial irregularities. The technical term for crooked, crowded or protruding teeth is “malocclusion,” which means “bad […]

Braces behind the teeth

  Riolo Orthodontics is working to stay on top of the new digital technology.  We are number one provider of Incognito braces behind the teeth and now will be the only orthodontic provider in Seattle to offer these leading edge braces with the need for impressions to manufacture these custom braces.

Riolo Orthodontics now has intraoral scanning technology

  Riolo orthodontics now has the ability to produce accurate digital models without messy PVS impressions using intraoral scanning.  These digital impressions serve as an initial record of the patient malocclusion, can be used to produce diagnostic digital setups as well as be used to order orthodontic appliances including custom Incognito braces behind the teeth.

Lunch and Learn with Riolo Orthodontics

We have been working to get the word out to the dental community regarding orthodontic treatment options involving lingual custom orthodontic appliances.  These braces placed behind the teeth open new esthetic treatment options for patients as well as a powerful treatment alternatives for orthodontists.

First True Definition Orthodontic Scanner on the West Coast

Riolo Orthodontics has just acquired the first True Definition orthodontic intraoral scanner on the west coast.  This revolutionary hardware can be seen in figure 1; it enables us to “scan” our patient rather than take traditional intraoral impressions.  These scans are used to submit digital models to the lab at 3M Unitek to create custom “Incognito braces” that […]

New Web Page for Riolo Orthodontics

We have been working on updating our website.  We are updating both the look and the content of the site.  we plan on also rolling out a dedicated lingual orthodontics website that will contain a wealth of information regarding Incognito Braces custom braces behind the teeth.