Great Progress On The Downtown Orthodontic Office Remodel

We have been working on remodeling our office in the Medical Dental Building through out last winter and it is finally coming together.  We have added three new treatment rooms geared toward treating our lingual (Incognito) patients.  These rooms have installed hookups for the specialized equipment necessary to delivery Incognito braces quickly and efficiently. 

Tour our new office remodel

We are almost done with our office remodel.  We are almost done with our office remodel. We have expanded the office, moved our Kodak 9000C3D into a dedicated space, added a new sterilization facility and updated our lab space and the lab and mechanical equipment.

Essentials for Orthodontic Practice

Just a few reasons why “Essential for Orthodontic Practice” is an excellent new educational resource for both the student and practitioner: Includes chapters in four sections that follow the Commission on Dental Accreditation format and Guidelines for Students of Orthodontics in Dental School. Provides the essential information on growth and development, psychosocial, behavioral and compliance aspects of care. […]

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.