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Instructions
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Caring For Your New Orthodontic Appliance
General Guidelines
- Please remember that we will only be undertaking the specialised orthodontic care for which you have been referred. You must continue to attend your own dentist at the normal intervals for routine examinations and any other items of dental treatment that might be needed.
- The time taken to complete orthodontic treatment varies according to the degree of difficulty in individual cases.
- Patient co-operation is very important in making sure that treatment is completed to a satisfactory standard and in the shortest possible time. Missed appointments, broken appliances, etc. will extend the treatment time and may compromise the end result.
- You will need to attend at fairly regular intervals. This is to enable your appliance to be re-adjusted to keep it working.
- After each clinic attendance, you should normally arrange your next appointment before you leave.
- Clinics may be fully booked for some weeks in advance, so if you have to cancel an appointment, please give us as much notice as possible. We can then offer your existing appointment to another patient and also make sure that you are given a new appointment for the earliest possible date.
- If you develop any problems between routine visits, particularly breakage of the appliance, we will always try and attend to this at an emergency appointment. However, please telephone first, so that you can be advised of the day and time when you can be seen.
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