Orthodontic Assisting Basics Part I | Braces | Dr. Nathan
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I wanted to create a Dental Orthodontic Assisting 101 video for all of my assistants and future assistants. So yes, this is a selfish video because it's mainly made for all of my team, but I thought others could benefit from this as well.
I go over a ton of information in this video, and you may have to slow it down, rewind, check again and use all of your brainpower if you are not familiar with orthodontics.
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In this video, I will help you understand the following information:
1. What is an Orthodontist
2. What is a Board Certified Orthodontist
3. What are all the tools we use when treating patients
4. What are the different types of braces
5. What are the different types of wires
6. The vocabulary of Orthodontics includes overbite, overjet, underbite, open bite, crossbites, spacing, crowding, TMJ, frenum, bonding, banding, etc.
7. How we do consults in our office and the terminology I use during consults
8. Difference between Cl I, Cl II, and Cl III occlusion
The previous list is just a brief summary of the topics we will cover. This is the first video in the series. For our staff, we expect you to know and understand these concepts, and we will quiz you periodically
Thank you for watching, and happy orthodontic assisting!
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I’m a dental assistant transferring over to ortho with NO ortho experience at all. This has been extremely helpful. Thank you for this!
Same here! I’m freaking out
@@jaxenaz that’s crazy me to!
Glad I could be of some help:)
How did you get selected for ortho I’ve been a RDA for 2 1/2 years and I wanna transition into ortho. It’s been really frustrating for me because they want you to already have ortho experience but as far as I know there’s no schooling for ortho training any advice. I really want to get out of general dentistry.
@@w_ildflowerr7048 I just kept applying and eventually found a company willing to work with me.
Wish I watched this before I started my new job a few weeks ago as an orthodontic assistant. This would have made my first week less stressful! Thank you so much.
Glad to help!
Thanks again! Will there be a part 2?
@@cherrykissesxo94 hey I am 14 years old and I want to become a orthodontist is it worth it and do they get paid good and is it time consuming
@@jamariceowens6301 Hello Jamarice, Orthodontists get paid very good. It is an oral doctor so salary is definitely great. As for time consuming… it is a pretty good schedule. You will have assistants that will help you and most dental offices have limited schedules. Definitely better than a 9-5 job.
@@jamariceowens6301 yes! you should definitely Pursue a career in orthodontics! I am going to school to become a dental assistant and I hear *mostly* good things about people in any dental field. If it interests you you should totally look into it! It’s great to stay goal oriented in life :) good luck!
I just transferred over to Ortho a month ago from General. Not knowing anything but the handpiece and a few other things. Ortho is very hands on I love it here was definitely meant for me. I have been watching your videos for the past month every night and it has helped me in so many ways. My team and the Dr are impressed with my performance. Thank you Doctor Nate!!!!!!!!! I will continue to learn from your videos..
Love this and thank you for the support Vanessa!
I just started as an Orthodontist assistant this week and feel lost as I am new to the Dentistry field. This video has helped me tremendously 😊 thank you sooo much❤️. I will continue to watch your videos 😊
How far I have just started 😩😩😩
Do orthodontist assistants need to go to college?
@@reneeseli1274 not if you find a dentistry willing to train 🙂
Hi, congrats on the job! I’m a freshman in college looking to be an orthodontist assistant and I’m curious as to what your journey was. Thanks!
@@briannadlt576 look for a dentist willing to train. They will provide all the tools for you to be successful! You'll learn and get paid as u go 😊
And i can't take my eyes off of your teeth. WOW absolutely amazing!!!
Unfortunately he has malocclusion
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Amazing explanation! I went to school for Dental Assisting did externship but barely got the chance to do anything because the dentist didn't want me to be active so I basically just watched. We had the periodontist come in an baby!! I was working !! Love it! I got into a different field after but I am thinking of beginning my journey in Ortho Assisting and I love the explanation and with each video I do believe I will be ready to apply to any Ortho office. Thank You !!!
This video basically summed up most of my orthodontic assistant course. Very informative and easy to understand.
Glad you found it useful!
I start my externs in Ortho next week and these videos really ease my nerves and reassure me of my knowledge so far. And believe it or not they never told us that teeth numbering in ortho was different. So I’m glad I found that out 😭
Super helpful! Greatly appreciative of dentists like yourself that take the time to make videos like this to educate us assistants. Very thorough and concise. Awesome videos!
I been in ortho for years and I must say you did amazing job explaining and keeping it simple
I never worked in a dental office in my life and I recently work in a orthodontics office. I am trembling with nervousness but not really. Just gotta learn every producer and what’s required. I’m on day 3 of working at the place I’m at and I like it. It’s a challenge but a healthy challenge😼
Hey it’s been months! How’s it going at the ortho job? Are you more comfortable?
How’s it going???!!
You described the differences between regular and ortho so well it made me understand it immediately thank you so much this is really helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Dr. Nathan for explaining so well. I have an interview for orthodontic assistant next week and I'm so happy I found your channel. This dental facility wants enthusiastic, dedicated and professional candidates and watching your videos will definitely boost my education in Ortho, thank you and I will be watching all your videos! Wish me well on my interview!
Hey dr Nate! You did my braces last time I had them as an assistant at ideal dental in Texas! I’m an ortho assistant now! Love you videos!
I just started ortho assisting last week. I know some basics from my extern site, but I still feel lost at my new job lol. Thank you for posting this!!!
Just started as an Orthodontic Assistant, was feeling really down, thank you so much for sharing these information.
Thanks so much!! Just started working at a new office with ortho patients and I have 0 experience in ortho.This has been very helpful!
Glad to help!
Are you saying you are treating an ortho patient without having orthodontist title?
Hey I’m starting tmr, same thing, no experience, can u give me some advice as starting.
I am looking into dental assisting and orthodontic assisting seems pretty interesting to me! I have nobody in my family or anyone I know who has gotten into this field and it makes me quite nervous to try but I think I would be good at it and I find it interesting.
Love this info before I get braces next week! Knowledge is power! 😁
Thank You Dr. Nate. This as always was very good to watch. I showed it to my dental assisting students and found it covered a lot of the basis.
I’m a hygienist that has been asked to take on duties as an ortho assistant This was very helpful.
Thank you Dr. Nathan! I applied as a dental sterilization tech for an orthodontist and your video will help me understand the dental terminology 🙌 Hope I get a chance to work for them.
Good luck!
Doc!!! It’s Gabriel Gonzales. I worked with you in Fort Worth for brident dental! Good to see you, hope all is well! This guy is the best
Gab what's up! Good to hear from you!
Thank you for this video Dr. Nathan! I recently went to an interview for an ortho assisting position and they want me to come back for a week long working interview. I’m very excited and eager to learn everything about orthodontics. I’m glad I found your channel!
Best of luck!
@@ThriveDentist I got the job!! 😊
What was the week like ?
How is it so far?
I am getting ready to interview for an orthodontist office! As a newly graduated DA1 this has been so helpful! Thank you for taking the time to teach!
Thank you so much for sharing this! You just relieved so much of our stress! I’m a medical student w a background in MA & phlebotomy and I’m about to begin my DA program in a few weeks, I’m really leaning towards OA vs other specialties out there. I have begun to study in advance. And This video has given me more of a heads up! And a better understanding as what to anticipate when I go into class to practice clinicals in lab & for when I review lectures later on this year. This is phenomenally informative. And I would like to thank you in advance for leading the way for future students that are overwhelmed like me. Please continue to educate us, a lot of us turn towards UA-cam for everything. I just subscribed, you have all of my likes🦷
I’m a DA for general dentistry, transferring to Ortho. This was extremely helpful.
This is great info for a newbie and the person who has been away from assisting and is re-engaging!
I’m on my externship now and I will tell you, they don’t teach bite classifications.
I’m looking into going into ortho!! This helps so much. Thank you
Glad to have come across this video. I work with a general dentist who does ortho and we as assistants are lost with the wire sequence and archwire bends, reverse bends. Will be looking at your other videos.
All the way from Australia, thanks a lot Dr.
I'm an oral health therapist, and this was a good quick recap before starting at my ortho practice.
You’re a life saver. I’m gonna study your dental assistance playlist this year. Thank you!!!
Thanks a lot Dr, Nathan for explaining all the basic things in a simple, but detailed manner. Finally I could find answers to all my questions .This vedeo will definitely help me as an Orthodontic Assistant in future
Glad it was helpful!
I graduate EFDA school Dec.20th and have an interview for Ortho next Monday!! So happy for this video Thank you!!
Good luck!
@@ThriveDentist Thank you!
@@ThriveDentist , how much does the Orthodontic therapists earn in the USA ? ty Here in the UK Dental Nurses / BADN have to go a extra year to become a Orthodontic therapist . And the wage is£22 - £35 a hour is USD $ 29.42 - $ 46.81 a hour . Orthodontic therapists are a relatively new addition to the orthodontic team. Their role is to work alongside a specialist orthodontist or dentist to perform routine orthodontic treatments. It’s now fairly common for NHS orthodontic treatment in particular to be carried out by orthodontic therapists under the supervision of a dentist or specialist. Orthodontic therapists must work to the prescription of an orthodontist or dentist, and they can only carry out treatments that are reversible and non-invasive, for example:
Taking impressions
Fitting braces
Adjusting brackets
Changing archwires
Removing braces
Fitting retainers
@@worldofmango1409 How was the efda program and what did u learn? Im thinking about doing it But going to do DH.....How was your interview -btw check out udemy for classes on Orthrodontics - so many classes that will give your resume a boost ,299.00 a class thou some are cheaper...
I have a working interview Thursday and I’m watching this to prepare me.
Good luck!
Thank Dr ,it is basic important knowledge for orthodontic.
This has helped me out a lot. It’s given me loads of information that I need for work
Glad to help.
I can’t believe that how you explained everything for an half hour video what I was learned in the Dental Assistant collage in Canada for about weeks . LOL It is amazing how you explained all the important information sound like so interesting and fun . I’m finished my 1 Year I’m going to my placement soon , but an interview coming up tomorrow in the Orthodontics office thats why I’m watching this video , and I’m going to watch all of them . Excellent video ! I wish I can work for you !! Where you located ?
love how he points out the numbering of the teeth, that is completeally normal anywhere outside of usa and their metric systems
This sums up a BUNCH of valuable information for orthodontic assistance. Great job!
Thank u im taking my EFDA, Tomorrow and needed to learn a little of this!
Best of luck!
Thank you so much! That was so helpful, info is so precious 😊
You are a good teacher!
Thanks Dr Nat, I just gain better understanding about ortho. its so helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
This video has helped me understand and learn about ortho assisting, I only have experienced with surgical periodontist and Implantology, taking lots of notes to be prepared after I get hired 😅 exciting
Honestly freaking out 😅
I think it’s wild that people didn’t get taught bite classifications. I did a 12 week dental assisting course and they squeezed that into our course work.
You're awesome bro! Thank you so much for that video, it's help me a lot.
Your video is so good! I literally learned a lot
Thank you
Great information for an adult about to get braces. Thanks!!
Very helpful! I’d love to see Part 2, but I’m having a hard time finding it. Link?
Here you go... ua-cam.com/video/xplurQuAKOs/v-deo.html
This is AMAZING very informative 👏 coming from pediatric to orthodontics. This helped understanding the difference. Im going to nail this work interview now 😁
Love it!
@@ThriveDentist wow I cant thank you enough. I felt very comfortable during work interview. They where surprised how much I knew. Did tell them I learned from youtube 🤭
@@ericadelgado3397 lol. Awesome.
@@ericadelgado3397 I’m glad I’m watching this video then because I’ve only worked in ortho twice since 2015 and I have a working interview tomorrow. What do they all do and ask
@@jasminelockhart4739 it's crazy I've came a long way. Funny now I also do work interviews for those coming to our office. Main question is how comfortable are you working independent with patients.
Thank you immensely, from Canada🇨🇦🍁. I just started working in an Orthodontic office. It is amazing and overwhelming at the same time, especially because this area of dentistry is so new to me. I have worked in a general practice for years, but switched to try something new. I'm trying to learn the instruments and their purposes and this video definitely helped me with that. Thank you again! This was most helpful. I will keep watching more of your videos😁
Best of luck!
Dr.nathan good work about orthodontic.
thank you so much I loved your explanation
SUPER helpful & very detailed, thank youu 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent teaching! Thanks Dr.Nathan.
Thank you!
Dr, Where were u in 2013 when I needed you :C this was so helpful!!!
Thanks so much for sharing, Dr!
I like this kind of lecture
So great and useful. Thank you
You are the best this video is such a blessing. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
@@ThriveDentist I'm looking forward to part 2 :)
@@catdreamsyarn82 check this one out as this is basically part II. ua-cam.com/video/xplurQuAKOs/v-deo.html
@@ThriveDentist Will do! Thank you. By the way can I know what product you use for the milk spray?? They are getting some rust spots since changing from a chemiclave to steam. I'd really appreciate the info and how to use it.
I am planning to be an orthodontist also, But I am starting with an Orthodontist assistant, I live in Plano very close to you 😅
Don’t know why I’m watching but entertaining lol
Thank you so much.
In the UK we only use the numbering you mentioned. The Invisalign site confuses me as it's numbered differently.
Great video!! Thank you!!!
Glad you liked it:)
Great video!!
Thank you!
Súper helpful!
Great video! Definitely sums up the basics for beginners.
In South Africa you have to become a dental hygienist first before you can work in Orthodontics, assistants are not allowed to work on patients.
As an orthodintist, would you ever consider employing a South African? I've been working in Ortho for 9 years and I'm just looking to see if this would possibly be something I can do if we ever move to the States.
I'm married to an American and we would possibly move to the States in the next few years.
Oh, that's really interesting. We don't discriminate so we hire anyone who fits well with our culture:)
Thank you for this!!!
I just finished my CNA and our institute put us in dental clinic for internship. I feel like im in another planet lol i expect to clean 💩 and feed patients. Now i have to learn dentistry they round us in different rooms including orthodontics. But interesting, now im thinking i will take a course on dental assistant
Super informative ❤
General DA but our orthodontist wants me on his side now 🙂
I have an ortho rotation for dental assisting thank you!!
Good Luck!
Any simplified video on treatment planning for ortho cases ?
Incredible videos on ur channel really helpful. I just didn’t understand the pink lastic what used for not the one that closes the spacing but the one u shoet first what is that please?
thank you so much!!!! this was super super helpful! 😭
Glad I could help.
Any chance you could also note the numbers of the burs in order of appearance? ?????? stressing about my ortho working interview, would really appreciate it!
Why is under-bite not called under-jet..?
Ah yes my favorite instrument the weingart because the names funny and funny look.
Will majoring in dental assistant will allow me to get into orthodontic assisting ?
It may help but the more you can be around orthodontic assisting the better.
Can you become an advanced orthodontic assistant as well or is everyone at the same level?
can I know what product you use for the milk spray?? They are getting some rust spots since changing from a chemiclave to steam. I'd really appreciate the info and how to use it.
Oh yes, rust is a killer. It's just a generic milk solution. You can get them from any dental vendor. We use whatever they have, nothing specific.
i want to go to community college for this but idk what classes to take
Start with basic sciences and go from there!
@@ThriveDentist what science classes tho😔
R you a dental assistant already look in dental board website where you can take classes for ortho.
I graduate from community college to be a DAII in may honestly trying to decide if I want to go into ortho or pedo! I start clinicals in January
Ortho all the way!
Are you in austin ? This was very informative. I’m a dental assistant and my office only does phase II
Sorry only in the Dallas area right now.
@@ThriveDentist thank you 🙏 would you mind if I visit your office in Dallas just to learn more. I have my RDA I wouldn’t mind making the trip over there to get more training
Hi Dr. Nathan, I'm desperate for help! If I send you photos of my before/after from orthodontics do you think you can help? I believe all of my teeth extruded, my lower face is much much longer. Thank you!
Hi Doc. , though Im not a medical and dental related person, just wanted to ask I have a gap between my teeth and haved removed my braces and retainer but its getting a lil bit crook again due to that 1 gap. That 1 gap has a permanent teeth not growing and is residing only inside the gums. Kept changing orthos because they just advised me to have a braces again :(
Where is part 2?
Are your teeth your natural teeth or are they veneers?
Natural
Hey question so I Have two little baby teeth in the bottom front of my mouth.would I have to get them pulled because I’m going to the ortho soon
Hmmm depends on the situation but sounds like you may need to get them pulled before braces.
@@ThriveDentist darn I knew it they don’t have brown up teeth under them thank you!
Why don’t you guys use the Damon System?
Was never really a fan of self-ligating brackets.
You think its a good idea to go into orthodontist without experience?
I think experience is better if you can.
How long do u have do college if u wanna be ortho assistant
Depends but some programs are 6 weeks while others are 9 months or so. No college required.
What is the difference between baby teeth and primary teeth? Why I can’t just use numbers ?
It’s the same thing. They’re both your first set of teeth
Yup they are the same!
Hi dr I am an orthodontist from India currently living in Colorado I would love to work as orthodontic assistant . I have 2 small kids
Just want to know i f you additional schooling to become orthodontic assistant Thank you
Not in Texas. You just need to be an RDA. I know some states you need extra training.
Hello umm i just got my elastics changed and they showed me where to put them but then they took them off because they told me to wear them at night. I got home and i forgot where to put them but they said to put them on 334 which i guess is the placement? now i just need to figure out where that is can you please help me? 😭😭 they already closed so i cant call either😞
Sounds like upper canines, lower canines and lower first premolar. It should probably look like a triangle.
@@ThriveDentist OMG THANK YOUUUU ill call next week to make sure! 😭☝️
Hi Dr. how is it going?
I wonder if you have an account on Instagram to communicate with you about a complex case.. taking your kind opinion?
Ok so Im stuck on LPN vrs Dental assistant possibly EFDA ....Whats your advice on the two? How are dental assistant paid? Later I will become a DH or RN - once my 3 kids get older....Im 41.... Are DA micro managed?
Nurses get paid better than Dental assistants but the job is way harder IMO.
@@ThriveDentist Is it hard to make 25.00 hr as a DA and what is a fair starting point ...It looks like orthodontics would be better than general dentistry..... As a 41 year old man would I be at a disadvantage in the field? I do love dentistry as I feel its preventative and restorative and I love the systemic correlation between dentistry and heart/ diabetes ....
@@jeffmeisner8976 This is a late response, but I’m a dental assistant. Starting out pay depending on where you live usually isn’t worth it. I am pursuing orthodontic assisting and I heard that they are paid better - I have an interview tomorrow. DA’s, in my experience, are also treated poorly. Of course you have negative experiences at work sometimes but from what I have worked, it’s not been truly worth it. I hope you find what you’re looking for! (P.S. Starting pay for assistants usually start at 11-15$ an hour where I live. I live in a smaller area so that could change if you live in a bigger city.)
@@lostinsauces Thanks for responding....Yea so Im looking at doing most likely DH because I work at Trader Joes and already make 18.85 hr and get 1.50 hr raise a year So it would be financially silly to do DA or Orthrodotics assistant- there both good but I wouldnt make much more money plus would have to pay for baby sitting of 3 kids - so I would loose alot of money from that....Hopefully your job interview went well....Check out udemy online and take classes for Orthrodotics there are so many ....Most are 199.00 some are cheaper But Im sure you will learn alot and look good on your resume....I purchased oral biology and dentin course and oral pathology and more... Also colgate has professional courses online for free.
Taking my orthodontist board exam today