Dr. Moles, reminding you September is National Childhood Injury Prevention Month!

This month, our entire team at Moles Orthodontics want you to be extra careful with your braces and appliances. After all, September marks the start of fall sports and an increased risk to mouth injuries. September also happens to be National Childhood Injury Prevention Month, and Dr. Moles thought it’d be a good idea to share a few sobering facts about sports and facial injuries, courtesy of our friends at the American Association of Orthodontists.

*More than half of the seven million sports and recreation-related injuries that occur each year are sustained by youth between ages 5 and 24. Collision and contact sports have higher injury rates—baseball, soccer, basketball and football account for about 80% of all sports-related emergency room visits.

*Sixty-seven percent of parents say their child does not wear a mouth guard, yet, 70 percent say their biggest fear when their child plays is that they will get hurt.

*Of the parents whose children do not wear a mouth guard, 84 percent say it's because the league or coach does not require it, according to the AAO.

*The average high school baseball pitcher can throw a fast ball between 75-to-85 miles per hour. This compares to being hit in the mouth by a speeding car!

We hope this helps you remember to wear a mouth guard and other forms of protective gear when participating in fall sports! We encourage you to give us a call at (414) 377-4106 if you have any questions!

Which three words best describe Moles Orthodontics?

Dr. Moles and our staff were recently asked, "What are the three words you would use to describe your office?" If patients had to describe our office in three words… those words would be, Cutting-edge, Caring, and Family-oriented.

There are so many words that could describe our office though, and were really proud of the great service we offer in a friendly atmosphere. Visit our website for testimonials! Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Staff Spotlight: Rebecca at Moles Orthodontics

We have one particular girl in our office who doesn’t get enough praise for the great work she continues to do everyday. She is Rebecca, our sterilization technician. To us, she is "Becca," and a part of our family here. She really deserves the praise around the office; she works very hard to keep up on all of our sterilizing and our trays needed throughout the day.

As assistants in our office can get really busy, we need her to keep things rolling, especially in the afternoon. Not many patients know she even works here or that we have her here to help us. So we’d like to thank her for helping us keep our practice rolling behind the scenes.

If Dr. Moles could be ...

Recently, Dr. Moles was asked: "If you could be anything in the world other than an orthodontist, which profession would you like to try?"

Here's his response!

"I love what I do and would not want to do anything else. However if there was no orthodontic profession my guess I would have gone into plastic surgery since that is also an art combined with science. I was always interested in art and science as a student and I'm sure I would gravitate in that direction."

Not to worry, Dr. Moles is still with us, creating beautiful smiles in Milwaukee, Racine and Brookfield. Have a GREAT weekend!

What are happy patients saying about Moles Orthodontics lately?

At Moles Orthodontics, we're always looking for ways to make our patients experience in the office the best they can have. We wanted to get a closer look at what the patients like most about our office. We get a lot of great reviews but we wanted to ask a few patients around the office that haven’t left a review yet, what they wish was different and what they liked most.

We asked some random patients in the waiting room “What do you like most about the office?”

One of our 14-year-old patients had this to say “The hot chocolate machine!” and “everyone is so nice to me.”

Another patient said, “I like the game-boys and the robot dog, bracer!” he is only ten and has 2 other brothers who love coming to our office to play with the robotic dog.

I asked a mother of two young girls that are currently going through treatment, and she said “My girls always talk about how nice the girl was that worked with them.” “I like that I can feel comfortable sitting and having coffee in the waiting room, while my girls are being treated in the back.” “I never have to worry about the treatment they are getting, the girls in the office are as knowledgeable as the doctors they work for.”

As always, our staff tries to go above and beyond all of our patients expectations. We realize that not everywhere you go, you receive top-notch service. So we want to deliver that to our patients on a daily basis and hopefully make someone’s day that much better!

5 reasons to visit Moles Orthodontics this summer for a consultation

With the country still in a recession, many folks are putting off visiting the orthodontist for a consultation. We hear all the reasons - vacations, chores, emergencies, et cetera. Today, Dr. Moles and our staff at Moles Orthodontics thought we'd give our prospective patients five reasons to visit our office this summer for an orthodontic consultation.

1) Tooth damage - Unfortunately due to eruption or the bite, teeth can become permanently damaged without the patient even knowing that it's happening. The sooner it is discovered the sooner it can be stopped.

2) Growth - For some patients that need changes to jaw shape or position there is often a window of opportunity during growth when it is the best time to do that. Once that time has passed the correction becomes harder or even impossible.

3) Scheduling - If teeth need to be removed it's often easier to schedule before school starts.

4) School - Patients don't need to miss school if the examination appointment is done in the summertime.

5) Getting done - The sooner that treatment is started the sooner it is finished.

And here's another reason: did you know the American Association of Orthodontists recommends that children receive an orthodontic consultation as early as age seven? Give us a call at 414-529-4044 to schedule a consultation! Happy Monday!

3D at Moles Orthodontics!

At Moles Orthodontics, we are very excited about 3D ORTHODONTICS! This is the combination of the SureSmile System which we have been using now for over 6 years and 3 dimensional X-ray scanning using the i-Cat system. This now allows us to see the actual movements not only of the top of the teeth, but also the roots of the teeth. Before, we were limited to seeing only 1/2 of each tooth (the crown portion). With 3D Orthodontics, we can now see the entire tooth, how it will move and how it relates to the movement of all the teeth around it (see the above picture).

For more on 3D orthodontics, we invite you to give us a call at (414) 529-4044 or ask Dr. Moles next time you're in for a visit!