For Dental Professionals

Refer a Patient

Thank you for referring your patient to our office. Please provide us with some information below and a member of our team will call them as soon as possible. Alternatively, you canĀ download a referral form to complete and provide to your patient or fax to us.

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Referring Dentist:

Patient first and last name:

Patient date of birth

Name of person to contact to schedule appointment (if different than above):

Best telephone number to call:

Comments / Message / Reason for referral:

Orthodontics Alert Newsletter

For the past several years, we have been sending out a quarterly orthodontic newsletter to our local dental colleagues. In it, are summaries of orthodontic research articles along with their general conclusions. They are easy to read and understand, and if you are not already receiving them and want to, please call and let us know.


Articles by Dr. Shapiro

Dr. Shapiro, while completing his dental training, co-authored a number of published studies on dental anxiety. While dental anxiety is relatively uncommon in orthodontics, our entire staff are well aware that our patient’s experiences in our office may be their first dental procedure other than the usual cleanings and check ups. We pride ourselves in being very gentle and light handed in providing care at all out appointment, and in making our patient’s experiences an easy and pleasant one.

Who Is Dentally Anxious?

Age of Onset of Dental Anxiety

Negative Dental Experiences & Relationship to Dental Anxiety

Overlap Between Dental Anxiety and Blood Injury Fears- Psychological Characteristics and Response to Dental Treatment

Diagnostic Categories of Dental Anxiety

Variations in Negative Cognitions Concerning Dental Treatment Among Dentally Anxious and Nonanxious Individuals

Clinical Articles of Interest

Preventive treatment of ectopically erupting maxillary permanent canines by extraction of deciduous canines and first molars: A randomized clinical trial. AJODO March 2011