A Second Opinion and a Third Dimension Lead to Treatment Success

Upon walking out of a new patient consultation, Dr. Dischinger found his front desk coordinator waiting for him – there was a mother in the waiting room who urgently needed to speak with him. 

The mother and daughter were on their way to an oral surgeon for a scheduled extraction of the child’s maxillary canines, but the mother was having second thoughts. 

She provided a print-out of a two-dimensional panoramic image that upon review, Dr. Dischinger concluded did not provide adequate diagnostic information for the prescribed treatment plan. 

You’ll find:

• The 2D scans that led the child’s original dentist to prescribe the extraction of the maxillary lateral incisors (#7 and #10) 
• The 3D scan and subsequent analysis that led Dr. Dischinger to a non-extraction treatment plan
• Progress updates of the successful 32-month long orthodontic treatment that resulted in an overjoyed mother and a daughter’s healthy smile

Dr. Bill Dischinger

Dr. Bill Dischinger maintains private practices in Lake Oswego and Canby, Oregon, in the United States. He has lectured and taught all over the world and is recognized as an expert on many subjects within the specialty of orthodontics.

He is a Key Opinion Leader for both Ormco and Propel Orthodontics and is an adjunct professor at the University of the Pacific Department of Orthodontics in San Francisco, California. Dr. Dischinger has written a book and published numerous articles on a variety of subjects within the specialty of orthodontics.

He completed his dental training at Oregon Health Sciences University in 1997 and his orthodontic residency at Tufts University in Boston in 1999. He and his wife, Kari Lynn, have been married for over 25 years and have four sons.