Her mother took “Cathy” to the orthodontist for a consult. “Cathy” had 5mm of overbite and 5mm of over-jet. The orthodontist quoted her a fee of $4,000 and a treatment time of two years. Stunned, her mother asked their GP dentist if there was something else that could be done.

What the GP did was fit Cathy with a removable mouth-guard appliance called Occlus-O-Guide. Four months later, Cathy’s ortho was complete and her mother took her back to the pricey orthodontist. He was stunned with what he saw and kept flipping through his notes nervously. You see, Cathy’s mom discovered the “secret” most orthodontists hope will stay a secret!

Dr. Earl Bergersen is a Board Certified Orthodontist who taught at Northwestern Dental School for 35 years and has patents on over 100 orthodontic appliances. Frustrated with the high percent of relapse in traditional banded ortho cases, Dr. Bergersen felt there had to be a better way.

One day it came to him: “Instead of letting teeth come in crooked and