Croydon Orthodontics in Croydon, Victoria, Australia | Orthodontist

Croydon Orthodontics

Locality: Croydon, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9723 4825

Address: 5 Devon St 3136 Croydon, VIC, Australia

Website: http://croydonorthodontics.com.au/

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25.01.2022 TO OUR PATIENTS IN TREATMENT OR WITH EMERGENCIES: Our Orthodontists and reception team are still here for you! They will be working hard to respond to all emails, please be patient with our team at this time, we will respond to all enquiries as promptly as possible. In the meantime check out our FAQs below or our website for some at home troubleshooting: FAQ GUIDE FOR CROYDON ORTHODONTICS PATIENTS DURING COVID-19 CLOSURE How long will Croydon Orthodontics be closed?...Continue reading

25.01.2022 Wishing our Croydon Orthodontics families the merriest of Christmases, thank you all for all your support and fabulous smiles this year and we are looking forward to seeing you all in 2021. Croydon Orthodontics will be closed until Tuesday January 5. During this time, please email [email protected] accompanied by a photo of any urgent concerns or emergencies and we will get back to you ASAP. Please note our answering machine will be unattended during this time. #itsthemostwonderfultimeoftheyear #merrychristmaseveryone

25.01.2022 Coughs, sniffles, sore throats, runny noses at home? We kindly ask that should yourself or anyone in your household be unwell to call our reception team on 9723 4825 to reschedule your appointment. Thank you and big elbow bumps to all our wonderful families for being so proactive. It is very much appreciated and keeping our staff, families and community healthy. #covidsafe #washyourhands #stayhome

24.01.2022 IT MIGHT BE WINTER BUT DONT FORGET YOUR SUNNIES ... As of next week Croydon Orthodontics will be open and operating with ADA and ASO Level Two dental practice guidelines in place. As previously and to ensure compliance with government social distancing requirements and keep our community safe, we kindly ask that only healthy patients with no household members unwell attend their appointments. All patients will have their temperature taken, provided with hand sanitiser an...d be asked a series of health screening questions on arrival. Parents and siblings are asked to remain in the car or in our outdoor patient seating area. Patients are asked to bring along their own sunglasses for their appointment as we are unable to safely provide them at this time. Should these restrictions affect your upcoming appointment our reception team will contact you to reschedule this appointment. It is not necessary to contact the practice at this stage unless we have already been in touch! We thank you once again for your patience and understanding at this time. We will always provide further updates as they become available and if any changes occur. Should you have not been able to attend your appointment this week, please be assured our reception team are working super hard, and will be continuing to make contact with you all from 8.30am Monday morning to re-appoint all appointments that were cancelled this week as a result of our practice closure. Please keep your mobiles handy, if you are yet to hear from us, it is not necessary to call the practice, we have not forgotten you! We thank you all again for your understanding and for being so patient this week. As this is a rapidly changing time we are trying to keep our lines of communication as open as possible, please let us know if you need to update your email or telephone numbers to avoid any disappointment or unnecessary travel. Our communitys health and wellbeing is our upmost priority. Stay safe and take care from the team at Croydon Orthodontics and we are looking forward to seeing you (and your sunnies!) all soon. #staysafe #dontforgetyoursunglasses #covidsafe #washyourhands

24.01.2022 UPDATE: Works across the road to the practice have commenced on the Croydon Station multi-level carpark. Parking around the practice is now quite limited with the station parking closed so please allow some extra time when attending the practice to scout out a car park! We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this time. https://www.maroondah.vic.gov.au//Croydon-Multi-level-Carp

23.01.2022 Ho Ho Ho! Wishing our Croydon Orthodontics family a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year! As Santa is nearly on his way, the practice is now closed and will reopen Tuesday 5 January 2021. During this time please email [email protected], accompanied by a photo of any urgent concerns/emergencies and we will be in touch ASAP. Please note our answering machine will be unattended to throughout this time. Stay safe and well and the Croydon Orthodontics team are looking forward to seeing everyone again in 2021.

23.01.2022 WE ARE ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY! In compliance with Victorian Government directives, we now must provide ESSENTIAL CARE ONLY at Croydon Orthodontics throughout this lockdown period. No scheduled routine appointments are able to proceed during this time. A text messages will be sent to all patients affected by these restrictions ahead of their appointment time. We will be placing all patients onto our priority care list and will be contacting you to reschedule these appointment...s as soon as possible. We will update our Facebook and Instagram pages as information becomes available and for guidance for emergency appointments. Please continue to check our socials for further information and patients scheduled for appointments at this time will be contacted if necessary. It is not necessary to contact the practice if you have an appointment in the weeks ahead. Commencing next week our practice reception hours will be reduced to 9am though to 5pm only. Outside of these hours telephones will divert to our practice answering machine and essential care will be provided strictly by appointment only. For all urgent questions or any emergencies causing significant pain or discomfort please email [email protected] accompanied by a photo of your concern, and we will triage care or advise how this can be managed at home. Please note: A skeleton staff will be at the practice. Genuine emergency patients experiencing sharp pain from appliances will be seen, strictly by appointment only. These appointments can be made by emailing the practice via ([email protected]) and please accompany your email with a photo of your concern. Our Oral Health Therapists will be ensuring patients are not in pain during this time but will not be repairing breakages not causing pain. Please note, broken brackets and lost/discoloured modules cannot be repaired at this time, thus do be mindful as to what you are eating throughout the week and as always, take care of your appliances. If you require wax or elastics please email reception and we will arrange these to be posted to you. If you have run out of aligners or have had treatment completed in the last 12 months and have lost or broken a retainer please email us or call the practice on 9723 4825. Any other queries can be emailed though and we will respond as soon as we are able during this time. We do understand that you may have some questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and how this affects your orthodontic care. Our FAQ guide for care can be found below on our Facebook page. We wish all our Croydon Orthodontics Families well in these challenging times, may you all stay safe and healthy. Thank you as always for your understanding, supporting our practice and community. We are truly grateful and are looking forward to seeing you all again soon. Take care everyone, and we are only an email or phone call away!

23.01.2022 CROYDON ORTHODONTICS IS COVIDSAFE Our clinic is running in compliance with Level One ADA and ASO coronavirus restrictions and observing Social Distancing requirements at all times, you may have noticed some changes at the practice: All patients will have their temperature tested on arrival. Should a reading be greater than 37.5 degrees, this appointment will be rescheduled. All patients will also answer a short health screening questionnaire prior to entering the practic...e and hand sanitiser will be provided. Our patient restroom also now set up as a dedicated hand washing station for all patients to use as needed. Social distancing is maintained wherever possible at all times. To ensure this, no more than 3 patients will be in our waiting room together. Parents are encouraged to make themselves comfortable on our outside seating area or wait in the car. One of our team will be out to update you after the appointment. When chatting to our front desk team please position yourself at a safe distance on our bunny feet. Parents of new patients to the practice are invited to come in for this initial discussion if they are comfortable to do. If you or a family member has been unwell or in contact with coronavirus (either suspected or confirmed) within the last 14 days, please call 9723 4825 to reschedule your appointment. Likewise if anyone in your household is self isolating please call our front desk team to make an alternative appointment time with your Orthodontist. We appreciate your ongoing assistance, cooperation and understanding at this unprecedented time and are very much looking forward to seeing everyone over the upcoming months. Take care everyone! #stopthespread #covidsafe #washyourhands

22.01.2022 PLEASE BE ADVISED: Croydon Orthodontics will be closed this week, Monday 13 July- Friday 17 July, to assess how we are able to safely operate given the current rapidly developing coronavirus spread in Victoria. This is a preventative measure. We have had no cases of COVID-19 within our practice. A text message has been sent to all patients with appointments this week to advise that appointments scheduled this week will not proceed. We apologise that we will not be able to co...ntact everyone personally. We will be contacting you to reschedule these appointments as soon as possible. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience but feel that given the current rate of coronavirus spread it is in the best interest of both our team and our community. Towards the end of the week we will be reviewing our closure period and covidsafe practice policies. We will update our Facebook and Instagram pages as information becomes available and for guidance for emergency appointments. Please continue to check our socials for further information and patients scheduled for appointments at this time will be contacted if necessary. It is not necessary to contact the practice this week if you have an appointment in the weeks ahead. Please note: A skeleton staff will be at the practice. Genuine emergency patients experiencing sharp pain from appliances will be seen, strictly by appointment only. These appointments can be made by emailing the practice via ([email protected]) and please accompany your email with a photo of your concern. Our Oral Health Therapists are on call and will be ensuring patients are not in pain but will not be repairing breakages. Please note, broken brackets and lost/discoloured modules cannot be repaired at this time, thus do be mindful as to what you are eating throughout the week and as always, take care of your appliances. If you have run out of aligners or elastics or have had treatment completed in the last 12 months and have lost or broken a retainer please email us or call the practice on 9723 4825. Any other queries can be emailed though and we will respond as soon as we are able. We do understand that you may have some questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and how this affects your orthodontic care. We will be putting together an FAQ guide shortly to follow, to answer these questions. In these unprecedented times stay safe and healthy. Thank you for understanding and supporting our practice and community. We are truly grateful and are looking forward to seeing you all again soon.

22.01.2022 Croydon Orthodontics is open! We do appreciate and are very much aware of the uncertainty in our community at present. As always, the team at Croydon Orthodontics would like to reassure you that we are able to remain open for most appointments and making every endeavour to continue to provide our patients with the upmost quality in their orthodontic care throughout this time. Croydon Orthodontics will contact you should your appointment not be able to proceed at any given time.

20.01.2022 A bit of retainer inspiration for your Tuesday afternoon folks! Take a peek at just a handful of some of our favourite retainers (you may even notice your retainer in here ) Which one is your favourite?? ... For all those of you who have had your braces off appointments postponed we are deeply sorry and we are looking forward to rescheduling those when we are able to In the meantime, have a good think about what retainer design you would love to have (different colours, shapes, glitter, logos... SOOO many options... ) The only limit is your imagination #positivevibes #retainers #retainersmile #smile #smilemore #orthodontics #croydonorthodontics #covidsafe

20.01.2022 DAY 11 Can you guess which Christmas movie Billie is watching? Like and comment below with the movie title and your name to go into the draw to win a brand new Apple Watch series 4 valued at $769 Every correct guess one entry into the draw, Billie will be watching a different movie every night so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for him on our social media and keep guessing! Guess all 12 movie titles correctly and thats 12 chances to win! ... Must be a Croydon Orthodontics patient to enter and be following Croydon Orthodontics socials. Winner will be drawn at random at the conclusion of the 12 days of Croydon Ortho Christmas, patients can enter every day. Want a bonus entry into draw? Upload a selfie with #billiethebracket while you are at your next appointment!

19.01.2022 UPDATE As we are all aware the Victorian Government has announced new restrictions that see the wearing of face masks as a mandatory rule when leaving home from 11.59pm Wednesday 22nd July 2020. This means that all patients and families will be required to wear a mask upon entry to our practice effective from tomorrow. Dont forget to bring your sunnies (or your mums ) and mask to every appointment from tomorrow onwards team! ... Croydon Orthodontics is open and operating with ADA and ASO Level Two dental practice guidelines in place. As previously and to ensure compliance with government social distancing requirements and keep our community safe, we kindly ask that only healthy patients with no household members unwell attend their appointments. All patients will have their temperature taken, provided with hand sanitiser and be asked a series of health screening questions on arrival. Parents and siblings are asked to remain in the car or in our outdoor patient seating area. Patients are asked to bring along their own sunglasses for their appointment as we are unable to safely provide them at this time. Our communitys health and wellbeing is our upmost priority. Stay safe and take care from the team at Croydon Orthodontics and we are looking forward to seeing you (and your sunnies and masks!) all soon. #staysafe #dontforgetyoursunglasses #andyourmask #covidsafe #keepwashingthosehands

18.01.2022 How awesome do these retainers look?! Just a friendly reminder to continue to wear your retainers as instructed by your orthodontist until your next scheduled appointment. Your retainers are designed to keep your beautiful teeth straight Stay safe! ... #croydonorthodontics #straightteeth #retainers #retainersarecool #staysafe

18.01.2022 Dr David debunking the difference between Invisalign and Braces for your Tuesday morning. A reminder that Croydon Orthodontics will be closed this week, Monday 13 July- Friday 17 July as a preventative measure only. We have had no cases of COVID-19 within the practice and are currently assessing our COIVIDsafe policies and how we are able to safely continue operating given the current rapidly developing coronavirus spread in Victoria. We have prepared and posted an FAQ guide for our patients throughout this time. Any other queries can be emailed though to the practice via [email protected] and we will respond as promptly as possible. Take care, stay safe and healthy and keep washing your hards everyone - we are looking forward to seeing you all again soon!

18.01.2022 It’s November 24 and guess who’s just arrived back at Croydon Orthodontics! ... #guesswhosback #backagain #billysback #christmasiscoming #elfontheshelf #quarantineandchill #hohoho

16.01.2022 To our Croydon Orthodontics Family, We would like to thank you all for being so understanding and working with us to ensure the safety of our team and community at this unprecedented time. Croydon Orthodontics is open and operating with ADA and ASO Level Two dental practice guidelines in place. Should you have an appointment in the upcoming weeks and these restrictions affect your upcoming appointment, our reception team will contact you to reschedule this appointment. It i...s not necessary to contact the practice at this stage unless we have already been in touch! We continue to ask that only healthy patients with no household members unwell or in self isolation attend their appointments. Please contact reception for guidance regarding your appointment should you receive notice of school closure. All patients will have their temperature taken, provided with hand sanitiser, pre-procedural mouth rinse and be asked a series of health screening questions on arrival. We request patients bring along their own sunglasses and mask for appointments. As a reminder, to maintain compliance with government social distancing requirements parents and siblings are asked to remain in the car or in our outdoor patient seating areas while current restrictions are in place. Please be assured that our Orthodontists and clinical team will come out to you for any necessary discussion. If a parent does not feel that a child would be comfortable in attending an appointment unaccompanied, please dont hesitate in contacting reception so that we can reschedule the appointment for when current restrictions have eased for a time when we can again accomodate an extra person in the practice. As this is a rapidly changing time we are trying to keep our lines of communication as open as possible, please let us know if you need to update your email or telephone numbers to avoid any disappointment or unnecessary travel. As always, our communitys health and wellbeing is our upmost priority. Stay safe and take care from the team at Croydon Orthodontics and we are looking forward to seeing you all again soon. #staysafe #dontforgetyoursunglasses #maskupmelbourne #covidsafe #washyourhands

15.01.2022 DAY 12 LAST CHANCE TO ENTER Can you guess which Christmas movie Billie is watching? Like and comment below with the movie title and your name to go into the draw to win a brand new Apple Watch series 4 valued at $769 Every correct guess one entry into the draw, Billie will be watching a different movie every night so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for him on our social media and keep guessing! Guess all 12 movie titles correctly and thats 12 chances to win! ... Must be a Croydon Orthodontics patient to enter and be following Croydon Orthodontics socials. Winner will be drawn at random at the conclusion of the 12 days of Croydon Ortho Christmas, patients can enter every day. Want a bonus entry into draw? Upload a selfie with #billiethebracket while you are at your next appointment!

15.01.2022 FACT: Hand-washing remains the number one tip for preventing the spread of coronavirus. But for when soap and water is not available, Croydon Orthodontics have you covered ... Take yours home after your next appointment and lets get this virus to start vanishing! #maskup #sanitise #washyourhands #handwashingheroes #stopthespread

15.01.2022 Due to COVID-19 restrictions on our practice upcoming non-essential appointments will now be postponed. Our reception team will be in touch to facilitate this process. Please contact the practice via email [email protected] for all emergencies accompanied by a photo and we will be in touch ASAP to assist. We would like to thank everyone for the patience, understanding and cooperation at this challenging time. Updates will continue to be posted to both our Facebook and Instagram accounts, please continue to check in for regular updates. Any queries can be emailed through to our friendly reception team for assistance. In these unprecedented times please take care and stay healthy.

15.01.2022 Ho Ho Ho and Happy New Year from Croydon Orthodontics! We are still closed for the Christmas holiday break but will reopen Monday 6th of January at 8.00am and we are looking forward to seeing you all again in 2020. For any urgent enquires please email [email protected] and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

14.01.2022 HO HO HO! Big congratulations to our winner of the Croydon Ortho 12 days of Christmas Competition Harper! WOO HOO!! Huge thank you to all our sensational patients for getting so pumped about our competition, we had over 800 entries! Keep your eyes on our social accounts next year for our next awesome competition! Merry Christmas everyone and well done to Dr Davids superstar patient Harper! #hohoho #croydonorthodontics #billiethebracket #wehaveawinner

14.01.2022 Croydon Orthodontics is taking a short break and will be closed both Monday 2 November and Tuesday 3 November. The practice will reopen again at 8.30am Wednesday 4 November. For all urgent care and emergencies please email [email protected] and we will be in touch as soon as possible. Please note our phones will not be manned this weekend and all answering machine messages will be answered on Wednesday morning. Take care everyone and enjoy the long weekend!

14.01.2022 FIGHT THOSE ISOLATION FUZZIES TEAM Keep these items on you at all times to ensure you are prepared to care for your braces Repost from @orthodonticsaustralia .... . . . . #orthodonticsaustralia #orthodonticsau #orthodonticcarekit #orthodontictreatments #braces #newsmile See more

14.01.2022 R U OK?? We know the last few months have been a challenge for everyone, so today is a timely reminder to check in on your loved ones We miss our Croydon Orthodontics family and we hope you are all doing OK! ... #ruokday #itsokaynottobeokay #itsgoingtobeagoodday #croydonorthodontics

14.01.2022 Wishing our community love, goodness, strength, resilience and kindness for the weeks ahead. Keep up the great work everyone!

13.01.2022 National Dental Assistant week Everyone meet Georgia, G-UNIT or George. 1. What is your dental super power? I am like elastic girl from the incredibles because I can always squeeze into small spaces ... 2. At which store would you like to max-out your credit card? Flight centre or Range Rover 3. What are three things still left on your bucket list? Go to India, buy a Range Rover and buy a mansion 4. What was your favourite TV show as a kid? Bananas in pyjamas 5. What is your favourite cereal? Fruit loops Happy National Dental Assistant week #nationaldentalassistantweek #orthodontics #croydonorthodontics

13.01.2022 COVID-19 UPDATE YES! Croydon Orthodontics is open! From today forward, we will be looking to reschedule all non-essential appointments, we will be in touch were appropriate. All updates will be posted directly to our social media pages. ... We do appreciate and are very much aware of the uncertainty in our community at present. As always, the team at Croydon Orthodontics would like to reassure you that we are able to remain open for most appointments and making every endeavour to continue to provide our patients with the upmost quality in their orthodontic care throughout this time. Croydon Orthodontics will contact you should your appointment not be able to proceed at any given time.

13.01.2022 WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! As of next week Croydon Orthodontics will be open and operating with ADA and ASO Level Two dental practice guidelines in place. Should this affect your upcoming appointment our reception team will contact you to reschedule this appointment. It is not necessary to contact the practice at this stage unless we have already been in touch! We thank you once again for your patience and understanding at this time. We will always provide further updates as th...ey become available and if any changes occur. Should you have not been able to attend your appointment this week, we do again apologise and please be assured our reception team are working super hard, and will be continuing to make contact with you all from 8.30am Monday morning. Please keep your mobiles handy, if you are yet to hear from us, it is not necessary to call the practice, we have not forgotten you! We thank you all again for your understanding and for being so patient this week. As previously and to ensure compliance with government social distancing requirements and keep our community safe, we kindly ask that only healthy patients with no household members unwell attend their appointments. All patients will have their temperature taken, provided with hand sanitiser and be asked a series of health screening questions on arrival. Parents and siblings are asked to remain in the car or in our outdoor patient seating area. Patients are asked to bring along their own sunnies for their appointment as we are unable to safely provide them at this time. As this is a rapidly changing time we are trying to keep our lines of communication as open as possible, please let us know if you need to update your email or telephone numbers to avoid any disappointment or unnecessary travel. Our communitys health and wellbeing is our upmost priority. Stay safe and take care from the team at Croydon Orthodontics, we thank you once again for your cooperation and understanding and we are looking forward to seeing you all soon!

13.01.2022 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DOG DAY TO ALL THE POOCHES OUT THERE At Croydon Orthodontics we LOVE our furry friends! Who else greets you like youve been gone a century when you only disappeared for 5 minutes? ... Who else can you watch TV with, without them hogging the remote? Not only do they love to snuggle, they are definitely the best at it Dont forget to do give your four- legged friends some extra love today #doglove #dogday #dogsofinsta #dogsofintagram #internationaldogday #furryfriends #pawsome #covidsafe

11.01.2022 OUR APOLOGIES - we are having some tech issues this morning with our internet, phones and emails. We thank you for your patience while we get everything back online. For all urgent enquires and emergencies please send us a Facebook message and we will be in touch as soon as possible. For all other enquires, please bear with us and we will be back online soon!

10.01.2022 WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! Croydon Orthodontics is open and continuing to operate with ADA and ASO Level Two dental practice guidelines in place. As previously, and to ensure continued compliance with government social distancing requirements and keep our community safe, we kindly ask that only healthy patients with no household members unwell attend their appointments. All patients will have their temperature taken, provided with hand sanitiser, pre-procedural mouth rinse and be ...asked a series of health screening questions on arrival. Parents and siblings are asked to remain in the car or in our outdoor patient seating area. Patients are asked to bring along their own mask and sunglasses for their appointment as we are unable to safely provide them at this time. We very much appreciate your ongoing assistance, support and understanding at this unprecedented time. Take care everyone #stayhomestaysafe #covidsafe #maskupmelbourne #washyourhands

10.01.2022 DAY 8 Can you guess which Christmas movie Billie is watching? Like and comment below with the movie title and your name to go into the draw to win a brand new Apple Watch series 4 valued at $769 Every correct guess one entry into the draw, Billie will be watching a different movie every night so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for him on our social media and keep guessing! Guess all 12 movie titles correctly and thats 12 chances to win! ... Must be a Croydon Orthodontics patient to enter and be following Croydon Orthodontics socials. Winner will be drawn at random at the conclusion of the 12 days of Croydon Ortho Christmas, patients can enter every day. Want a bonus entry into draw? Upload a selfie with #billiethebracket while you are at your next appointment!

10.01.2022 A local school is closed for deep cleaning as a result of a positive coronavirus test. As a result, we will be unable to see families in attendance of this school for any appointments for the next two weeks. Should this affect your upcoming appointment please call our reception team on 9723 4825 to reschedule your appointment. We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your assistance in keeping our community as safe as possible at this time.

10.01.2022 DAY 9 Can you guess which Christmas movie Billie is watching? Like and comment below with the movie title and your name to go into the draw to win a brand new Apple Watch series 4 valued at $769 Every correct guess one entry into the draw, Billie will be watching a different movie every night so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for him on our social media and keep guessing! Guess all 12 movie titles correctly and thats 12 chances to win! ... Must be a Croydon Orthodontics patient to enter and be following Croydon Orthodontics socials. Winner will be drawn at random at the conclusion of the 12 days of Croydon Ortho Christmas, patients can enter every day. Want a bonus entry into draw? Upload a selfie with #billiethebracket while you are at your next appointment!

09.01.2022 II *** Croydon Orthodontics will be closed this long weekend and we will be back up and running again on Wednesday the 4th of November @ 8.30am For all emergencies please email [email protected] or message us via Facebook Take care and enjoy the beautiful long weekend with your family II***

09.01.2022 Wishing everyone a Happy Easter break from the team at Croydon Orthodontics! We will be taking a short break over the Easter period and will return to the clinic for essential appointments Tuesday 14 April at 8.00am. Please email [email protected] with a photo for any concerns or emergencies over the break rather than leaving a message on our answering machine and we will get back to you ASAP. ... Take care and stay safe and well everyone and be sure to avoid any hard sticky lollies the Easter Bunny may bring to avoid any breakages of your braces over the break...!

08.01.2022 To our Croydon Orthodontics Family, Thank you for being patient with us while we are still awaiting further information from the Australian Dental Board and the Australian Orthodontic Society regarding dental practices and Victorian stage three lockdown. Please rest assured that we will forward further information onto you as soon as we have confirmed updates. Please do not call the rooms should you have an upcomming appointment in the next 6 weeks. We will contact you should... this appointment need to be rescheduled once we have received guidance as to how the dental industry is to proceed with the stage three restrictions in place. Appointments will be proceeding as scheduled at this stage, until we receive direction otherwise. As always, to ensure compliance with government social distancing requirements and keep our community safe, we kindly ask that only healthy patients with no household members unwell attend their appointments. All patients will have their temperature taken, provided with hand sanitiser and be asked a series of health screening questions on arrival. Parents and siblings are asked to remain in the car or in our outdoors patient seating area. We thank you for your assistance, understanding and cooperation at this time and will update everyone as soon as more information becomes available. Until then, please stay home and stay safe everyone.

08.01.2022 In compliance with Victorian Government directives, we now must provide ESSENTIAL CARE ONLY at Croydon Orthodontics throughout this lockdown period. Please be aware that no scheduled routine care appointments are able to proceed during this time. A text messages will be sent to all patients affected by these restrictions ahead of their appointment time. We will be placing all patients onto our priority care list and will be contacting you to reschedule these appointments as ...soon as possible. We will update our Facebook and Instagram pages as information becomes available and for guidance for emergency appointments. Please continue to check our socials for further information and patients scheduled for appointments at this time will be contacted if necessary. It is not necessary to contact the practice if you have an appointment in the weeks ahead. Commencing Monday 10 August our practice reception hours will be reduced to 9am though to 5pm only. Outside of these hours telephones will divert to our practice answering machine and essential care will be provided strictly by appointment only. For all urgent questions or any emergencies causing significant pain or discomfort please email [email protected] accompanied by a photo of your concern, and we will triage care or advise how this can be managed at home. Please note: A skeleton staff will be at the practice. Genuine emergency patients experiencing sharp pain from appliances will be seen, strictly by appointment only. These appointments can be made by emailing the practice via ([email protected]) and please accompany your email with a photo of your concern. Our Oral Health Therapists will be ensuring patients are not in pain during this time but will not be repairing breakages not causing pain. Please note, broken brackets and lost/discoloured modules cannot be repaired at this time, thus do be mindful as to what you are eating throughout the week and as always, take care of your appliances. If you require wax or elastics please email reception and we will arrange these to be posted to you. If you have run out of aligners or have had treatment completed in the last 12 months and have lost or broken a retainer please email us or call the practice on 9723 4825. Any other queries can be emailed though and we will respond as soon as we are able during this time. We do understand that you may have some questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and how this affects your orthodontic care. Our FAQ guide for care can be found below on our Facebook page. We wish all our Croydon Orthodontics Families well in these challenging times, may you all stay safe and healthy. Thank you as always for your understanding, supporting our practice and community. We are truly grateful and are looking forward to seeing you all again soon. Take care everyone, and we are only an email or phone call away!

08.01.2022 With only a few sleeps to go before Christmas we hope everyone’s retainers are getting the love they deserve ..! Don’t let them get lonely in their cases over the holidays team! Croydon Orthodontics will be taking some time off during Christmas and New Year to spend some quality time with family and friends. We will be closed from 1pm 22 December and will reopen 5 January 2021. During this time, please email [email protected] accompanied by a photo for ...any urgent enquires/ emergencies and we will be in touch ASAP. Please note our answering machine will be unattended throughout this time. Wishing all our Croydon Orthodontics family a wonderful festive period and we are looking forward to seeing you all again in the new year! Merry Christmas to all!

07.01.2022 Merry Christmas everyone! We sadly are closing for the Christmas break today and will be returning back on the 6th of January 8am 2020!!!! all emergencies can be emailed through along with a contact number to our practice email [email protected] We hope you all have a safe Christmas break and we shall see you all in the NY lots of love xxxx

05.01.2022 GREAT NEWS! Easing of restrictions for dental and allied health services now allows us to resume some non-urgent face-to-face procedures at Croydon Orthodontics! Commencing Monday September 28 we will reopen our appointment books to commence care appointments for patients in active treatment only. Sadly, some limitations are still in place upon dental services. This means we are still required to defer some appointments, including some progress reviews and retainer appointmen...ts to a later date. Please rest assured we will be in touch with everyone who has had an appointment postponed over the last eight weeks to reschedule these while also maintaining a covidsafe environment for both our community and staff. Our reception team are super busy working their way through every cancelled appointment and rescheduling these as fairly as possible and ensuring that these patients are prioritised, this will take some time. We ask for your understanding and patience with our reception team as they undertake this mammoth task. Should your family have had an appointment affected by previous restrictions, we will be in contact. There is no need to contact the practice at this stage, we will be in touch with your new appointment time. Our team and community safety is of paramount importance throughout this time, so scheduling and flow of your appointments will look a little bit different too! As previously, and to ensure continued compliance with government social distancing requirements, we kindly ask that only healthy patients with no household members unwell attend their appointments. All patients will have their temperature taken, provided with hand sanitiser, pre-procedural mouth rinse and be asked a series of health screening questions on arrival. Parents and siblings are asked to remain in the car or in our outdoor patient seating area. Should parents wish to chat with our Orthodontists your children are most welcome to bring a phone or iPad into their appointment to listen in or ask any questions. Patients are asked to bring along their own mask and sunglasses for their appointment as we are unable to safely provide them at this time. We very much appreciate your ongoing assistance, support and understanding at this unprecedented time. Take care everyone we are very much looking forward to seeing you all again soon!

04.01.2022 DAY 10 Can you guess which Christmas movie Billie is watching? Like and comment below with the movie title and your name to go into the draw to win a brand new Apple Watch series 4 valued at $769 Every correct guess one entry into the draw, Billie will be watching a different movie every night so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for him on our social media and keep guessing! Guess all 12 movie titles correctly and thats 12 chances to win! ... Must be a Croydon Orthodontics patient to enter and be following Croydon Orthodontics socials. Winner will be drawn at random at the conclusion of the 12 days of Croydon Ortho Christmas, patients can enter every day. Want a bonus entry into draw? Upload a selfie with #billiethebracket while you are at your next appointment!

03.01.2022 A small number of local schools are closed for deep cleaning as a result of a positive coronavirus test. Families in attendance of these schools will have already been contacted by DHHS. As a result, we will be unable to see families in attendance of these schools for any appointments for the next two weeks should they have attended onsite learning this term. Should this affect your upcoming appointment please call our reception team on 9723 4825 to reschedule your appointment. Likewise if you are at all uncertain please contact the practice. We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your assistance in keeping our community as safe as possible at this time.

03.01.2022 We’re all a bit further apart this year, but here’s an OLD happy grand final weekend from the team at Croydon Orthodontics P.S. Pre COVID-19. #croydonorthodontics #footy #precovid19 #gotigers #gocats #whowillwin

02.01.2022 Did you know that the average person spends more than 38.5 days in their lifetime brushing their teeth While we are on the topic of oral hygiene, wed like to take the opportunity to discuss the importance of brushing, particularly around your braces and orthodontic appliances. The picture above is the difference between healthy and unhealthy gums and teeth after braces have been removed. These white marks on the tooth surface act sort of like a "birth mark" on your t...eeth and are quite difficult to remove once they appear. Therefore the best course of action is to prevent them! White spots can happen for a number of reasons. Allowing soft, furry plaque to build up and stay on your teeth and around brackets for a prolonged period of time is a big factor that results in this demineralisation. An excessive intake of sugary drinks which hang around your braces can also result in these marks. At Croydon Orthodontics we find that a little bit extra TOOTH TLC makes a HUGE difference! We find that spending extra time brushing around your appliances, as well as the use of piksters and super floss/floss threaders super helpful in keeping your teeth and gums healthy. Maybe you find this works for you too? If it does, keep it up Please remember to take care of yourself while were in this unprecedented time, and that of course includes taking care of your TEETH! Were looking forward to seeing all of our wonderful patients at your upcoming appointments with sparkling clean teeth #croydonorthodontics #braces #brushyourteeth #piksters #healthyteeth #healthygums

02.01.2022 WE HAVE A WINNER!! Congratulations Harper you have just won an Apple Watch Series 4

01.01.2022 Happy International Womens day/ National Dental Assistant week We are so lucky to have such an awesome clinical team at Croydon Orthodontics ! You are all amazing and great at your job Thank you for the consistent dedication and effort you put in day in day out. We are also closed for the long weekend and re open on Tuesday the 10th of March @8am. Any emergencies please email the clinic email address: [email protected] #croydonorthodontics #dentaassistantweek #internationalwomensday #orthodontics #team #girlpower @ Croydon Orthodontics