Areas We Serve
Orthodontic care for children, teens and adults from Southwest Ranches, planned and delivered at our single office in Weston.
Southwest Ranches, Florida
Families who choose Southwest Ranches tend to want space around them: open land, animals, children outdoors, and a week that is not built around waiting rooms. Orthodontic care fits that life best when the plan is deliberate rather than improvised, and when the number of visits is a known quantity from the start.
We are a single-location practice in Weston, and Southwest Ranches is one of the communities we welcome. Every consultation, records appointment and adjustment happens in the same office, so your child's treatment is reviewed by the same orthodontist from the first look through retention.
Treatment Options
Outdoor days, animals and sport do not rule out any treatment. They do change the conversation about what suits the person wearing it, and about who is responsible for keeping it clean and intact.
Fixed braces ask nothing of the wearer between visits, which is an advantage in a household with early mornings and evenings spent outside. The trade-off is attention: brackets need careful brushing, and protection during contact sport is discussed before treatment starts.
Braces in WestonRemovable aligners are out of the mouth for meals, which families often prefer when a teenager eats away from home several times a week. In exchange, the aligners have to be worn on schedule and kept track of.
Invisalign clear alignersA first evaluation is recommended no later than age seven, while both growth and the mix of baby and permanent teeth still provide useful information. Many children are monitored rather than treated, but the record of how a bite develops is worth having early.
Interceptive orthodonticsRetention is the part of treatment without a finish line. For a family thinking in years, understanding retainer wear and what to do about a lost or damaged retainer matters as much as the appliance that straightened the teeth.
Orthodontic retainersAdults are welcome too, including anyone whose teeth have shifted since earlier treatment, and anyone who was never treated at all. Adult orthodontics
Your Consultation
Every consultation follows the same careful sequence, whether the patient is six or sixty. Nothing is decided before the examination, and nothing begins before your questions are answered.
We start with what brought you in: what you have noticed, what you hope could change, and anything a dentist has already mentioned. For a child, that conversation includes the parent.
Dr. Caldas examines the teeth, the bite and how the jaws relate. For younger patients, eruption and growth are part of that assessment.
Photographs, imaging or a scan may be taken so the orthodontic picture is documented rather than estimated, and so movement can be planned and measured.
You hear what treatment could address, which options fit your case, and what the alternatives are, including monitoring. You leave understanding the recommendation and its reasoning.
If you would rather not book an appointment yet, the free smile consultation is a lighter first step: send three photographs, Dr. Caldas reviews them, and we reply with clear next steps.
Start a free smile consultationVisiting the Practice
Appointments from Southwest Ranches are planned rather than spontaneous, so each visit is kept purposeful: what will be checked, what changed since last time, and when the next visit should be. Between visits, the office is reachable by phone and email for the small questions that can be answered without driving in.
Address
Caldas Orthodontics has a single office. Consultations, records, adjustments and retainer checks all take place at:
Caldas Orthodontics2575 Glades Cir, Suite 2Office hours
Questions
Your Next Step
If you have been meaning to have a bite looked at, or to find out whether treatment is even needed, a consultation at our Weston office is the place to start.
Caldas Orthodontics
We typically reply within a day