How To Get Started

Like all good things in life, orthodontic equipment wasn't invented, it evolved over time. — Bob Ross

Functional and Aesthetic Design

Since most of your productive time is spent in the bay area, this is where working with an experienced designer benefits you the most. It expedites the process of balancing your needs and considerations. The parameters of the site with a functional and aesthetic design will permit:

  • A comfortable workflow
  • Easy access to all instrumentation
  • Well-balanced lighting
  • An efficient arrangement of treatment, support, conference and patient education area

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. Carefully review the current office. List the things and areas that function well so that they are not overlooked in your new office. Also, make a list of the areas that need improvement.
  2. Fill out the “Office Design Questionnaire”. Every doctor has his or her own method of working and organizing. The questionnaire is designed to communicate all pertinent information that will help us design an office to fit your goals and requirements. It also assists us in organizing and arranging priorities for the new office. The more you can input specific needs and concerns, the better your finished office will be.
  3. Get a scaled floor plan of the space showing window and door locations, electric service location (fuse panel), existing bathrooms and locations of physical items that cannot be moved. We require field measurements to verify physical sizes before any drawings can be made.
  4. Mail the questionnaire and the floor plan along with the design deposit. The deposit is your total cost for your space study and dimensioned locations for the orthodontic equipment.
  5. After we receive and analyze the questionnaire and floor plan, we will confer with you about the various aspects of the space study design.
    • We will prepare a preliminary plan and a copy will be mailed or faxed to you.
    • Upon receipt, please review the plan and make notes of any changes, corrections or items that should be included.
    • Call us at 1-800-247-4109 if you have questions, or to discuss any part of the plan.
    • Return to Ross Orthodontic a copy of the plan marked with your changes.
  6. We will modify the preliminary plan with your comments and suggestions and prepare a modified plan.
  7. When modifications are complete, a final plan will be drawn to ¼” = 1’0” scale. Upon request, we may also provide you with a computer disk containing our drawings in a DXF file. We will also dimension chair centers and utility locations for the orthodontic equipment.