The Okubo Smile
We provide the foundation for a lifetime of optimal dental health. Straight teeth are a side effect of good function and stability. Our goal is a broad full smile, American Board of Orthodontics standard of care tooth alignment as well as stable position and ideal function.
- We are not an assembly line orthodontic factory.
- Our practice is always evolving, but one thing that never changes is that every appliance and custom arch wire is fabricated by Dr. O.
- We use innovative orthodontic techniques to activate bone to expand adult arches with removable appliances, avoiding surgical treatment.
- 20% of our patients have transferred their treatment from someone else.
- Our motto is “to do things right the first time.”
Let us be your first orthodontist
Please contact us to schedule a free exam, for your very own Okubo Smile.
Meet Dr. Byron Okubo
Dr Okubo’s treatment philosophy began about age 5. He spent hours trying to make perfect origami animals and paper airplanes. He wanted the results from his hands to be as uniform as something made by a machine.
At age 15, Dr. O had an opportunity to become an orthodontic technician. He learned how teeth are shaped and about occlusion (how teeth fit together). Most importantly, he learned where the brackets should be positioned to reproduce optimal, consistent results with every case. After high school, he started Okubo Orthodontic Appliances Lab. Orthodontists often asked him to design custom removable appliances so they could finish difficult cases they could not treat with traditional “braces.”
Continuous treatment improvement has been the result of an understanding of biomechanics. Because our practice consists of 20% transfer patients who are being retreated, we are better able to evaluate what new products are worthwhile and which are not. Our practice is always evolving, but one thing that never changes is that every appliance and custom wire is made by Dr. O. There is no assembly line orthodontics with multiple assistants because each patient is unique and deserves personalized thought and consideration. A board quality orthodontic result can only be achieved when a board-certified orthodontist performs all the treatment. Dr O completed his dental training, orthodontic residency and a master’s degree in orthodontics at the Washington University School of Dental Medicine. His ABO board certification was earned in 2006.
Dr O was born and raised in Utah and is now giving back to the community by working every day to be the best orthodontist in Utah or Nevada. He has the pleasure of working with amazing staff who are parents of patients. With offices in Magna, Sandy / Midvale, Wendover, and Elko, top quality orthodontic care, braces and teeth alignment are much more readily available.

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