My daughter has been a patient of Dr Michael at the Bloomingdale office. She started the first phase when she was young with an expander. Everyone made her feel comfortable and she breezed through that phase. A couple years later she was ready for braces. She has only had her braces on 8 months and I believe because we used the expander when she was young, she will be done with her braces in just 6 more months (a little more than a year!) We can't thank Dr Abdoney and all of his staff for such a wonderful experience. We will be reminded every day by looking at her terrific smile!