STORY: OVER 60 ORTHO

SCRIPT #504 SHOOT: 3/4/03

AIRDATE: Monday, April 14, 2003

DHC Master #17 Timecode: 39:34 Is it ever too late to get braces on your

teeth? Dentists say no. In fact,

business is booming in orthodontic offices among patients over age sixty.

SOVT: 1:43 Dr. Linda Niessen has the story in

today’s Dental Health Check.

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MARILYN WALKS INTO OFFICE (VOICE-OVER)

SUPER: Plano :02-07 Marilyn Lee sells real estate.

BILL GETS OUT OF CAR Bill Powell sells insurance.

CLOSE UP OF BRACES Both of them feel a friendly smile

can help make a sale. But in order to

hide their crooked teeth, they only

manage a weak grin.

SUPER: Bill Powell :22-26 (“So it was half appearance and half

Ortho Patient health issue. I’m 61 years old and wear

braces. So that’s kind of unique.”)

SUPER: Marilyn Lee :28-33 (“I noticed the overbite was becoming more

Ortho Patient pronounced and it was making me self-conscious. I decided to do something about it.”)

ON CAMERA (STAND-UP BRIDGE)

SUPER: Dr. Linda Niessen :38-42 The only requirement to be an orthodontic

Baylor College of Dentistry patient is to have healthy teeth and

gums. There is no age limit.

SUPER: Dr. Mark Ozier :46-51 (“Really as long as you have healthy

Orthodontist teeth and your dentist is saying you’re

healthy and your gums are healthy.

There’s absolutely no reason why we can’t move teeth orthodontially.”)

TWO-SHOT Dr. Mark Ozier says patients over sixty

complain less and cooperate more than

their younger counterparts.

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DR. OZIER (“Better cooperation with the adult. You can only imagine why. There’s something

to be said for maturity. And who’s paying

for it maybe.”)

WIRES Dr. Ozier uses a type of orthodontic

wire made out of shape memory alloy.

The special wire translates into fewer visits and greater patient comfort.

MARILYN SMILE CLOSE UP Marilyn spent two years in her braces, which were removed six months ago.

MARILYN LEE (“I wish I had done it earlier. I’m

glad I did it.”)

BILL’S SMILE CLOSE-UP Bill completes his treatment in another

year.

BILL POWELL (“No I don’t think it’s ever too late.”)

ON CAMERA (STAND-UP CLOSE)

So if you have grandchildren in

braces, that might be your best

referral. You might ask them, who

is your orthodontist? For Baylor

College of Dentistry, Texas A & M

System, I’m Dr. Linda Niessen.