Dr. Ted began practising the specialty of orthodontics in Collingwood in 2001 after working for many years in Toronto and the GTA. For many years he was an instructor at the University of Toronto in the Graduate Orthodontic Clinic on a part-time basis, helping to train dentists to become orthodontists. He has sat on the governing committees of the Ontario Association of Orthodontists, the Canadian Association of Orthodontists, the University of Toronto Faculty Council, and the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, the licensing body for dentistry in this province.

 

 

BROOKE joined in spring 2021 and ALMA joined us later that year in the fall. Their responsibilities include placing and removing braces, tying in and removing archwires, helping our patients with their elastics etc. and with maintaining good oral hygiene as part of overall patient care.

 

VICKI is our Level II Orthodontic Assistant. She takes the impressions, x-rays and photographs and assists Dr. Schipper and our hygienists in the treatment area. She helps patients with their retainers and helps them maintain good oral hygiene. Vicki joined the Collingwood Orthodontics Team early in 2021.

 

 

COLETTE is our Business Assistant and Treatment Co-ordinator (T.C.). She is responsible for the administrative aspects of the practice, including greeting you in person or on the telephone, maintaining our daily schedule, overseeing patient accounts, and any other general business matters. As our T.C., Colette is the liaison between our practice, our patients and parents, and your family dentist or other specialists. Colette is also a Level II Orthodontic Assistant and will help out with the Clinic Team from time to time. Colette joined Collingwood Orthodontics in 2017.