Doctor helps bring smiles to St. Louis-area kids whose families can’t afford orthodontics The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently wrote about Dr. Markarian’s work with Smiles Change Lives. The orthodontist has donated his services for more than 10 years through the Smiles Change Lives program, which partners with 750 orthodontists nationwide to get care for kids who…

February was National Children’s Dental Health Month (NCDHM) and Drs. Markarian and Hood-Olson visited several of the local elementary schools to educate 3rd and 4th grade children about the importance of taking care of the teeth.  Along with a very fun and educational presentation, featuring a horse puppet with human teeth that the kids got…

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On February 25th in Dallas, Texas, Dr. Randall Markarian successfully presented six cases that he treated to maintain his American Board of Orthodontics certification. Dr. Markarian’s initial certification (5 year certification) was granted by passing a rigorous 6 hour written examination and completion of his orthodontic residency in 1994. The recertification is the most difficult…

We recently completed a new video. You can see and hear from a few of our great patients, plus see the Markarian Orthodontics team at work.

It is February again and Dr. Markarian and Dr. Hood-Olson are going out to visit grade schools to talk to children about taking care of their teeth. On February 5th, Dr. Markarian returned to his home town of Granite City to talk to the kids at Neidringhaus School and his own grade school, Frohardt School….