We Want Our Patients to Smile to the Best of their Curves!
Orthodontic Experts want patients to get a functional bite with bright extended smiles on their faces within the relaxing environment of our orthodontic care clinic.
Our professional orthodontists in Merrillville don’t miss a single opportunity to make use of something that can help in the most advantageous way to straighten the kids, teens, and adults’ teeth and give them a new smile for the rest of their life.

Orthodontist Merrillville
The Orthodontic Experts’ team highly focuses on making the treatment as smooth as possible for the patients. Our orthodontists in Merrillville are all board certified and they make the use of the orthodontic appliances in a well-decided way to straighten the crooked and crowded teeth.
The clinic creates a friendly environment for the nervous patients reaching first time with their major or minor orthodontic problems. The orthodontist makes them comfortable and satisfies them by explaining the complete process even before the treatment starts.
We are ready to treat you with a low budget. You just need to ask our financial advisor about the different easy payment opportunities and you are done with your untroubled treatment.
Meet Our Orthodontist
Dr. Yaroslav Yarmolyuk
“For me, orthodontics is more than just straightening teeth. Orthodontics is the way of helping my patients to improve their lives by giving them a beautiful, healthy, and confident smile. Orthodontic treatment changes lives by making patients’ smiles more attractive and significantly improving their confidence and self-esteem. I am proud to be able to provide orthodontic treatment to the residents of Arlington Heights and neighboring areas,” says Arlington Heights’ orthodontist, Dr. Yarmolyuk. Learn more about Dr. Y…

Dr. Jonathan Rakstang
Dr. Rakstang is originally from Oak Park, IL. He had braces as a teenager and appreciates the benefits of orthodontic treatment. He enjoys creating beautiful, healthy smiles for his patients and having a positive impact on their lives, just as his orthodontist did for him! He is excited to move back home to Chicago to be closer to his family and to join the Orthodontic Experts team! Learn more about Dr. Rakstang…

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Payment and Discounts
Those patients who are looking for some discount plans or easy paying methods for long-term treatment with an orthodontist in Merrillville can check below mentioned plans that had created ease for many patients over years.
- Your first visit is your free initial consultation with no cost at all!
- Dental insurance plans including (Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Delta Dental, Metlife, Huaman, Cigna, Guardian, United Health care, All Kids, and Medicaid) can help patients to get the treatment done with partial or zero payment based on their health plan financial coverage.
- In-house payment plans will meet your budget easily.
- Credit cards including Visa, MasterCard, and Amex are accepted.
- Treatment costs can be paid in 60 monthly installments with (CareCredit) at no interest.

Affordable and Quality Orthodontic Care
Don’t have insurance? Have a high deductible plan? Orthodontic Experts offers low self-pay rates for our services
Give us a call to learn about the additional savings if treatments are paid in full. Insurance that we accept:
Orthodontic Treatments we Offer
The treatment our Orthodontist in Merrillville’s clinic offers range from traditional metal braces, to iconix braces and invisible Invisalign. All are designed to give comfort to the patient and correct their jaws and teeth alignment in the fastest and most effective way.
Metal Braces
The traditional Metal Braces Merrillville is the most trusted braces over the decades that treat the patients with suitable outcomes. This braces type put pressure on the teeth and jaws that shift teeth towards the correct straight position. It is designed with two basic units; the metal wires and the metal brackets with its high durability you will get treated correctly.
Iconix Braces
Those who are looking for the beauty aspect within the braces attachment can fully trust the new addition to the orthodontic Experts’ care appliances called the Iconix braces. Designed with rose-gold brackets color is different compared to the metal brackets. These Iconix Braces Merrillville easily sits with teeth natural color giving a pleasing impact to the adults’ and teens’ teeth.
Invisalign
Orthodontic Experts is a Diamond Invisalign provider which means that we have had a bunch of satisfied customers over years, especially the adults. Invisalign is designed with a plastic aligners tray set with no metallic material present. Some bad bites are corrected through Invisalign in the best way. Invisalign in Merrillville will make your adults get aesthetically loving smiles on their faces.
Schedule a Free Consultation!
The Orthodontist in Merrillville charges you nothing for your first visit, so stop thinking and reach our clinic fastly to use this opportunity with maximum benefits.
The consultation is done in 4 steps.
1
The orthodontist reviews the patient medical and dental history.
2
Scans and X-rays with the complete examination is done.
3
Treatment plans with their duration and different beneficial insurance and payment plans are discussed.
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Once the patient’s mind is fully set a final customized treatment plan is put forward to get started with the treatment.
Knwoledge Lab
Before your treatment, if you want some satisfactory knowledge about orthodontics and all orthodontic care braces including metal braces and Invisalign. Further, want to know about their process working simply just check out our “Ask an Orthodontist series”. You will get all the information just in 60-seconds.
Our Merrillville Office Provides Orthodontic Treatment to the Residents of Merrillville and Its Neighboring Towns
How Our Patients Describe us


Dana Filimon
21. March, 2022.
Really clean and they were fast

mireya
25. February, 2022.
Odalys and Lisa are super sweet, thank you for the help!! Thank you doctor!!! 🦆

Y Villegas
23. February, 2022.
Love this place! The staff is extremely friendly and knowledgeable. They are always so welcoming.

sachin shah
28. January, 2022.
“It was a great experience. good & helpful people. knowledgeable doctor and associate. they understand your needs. my sister just finished her treatment and today i started based on her experiences.”

Erika selene Elicea
28. January, 2022.
Excelente servicio todos muy amables

Jocelyn Vasquez
25. January, 2022.
The workers are very nice and welcoming!!! Love coming here!

Dana Wheeler
16. January, 2022.
Excellent
FAQ's
An orthodontist provides a special type of dental care to kids, teens, and adults by diagnosing crowded teeth, crooked teeth and misaligned teeth and jaws with the help of orthodontic appliances including braces and Invisalign.
If you find yourself in severe pain including eating issues with speech problems and further breathing problems, due to your crowded teeth then it is the best time to visit an orthodontist.
The process of wearing braces requires a long time where you need to wear them for about 18- 24 months based on the recovery of your misaligned teeth.
Retainers are the customized appliances that are prescribed by the orthodontist after your braces are off. This stage is called the post-treatment phase where retainers must be worn for about 22 hours a day. If the wearing process is not done properly, the positioned teeth after the treatment will get back to the old misaligned position.
This is the most repetitive question especially the children ask about their favorite food with braces. And yes! There is a huge restriction with braces regarding the food. The orthodontist strictly avoids eating hard, sticky and chewy foods with braces.
Following your orthodontic care will always save you from any oral health injury. In case of an orthodontic emergency for braces having a broken wire, on urgent basis, you must use a clipper to cut the wire or use an orthodontic wax provided by the orthodontist. However, you should seek an appointment in future for a professional care. If the elastic bands are broken you must carry extra elastic bands with you every time in your orthodontic care kit.