Dr. Gomez s patients know she values and respects them. With her warm and friendly personality, her gentle voice, and her small hands, Dr. Gomez places her patients at ease. They appreciate the respect she shows in the ways she values her patients time, and her careful explanations of procedures to involve them as participants in their own care.
After fourteen years of practicing dentistry in San Franciscos Public Health Department, Dr. Gomez entered the highly regarded University of the Pacifics Graduate Orthodontic Program -- one of the leading programs in the country -- and earned a Certificate in Orthodontics and a Masters of Science in Dentistry. Dr. Gomez s molecular genetics research in the Universitys craniofacial laboratory took her to Guatemala, Peru, and the Philippines to care for cleft lip and palate patients. She co-authored two papers which both earned the Harry Sicher Research Award, given for clinical research papers of unusual merit related to orthodontics.
Dr. Maybelle Gomez comes from a family of dentists. As a dentist, she follows in the footsteps of her father, Dr. Francisco Gomez. She credits her fathers cousin, Dr. Bernardo Gomez, for piquing her interest in orthodontics. Both of these men had persevered in becoming among the first foreign-trained dentists to gain licensure in California a challengingfeat in the early seventies. The practices that both men built served the Bay Area for decades. This website, gomezorthodontics.com, is dedicated in their memory.
Orthodontics is a time commitment for both doctor and patient, often lasting for two years. Dr. Gomez sees her patients every four to six weeks, maintaining a personal and professional balance with them by chatting about daytoday activities with a generous dash of humor. With children who are curious about headgear and other equipment, Dr. Gomez uses a hands-on approach, letting them handle the objects that will become part of their lives. Her office is trilingual and can converse with patients in Tagalog and Spanish, if they are more comfortable in those languages.Maybelle Gomez knows that building close relationships with her patients is an essential part of a successful orthodontics treatment.
