Since he began practicing more than 30 years ago, Dr. Mehan has considered it both an honor and a privilege to have helped so many people achieve healthy and beautiful smiles. To this day, he embraces all the challenges and rewards that come with the territory of being an orthodontist, and his enthusiasm for providing orthodontic care is unmatched in the community. That passion spreads to everyone here at Mehan and Johnson Orthodontics!
The amount of young people we treat on a daily basis makes Dr. Mehan appreciate the uniqueness of each individual. They all have a story to tell, and he loves to hear them all. Dr. Mehan feels fortunate to have a profession that affords him the opportunity to care for people from all walks of life.
After graduating cum laude from the Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Mehan received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree in 1970 before earning his Master of Science in Orthodontics degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1976. After spending a year learning to treat compromised children at Boston Floating Hospital, he spent several years in Greece and Norway practicing childrens dentistry before returning to the United States to open his practice.
Dr. Mehan strongly feels that our ability to properly provide the care that our patients need must change constantly, and continues to be trained routinely to deliver the very latest and greatest in orthodontic care. Dr. Mehans commitment to continuing education and new aspects of care is a motivating factor for all of us. Dr. Mehan embraces the membership of the following national and state professional organizations:
A native of Stamford, CT, Dr. Mehan resides in Manchester with his wife, Ellen. They have two sons, two daughters, andfour beautiful grandchildren. When hes not in the office perfecting our patients smiles, Dr. Mehan stays active by boating, waterskiing, and snow skiing.
Staying involved in the community is a top priority for Dr. Mehan. Besides being a member of the Manchester Rotary Club, he has helped our City of Manchester by being a board member and chairman of the Manchester Board of Health.
Dr. Paul Johnson is dedicated to excellence in all that he does, excellence that is exuded in his drive for perfecting his patients smiles. He has built a reputation for kind, gentle care, and taking his time to obtain optimal treatment outcomes and beautiful smiles that his patients deserve.
Following graduation with honors from the University of North Carolina he attended Dental School at Boston University, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He continued his orthodontic training at one of the most competitive residencies in the country, Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
Dr. Johnson stays on the leading edge of orthodontic and dental technology, and believes that a commitment to excellence for his patients and community requires lifelong education and training. Dr Johnson spends much of his free time attending many orthodontic/ dental study groups and enjoys traveling to participate in continuing education seminars across the country. Dr Johnson is an active member of the following national and local professional associations:
Dr. Johnson, his wife Jill, and their two boys, Miles and Brady, reside in and love being part of the Manchester community. When hes not perfecting smiles, Dr Johnson can be found spending time with his kids, playing basketball, traveling and enjoying his second passion, skiing.
As an assistant to Drs. Johnson and Mehan, Krista loves coming to work each day to meet and treat patients as they begin their journey to a healthy and beautiful smile. She loves the rewarding feeling she gets knowing she made a difference and helped to improve someones self-confidence. Besides being our resident social media and marketing expert, Krista assists our doctors during procedures, takes X-rays and impressions, and educates our patients on how to maintain their best smile while they undergo treatment.
Jackie finds it rewarding to help patients of all ages achieve a healthy and beautiful smile. As one of our dental assistants, Jackie sets up for the different procedures, X-rays and assists the doctors.She is responsible for sterilization and handling OSHA for the practice. Before joining our team, Jackie was a Montessori teacher for six years.
When shes not working, Jackies life revolves around her children, Sydney and Cody, as well as her boyfriend, Sylvain, and his boys, Spencer and Chandler. They have a five-year-old Llasa-Apso named Harley. Jackie enjoys spending time in Rye with her family.
Lorraine can usually be found in our lab, pouring impressions, trimming models, making retainers, and making sure our lab is organized and clean. A retainer that fits our patients perfectly always makes her day!
Married to her husband, Donald, Lorraine has two daughters, who are both married. In her free time, Lorraine is a ski instructor at McIntyre Ski School. While skiing is her passion, she also loves kayaking, photography, gardening, and various arts and crafts.
Dr. William Mehan andDr. Paul Johnsonprovide unmatched orthodontic care to individuals while working hard to build strong, trusting relationships. We do everything we can to make you feel at ease during your time with us, from start to finish, are dedicated to your health and happiness, and use only the most advanced techniques available to provide effective and efficient orthodontic care.
Our practice is well-known in southern New Hampshire for being not only the most-skilled, but also for being caring and compassionate. Every one of our team members, who have been working here anywhere between 20 to 33 years, go out of our way to cater to every one of our patients needs and concerns, and we treat everyone who walks through our door in a courteous, professional, and friendly manner.
Because we truly want you, the patient, to be fully educated and play a critical role in achieving a great smile, we are meticulous in explaining all procedures and treatments we offer, as well as why were doing what were doing. We also make sure you have personal time with Dr.Mehan and Dr.Johnson at every visit to address any questions or concerns.
To keep our patients happy and motivated throughout their treatment, we reward you with in-office contests and Smile Rewards points for brushing well, visiting your dentist regularly, and avoiding cavities, which can be redeemed for great prizes.
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Rating 4.4 out of 5 based on 13 reviews
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2 years ago
My fiance and I decided we would invest in our smiles and decided on trying Invisalign. I used Invisalign twenty years ago and the results were awesome! Unfortunately, I lost my final retainers and my teeth slowly went back to their old way. So, I was excited to straighten my teeth out again and my fiance was REALLY excited to get her bottom teeth straight. Everything seemed to be fine after our initial consultation. We received our first sets of aligners and the treatment began. Then everything went downhill fast. I was a bit concerned that Meehan and Johnson failed to respond to phone calls and began cancelling appointments. Months would go by without any follow up as we waited for our next appointments which never happened. My fiance' has been waiting for her last set of aligners for 9 months. After finally reaching our tipping point we went to Meehan and Johnsons office to personally discuss our concerns. We were shocked to hear my fiance's aligners were available and they've had them since June! I'm writing this on Feb 28. Unbelievable! However, they were unable to schedule an appointment for her because Dr. Johnson was "unavailable" indefinitely. Ummm... you've got to be kidding! Nope. Not a joke. So, we asked to see Dr. Meehan but, apparently Dr. Meehan doesn't treat patients in NH any more. I've been on a "treatment plan" through the dentist who referred me to Meehan and Johnson (Dr Nick Rizos) which includes his office, an oral surgeon and Dr. Johnson. Dr. Johnson failed time after time to stay on track and keep appointments so my "treatment plan" has been on hold. Similar to another lackluster review I read on here discussing how a patient had her teeth filed down, the same thing happened to my fiance'. She couldn't understand why they would file her teeth before the straightening was complete. She's very unhappy and frustrated that Dr. Johnson filed her teeth and made them look far worse than before. As for me, I was handed my aligners today with ZERO instruction and told Dr. Johnson was out indefinitely due to a personal injury. The moral of this story is Invisalign really works great but, Meehan and Johnson was possibly the worst choice of orthodontist we could've made. Nearly $10k spent for headache after headache dealing with this extremely unprofessional, unorganized, and dysfunctional office. Unless you enjoy retaining a lawyer to deal with getting what you pay for, I recommend finding another orthodontist.
Gabriela L
2 years ago
I had a great experience here. Everyone was very friendly and professional.
A BE
2 years ago
So this review is long overdue but I just recently found out about the situation as it has been over 10 years since I went here. I went here when I was 16 for braces because I had a "snaggle" tooth on one side of my mouth and was super self conscious about it. The rest of my teeth I thought were fine but just really wanted to fix that one tooth. After some begging from my parents they agreed and brought me to get braces. Things were great at first, I had to have a tooth pulled because my mouth was crowded and we couldn't get that one tooth where it was supposed to be. No big deal, got the tooth pulled and then got the braces put on. My mom had made it very clear to Dr Mehan that she did not want my teeth altered at all besides you know the braces being put on and them straightening out. I think I only had the braces on for a little over a year, but after about 6-7 months my smile was beautiful! I loved it. My teeth looked awesome and I was very confident about my smile and was excited to get them off because lets face it, braces are not very comfortable, and figured since my teeth looked straight I should be getting them off soon. They ended up saying that I needed a couple more months which I thought okay no big deal I've made it this far. I remember a visit where they were in my mouth with some type of equipment which I assumed was like filing off some glue off some braces that had moved or something, I don't know I just went along with it because Dr Mehan told me it had to happen and again I was 16 so I trusted him to know what he was doing. A couple months later I got my braces off - how exciting right! Nope not that exciting. I noticed now that on the right side of my smile it was not straight, it was straight in the front but one side of my smile went up giving it the look that i had a crooked smile which my teeth were not like this before. I brought this up to Dr Mehan and he showed me that from the inside of my mouth looking up at the teeth the looked straight, I told him them being straight wasn't an issue my smile was clearly going up on one side. He suggested he put some hooks on the back teeth of that side and we would put rubber bands on it to try and "help pull my smile back down", which never ended up working. Ever since I've been self conscious of my smile. I recently brought it up to my mom that I still couldn't understand how I went from having a beautiful smile a few months prior to getting my braces off and then it all of a sudden be crooked. She informed me that Dr Mehan HAD FILED DOWN MY TEETH on that side, without permission of her and she had confronted him about it the day that he put the hooks in the back to try and "pull my smile down". My mother is not a confrontational person and wanted to protect me from being more self conscious than I already was as a young teenager so she never told me about it until recently, which I wasn't really pleased about I really wish I had known and I wished we had gone through with legal action as he went against my parents wishes AND FILED DOWN MY TEETH! So now I have to look into getting caps put on my teeth or something in order to fix my smile which costs a good chunk of cash that I do not have so probably won't happen for a while. For reference I have attached pictures showing my straight across smile with braces before the filing happened and a picture of my crooked smile now. I get that there are a lot of great reviews about this place but please just be careful and make sure he doesn't file your children's teeth down without your permission.
Elias Karter
2 years ago
Incredibly friendly staff and very efficient!
Gabriela L
3 years ago
I had a great experience here. Everyone was very friendly and professional.
A BE
3 years ago
So this review is long overdue but I just recently found out about the situation as it has been over 10 years since I went here. I went here when I was 16 for braces because I had a "snaggle" tooth on one side of my mouth and was super self conscious about it. The rest of my teeth I thought were fine but just really wanted to fix that one tooth. After some begging from my parents they agreed and brought me to get braces. Things were great at first, I had to have a tooth pulled because my mouth was crowded and we couldn't get that one tooth where it was supposed to be. No big deal, got the tooth pulled and then got the braces put on. My mom had made it very clear to Dr Mehan that she did not want my teeth altered at all besides you know the braces being put on and them straightening out. I think I only had the braces on for a little over a year, but after about 6-7 months my smile was beautiful! I loved it. My teeth looked awesome and I was very confident about my smile and was excited to get them off because lets face it, braces are not very comfortable, and figured since my teeth looked straight I should be getting them off soon. They ended up saying that I needed a couple more months which I thought okay no big deal I've made it this far. I remember a visit where they were in my mouth with some type of equipment which I assumed was like filing off some glue off some braces that had moved or something, I don't know I just went along with it because Dr Mehan told me it had to happen and again I was 16 so I trusted him to know what he was doing. A couple months later I got my braces off - how exciting right! Nope not that exciting. I noticed now that on the right side of my smile it was not straight, it was straight in the front but one side of my smile went up giving it the look that i had a crooked smile which my teeth were not like this before. I brought this up to Dr Mehan and he showed me that from the inside of my mouth looking up at the teeth the looked straight, I told him them being straight wasn't an issue my smile was clearly going up on one side. He suggested he put some hooks on the back teeth of that side and we would put rubber bands on it to try and "help pull my smile back down", which never ended up working. Ever since I've been self conscious of my smile. I recently brought it up to my mom that I still couldn't understand how I went from having a beautiful smile a few months prior to getting my braces off and then it all of a sudden be crooked. She informed me that Dr Mehan HAD FILED DOWN MY TEETH on that side, without permission of her and she had confronted him about it the day that he put the hooks in the back to try and "pull my smile down". My mother is not a confrontational person and wanted to protect me from being more self conscious than I already was as a young teenager so she never told me about it until recently, which I wasn't really pleased about I really wish I had known and I wished we had gone through with legal action as he went against my parents wishes AND FILED DOWN MY TEETH! So now I have to look into getting caps put on my teeth or something in order to fix my smile which costs a good chunk of cash that I do not have so probably won't happen for a while. For reference I have attached pictures showing my straight across smile with braces before the filing happened and a picture of my crooked smile now. I get that there are a lot of great reviews about this place but please just be careful and make sure he doesn't file your children's teeth down without your permission.
Elias Karter
3 years ago
Incredibly friendly staff and very efficient!
Laurie Laizure
3 years ago
We brought my youngest daughter here after having a bad experience with another orthodontists (whom we used for our other three children). From the moment we walked in the door, we felt welcomed. Everyone who works at this office is so nice! I can't say enough good things. My older daughter even brought my youngest for an appointment and complained that her retainer had broken and Dr. Johnson replaced it for free. She hadn't even been his patient. I would never go anywhere else and will continue to recommend this orthodontist to everyone I know.
Laurie Laizure
4 years ago
We brought my youngest daughter here after having a bad experience with another orthodontists (whom we used for our other three children). From the moment we walked in the door, we felt welcomed. Everyone who works at this office is so nice! I can't say enough good things. My older daughter even brought my youngest for an appointment and complained that her retainer had broken and Dr. Johnson replaced it for free. She hadn't even been his patient. I would never go anywhere else and will continue to recommend this orthodontist to everyone I know.
Julia Ladd
4 years ago
Drs. Mehan and Johnson are so wonderful and do everything they can to make your teeth look gorgeous while keeping you comfortable throughout the process. I did both traditional braces and Invisalign through them and both were great. All of the staff and technicians are so welcoming and friendly. While I'm happy to be done with braces, I'll definitely be missing my visits to the office!
Katie Glidden
4 years ago
Several years ago I had braces through Dr. Mehan and overtime became lazy with my retainers. As a young adult, I decided that I wanted to fix a few teeth that had moved. Dr. Johnson was informative and did an awesome job listening to the results I had hoped for. I would highly recommend this Orthodontics office!
Katie Glidden
5 years ago
Several years ago I had braces through Dr. Mehan and overtime became lazy with my retainers. As a young adult, I decided that I wanted to fix a few teeth that had moved. Dr. Johnson was informative and did an awesome job listening to the results I had hoped for. I would highly recommend this Orthodontics office!
Julia Ladd
5 years ago
Drs. Mehan and Johnson are so wonderful and do everything they can to make your teeth look gorgeous while keeping you comfortable throughout the process. I did both traditional braces and Invisalign through them and both were great. All of the staff and technicians are so welcoming and friendly. While I'm happy to be done with braces, I'll definitely be missing my visits to the office!
Anthony Vo
6 years ago
I'm currently going here to get my teeth aligned with braces. They provide a stupendous service. The staff are very friendly and make you feel "at home". I don't know if it was because of them, but my teeth felt no pain after any checkup. Their customer service is just the cherry on top to this amazing place. At any time, you can call and schedule a meeting with someone on the phone. It's simple, fast, and very convenient. Overall, this place is a must go to for any orthodontic needs.
Anthony Vo
7 years ago
I'm currently going here to get my teeth aligned with braces. They provide a stupendous service. The staff are very friendly and make you feel "at home". I don't know if it was because of them, but my teeth felt no pain after any checkup. Their customer service is just the cherry on top to this amazing place. At any time, you can call and schedule a meeting with someone on the phone. It's simple, fast, and very convenient. Overall, this place is a must go to for any orthodontic needs.
NOODLE DOODLE
8 years ago
This place is stupendous! Not only are Dr. Mehan and Dr. Johnson awesome but also al the assistants. My teeth where really bad before I went to them but now I absolutely love my teeth.
NOODLE DOODLE
9 years ago
This place is stupendous! Not only are Dr. Mehan and Dr. Johnson awesome but also al the assistants. My teeth where really bad before I went to them but now I absolutely love my teeth.
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