Board-certified orthodontist Dr. Wakas Abdulrazzaq practices at The Orthodontic Gallery, 10061 Beach Verbena Drive in Riverview, about 16 minutes southwest of the center of Bloomingdale outside rush hour. We serve Bloomingdale from that office with braces, LightForce custom brackets, and clear aligners, and the first consultation is free.
Bloomingdale has no postal city of its own, so the community is often treated as part of one of its neighbors.
The community association counts more than 32 neighborhoods and about 5,200 homes, from Bloomingdale Pointe east of Bell Shoals Road to the Natures Way area, which has around 1,000 homes on its own. Mail here is addressed to Brandon (ZIP 33511) or Valrico (ZIP 33596). Brandon lies to the north, Valrico to the northeast, FishHawk to the southeast, and Riverview to the southwest. Our office is in that last direction.
Bloomingdale was settled before 1850, and its historic Bloomingdale School once trained teachers from across Florida. Today it is a welcoming suburban community bordered by the Alafia River, home to the Bell Shoals rapids.
High school: Bloomingdale High School
Middle school: Burns Middle School
Elementary: Cimino Elementary and Alafia Elementary
Those are the public schools the community association lists for the area. The 2020 census counted 22,947 people in Bloomingdale, and 23.3 percent of them were under 18.
From Bloomingdale High, plan on about 18 minutes outside rush hour, and the office keeps evening and alternate-Saturday appointment times. For a teenager who would rather not spend the braces years in a waiting room, ask about LightForce custom brackets. Each one is designed for its tooth from a 3D scan and then printed, and LightForce, the manufacturer, reports fewer office visits than with conventional brackets. How that works out for your teenager depends on the case, and we will give you our own estimate. More on teen orthodontics.
Bloomingdale in ZIP codes 33511 and 33596, between Brandon and Valrico, including Bloomingdale Pointe, Erindale Oaks, the Natures Way area, and the neighborhoods along Bell Shoals Road and Culbreath Avenue.
Call 813-867-0414 or request an appointment. Serving Bloomingdale from our Riverview office at 10061 Beach Verbena Drive, Riverview, FL 33578.
With clear roads, the center of Bloomingdale is about 16 minutes and seven and a half miles from the office. The office sits just off US-301, close to the Gibsonton Drive interchange.
Dr. Wakas Abdulrazzaq is a board-certified orthodontist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, and the founder of The Orthodontic Gallery. He completed his orthodontic residency at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown University, where he served as chief resident. As the practice’s only orthodontist, he plans and checks every visit himself, from first exam to retainers.
Traditional braces start at $500 down. Payment plans are in-house and carry no interest. We accept CareCredit and HSA and FSA funds. Your free consultation ends with a written treatment plan and the fee attached to it, and nothing is owed if you decide not to start. See cost and financing.
We do not quote prices over the phone, because a number without an examination behind it is not a real number. What we will do is give you the real one, in writing, at no cost.
Each option below is available at our Riverview office. At the consultation, Dr. Abdulrazzaq will say which ones suit your case, and which do not.
Braces move teeth with brackets bonded to each tooth and a wire that connects them. The Orthodontic Gallery in Riverview offers metal braces, clear ceramic braces, and LightForce custom 3D-printed brackets, for children, teens, and adults.
Clear aligners are removable plastic trays, changed every one to two weeks, that move teeth in small planned steps. The Orthodontic Gallery in Riverview treats with Invisalign and Angel Aligners.
A retainer holds your teeth in their new positions after braces or clear aligners come off. The Orthodontic Gallery in Riverview provides removable clear retainers, Hawley wire retainers, and permanent bonded retainers.
Early orthodontic treatment means fixing a problem while a child’s jaw is still growing. The American Association of Orthodontists recommends every child have an orthodontic evaluation by about age seven.
Braces for teens are the most common orthodontic treatment there is. The Orthodontic Gallery in Riverview treats teenagers with metal braces, clear ceramic braces, LightForce custom brackets, and clear aligners.
Roughly one in four orthodontic patients in the United States is an adult. Adults at The Orthodontic Gallery are treated with braces, clear aligners, expansion, and coordinated surgical planning where a case calls for it.
Two questions do most of the work. Is the orthodontist board certified, which the American Board of Orthodontics lets you check online? And will you see that same orthodontist at your visits? After that, put the written plans and fees side by side. Getting two opinions before deciding is normal. Dr. Abdulrazzaq is an ABO Diplomate and the practice’s one orthodontist. More on board certification.
For eligible patients, yes. You take five photos of your teeth with a phone, send them through our virtual consultation page at least 48 hours ahead, and Dr. Abdulrazzaq goes over them with you during the virtual appointment. The virtual visit is a first read. The free first visit in person includes a full exam, imaging, and a written treatment plan to take home.
Appointments are in Riverview, at 10061 Beach Verbena Drive. There is no Bloomingdale location, and every visit happens there. Our Riverview office directions page has the details.
It can. Bloomingdale is served by ZIP 33596, which is addressed to Valrico, and ZIP 33511, which is addressed to Brandon, so every Bloomingdale address carries another town’s name on the envelope. Either way, we serve both ZIP codes from Riverview.