The GO Team · San Luis Obispo & Arroyo Grande
The people you’ll actually see.
One orthodontist, eleven people, two small offices on the Central Coast. Four of them have been here five years or more, and one since 2008. That’s the part patients mention first.
San Luis Obispo 805.544.3223 · Arroyo Grande 805.489.4625
What the practice is like
World-class smiles, hometown feel.
Keeping both offices small has been the plan from the beginning. Not because it’s easier, it isn’t, but because the experience is the treatment as far as most patients are concerned. That means building a practice that works for the people in the chair and for the people who work here. The second one is why the first one holds.
When Dr. Garrett took over the practice from Dr. John P. DeVincenzo, the assistants and the front office had been working together for years. He kept them, and most of them are still here. Four of the team have been here five years or more, and one since 2008.
That’s the part patients notice first, and it isn’t something a practice can install.
Treat every case like it’s family
“If this is my son, my daughter, my mom, my dad, how would I treat this case?” He has treated his own children and his own parents, and they got the same plan as anybody else.
Stay for the long haul
“We’re gonna be here for the long haul, and we’re gonna see you as you get older, as you graduate, as you get married, as you get your jobs, as you have your own families.” He’s started seeing the children of patients he treated as children.
Be glad to be here
“We’re blessed to be able to treat them every day.”
“Every time I walk through the door, without even giving the front desk my name, they already know who I am. I feel at home here.”
— Invisalign patient“It’s less of a business thing and more they’re just like friends trying to take care of you.”
— Invisalign patientExperienced, credentialed, and here to stay.
Dr. Brett Garrett
Orthodontist
Board Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, and a Cal Poly mechanical engineer before he was an orthodontist. Meet Dr. Garrett →
Hailey
Clinic Coordinator
Here since 2008
The longest tenure on the team, and she prints the 3D models. Dogs Tessa, Joey and Pepita; dirt biking, snowboarding, and the beach.
Katie
Treatment Coordinator / Orthodontic Assistant
Here since April 2016
Dogs Piper and Darcy. Christian hip hop on the drive in, and a house split between the 49ers and the Angels.
Amanda P.
Dental Assistant · Lab Tech · Sterilization Tech
Here since January 2017
Lifelong local. She’s the one in the lab making the appliances. Family first: her husband, two kids, and a lot of nieces and nephews.
Amanda B.
Treatment Coordinator
Here since 2021
Came back to the Central Coast for good. Kings of Leon, the Dodgers, and any excuse to be at the beach.
Jennifer
Front Office Administrator
Here since September 2022
Central Coast native, and 32+ years in the dental field before she joined.
Michaela
Orthodontic Assistant
Here since May 2023
Happiest sitting in the mountains with no cell service, her husband and her dogs. LA Kings.
Liz
Front Office Scheduler
Here since August 2025
Born and raised on the Central Coast, with teenagers at home. Concerts, movies, and whatever craft project is next. Her favorite part of the job is meeting new patients at the very start of their smile.
Clarissa
Orthodontic Assistant
Here since October 2025
Fairly new to the area. Jogging, reading, cats, the 49ers, and time with family. Whatever age a patient comes in, the end result is their smile, and that is the part she loves.
Amy
Director of Practice Development
Tennis, hiking, concerts, music. Mother of three.
Rayna
Registered Dental Assistant
Joined August 2026
Orthodontics quickly became her favorite corner of the dental field: getting to know patients and watching their smiles change alongside their confidence. A busy mom, most often found cheering from the sidelines at a softball or baseball game, or at a concert or a good BBQ.
“I love connecting with patients and parents, regardless of whether our patients are 7 or 70. I love making them feel welcomed and remembered.”
— Hailey, Clinic CoordinatorThe tenure is the headline, and now it’s evidenced.
Four of the team have been here five years or more, and one of them since 2008. Nobody has to take our word for it, they’ll tell you themselves.
In a patient’s words
One quote, and nothing else.
“Every time I walk through the door, without even giving the front desk my name, they already know who I am.”
— Invisalign patientIn the community
Our work here goes beyond the smiles.
We sponsor Special Olympics San Luis Obispo County, and we’re at the Mid-State Fair every year. We sponsor local teams, and there’s a decent chance you’ve seen the name on a jersey.
The best account of it came from a ten-year-old patient:
“They supported my softball team. They sponsored it.”
— Patient, age 10
One orthodontist, from the first scan to the day it comes off.
The same orthodontist plans it and finishes it
Where a practice has several doctors, or sits inside a corporate group, the person who designs your treatment often isn’t the person you see at each visit. Judgment differs, execution differs, and experience differs. Here there is one orthodontist, and he is the one who builds your plan and sees it through.
Board Certified Diplomate, ABO
Voluntary, most orthodontists don’t complete it, and it has to be renewed. Meet Dr. Garrett →
3D imaging that changes decisions
One of the first practices on the Central Coast with a 3D cone beam X-ray machine. It has found extra teeth and bone problems that a flat film missed, and changed the plan because of it.
Appointments every two months
Rather than every four weeks. Self-ligating brackets are why. Braces →
Most emergencies and your first retainers in the fee
Nobody local advertises this. It’s on their financing page and it’s real. Financing and insurance →
A team that stays
Four of them five years or more, one since 2008. You’ll see the same faces from the consultation to the day the braces come off.
Two small offices, four days between them
So there’s almost always a day that works, and neither one feels like a clinic. San Luis Obispo → Arroyo Grande →
