Dr. Daron Stevens spent more years in post-high school education than many of his patients have spent on earth.  Becoming an orthodontist consisted of attending BYU to obtain a degree in Botany and Japanese (he is not sure how these degrees are of relevance either), a dental degree, a rare internship awarded at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health in Washington D.C. (you can cure insomnia and read about his published research in Science magazine here), an advanced hospital residency at the University of Utah (although he can't stand the Utes), one year of private practice as a general dentist, and a two and a half year masters degree in Orthodontics (more free insomnia remedy via his published research in the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics with a link of the actual article here for those like me who only like to read books with pictures), ...a field trip to Mars, touring backup vocals with Van Halen...  The last two things were made up but we doubt anyone even reads this stuff so we threw it in.   Dr. Stevens is also a member of the American Dental Association, Idaho State Dental Association, the American Association of Orthodontists, the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists, and is a Board Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics like many other specialized orthodontists in the Universe.  He also enjoys laughing and thinking outside of the box for the benefit of himself and those around him—especially when it comes to orthodontic needs of patients as no two crooked smiles are created equally.