Dr. Ehrmantrout grew up in Olympia, WA, graduating from Capital High School in 1996.  He went on to attend the University of Washington, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Business in 2000.  At the University of Washington Dr. Ehrmantrout was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key, and Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Societies.  Following Dr. Ehrmantrouts undergraduate training, he was accepted into the University of Washington School of Dentistry, one of the premier dental schools in the United States.  After graduating near the top of his class from dental school in 2004, Dr. Ehrmantrout received his Orthodontic training at the University of Colorado Health Science Center.  Here, Dr. Ehrmantrout trained under many well known leaders of the Orthodontic profession, and became exceptionally proficient with the latest technological advances in Orthodontics and Dentistry.

Dr. Ehrmantrout is Board Certified and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, an honor enjoyed by less than one quarter of all orthodontists in the United States.  He is also a member of the American Association of Orthodontists, the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists, the Washington State Society of Orthodontists, the World Federation of Orthodontists, the American Dental Association, and the Washington State Dental Association.

Dr. Geetika Chawla finished her dental education in India and then went on to complete her graduate Orthodontic training in India in 1992. She then immigrated to the United States in 1994 and finished an advanced training program in TMJ and Orofacial Pain at UCLA and the University of Minnesota.  Dr. Chawla worked at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Orthodontics.  Dr. Chawla also served as the director of the Undergraduate Orthodontic Clinic as well. She is a licensed General Dentist and has been providing orthodontic care since 2000 in Yakima and the Vancouver area. Dr. Chawla is a premier Invisalign provider in the Portland Vancouver area.