For ultimate camouflage, tray or aligner systems offer a modern straightening method. A series of clear plastic trays are made using 3D digital models of your teeth. Medical-grade plastic without wires, metal, springs, or rubber bands gently move your teeth into place. Continuous pressure on specific teeth with each aligner means less discomfort and, in many cases, shortened treatment times. Your provider dispenses several sets of aligners at a time, allowing you to change to a new tray at home every two weeks.
Removable trays can be set aside for short periods allowing for normal eating and cleaning. Enjoying an apple without the intrusion of brackets and wires works well for many patients. The smooth plastic surface offers a comfort level to the tongue and cheeks unequaled by other forms of straightening.
Committing to consistent wear, at least 22 hours each day, helps ensure the success of your treatment. While clear aligners work extremely well for adults, a responsible teen can be a suitable candidate too.
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While aligner treatment works for 90% of straightening cases, some tooth movements may not be possible. Today’s orthodontics offer more choices than ever. Our Doctors can help you discover the path to a straighter smile.
You may want to discuss adding whitening to your plan. Sometimes the beauty of porcelain lifts a straight smile to another level or may even offer an alternative to orthodontics.
The smile you’ve always dreamed of may be closer than you think with flexible payment options. More insurance plans are choosing to cover clear aligners as an acceptable method of orthodontic treatment. Call our office today for more information.
A picture explains what words never can, especially when it comes to your teeth. An intra-oral camera can take pictures with such detail, it can show cracks and stress marks in a tooth that can't be seen with the naked eye.
Digital films with rich detail and dramatically reduced radiation exposure offer the ultimate in safety and diagnostic capability.
The complex structures of your jaw can be difficult to decipher on an x-ray. But advanced 3D imaging brings the unprecedented ability to see your mouth and jaw with as much detail as a CT scan, but right in our office.
When the soft tissue lining your mouth needs minor adjustments, lasers provide a gentle solution. Quiet but powerful light energy helps us treat several dental conditions, safely and simply.
Laser energy used to treat tooth problems offers several advantages over the dental handpiece. While lasers can't perform every task, many opportunities for pain-free treatment make lasers an integral part of modern dentistry.
An advanced dental restorative system creates a precision-milled crown, veneer, or bridge in minutes.
Changes in the lining of your mouth tissue call for close evaluation. VELScope uses luminescence technology to evaluate suspicious areas of your soft tissue allowing for early detection and diagnosis.
What do microchips and dental anesthesia have to do with each other? It turns out that together they create an unparalleled experience in anesthesia delivery. If getting numb makes you anxious, The Wand's transformation of the experience will leave you smiling.
The iTero Digital Scanner eliminates messy impressions of your teeth, replacing them with simple digital images captured by a handheld wand. The images quickly appear on a computer screen as 3-D models of your teeth. After a detailed review, the virtual models are sent via a secure connection to a lab for completion of your case.