We look before we suggest anything.
Dr. Rao checks your gums, bite and jaw, takes a few photographs and asks what actually bothers you about your smile. If aligners are not the right tool, you will hear that today.
Consultation fee is credited to treatment if you go ahead.
A 3D scan instead of a mouthful of putty.
A slim handheld scanner records every tooth in three dimensions while you sit back. You watch the model build on the screen beside the chair.
Nothing to bite on, no gagging trays.
You see where each tooth will go, and the fee.
We walk you through the planned movement tooth by tooth, the number of aligner stages, what could slow it down and the full cost in writing. You take the plan home and decide in your own time.
Most plans run between 14 and 30 stages.
A new set of aligners every week or two.
Clear trays worn about 22 hours a day, out for meals and brushing. Check-ins every six to eight weeks, some of them by video, and small tooth-coloured attachments only where a tooth needs extra grip.
You can pause for a wedding or a trip; tell us early.
Keeping teeth where we moved them.
Teeth drift if you let them. You leave with a fine bonded wire behind the front teeth and a clear night retainer, and we see you again at three and twelve months at no charge.
Replacement night retainers are made from your saved scan.