Instead of the wires and brackets used seen with braces, Invisalign straightens teeth with a series of clear, custom-designed, and removable appliances. These are called aligners. The aligners are nearly unnoticeable, and they are created to move your teeth in small increments into the desired final position. Because they are customized to fit your unique orthodontic situation, you wear each aligner for one week — for desired results, you can only take it out to eat, brush and floss.

We use an advanced digital imaging scanner called iTero Element, to create a 3D image of your teeth in just a few minutes. This scan guides us on how to create the customized shape for your aligners

In the next step, we use software called ClinCheck to design the digital treatment plan directly from your scans. We create the entire plan — from your first set of aligners to your beautiful new smile all by using this advanced software.

Invisalign aligners are developed with a SmartTrack material. This material is comfortable, transparent, and easy to put in and take out. It has been proven to apply a gentle, comfortable, pressure to your teeth in order to help shift them to the desired position.

We are able to make these complex shifts to the positioning of your teeth without the use of the invasive traditional braces by using Invisalign attachments called SmartForce. These are small, tooth-colored, applications that connect to your teeth during treatment. Your aligners can fit snugly around the Invisalign attachments and this gives your aligners a little something extra to gently push on. Quick Note: These attachments are not necessary in every treatment plan.

Once treatment with your aligners is completed, we form a retainer within our offices so that we can work to keep your smile straight and in place. These retainers are as clear as the aligners, and they maintain a healthy smile without noticing anything over your teeth.