Clear aligners

Aligner marketing tends to skip the part patients actually care about, which is whether the plastic will do what the render promised. So we start there. Your first appointment produces a scan, and from the scan a simulation you can rotate, pause and screenshot.

It is not a sales tool. About one in five people who see their simulation decides the movement isn't worth eighteen months of discipline, and that is a perfectly good outcome for a free appointment. Nobody chases you afterwards.

If you do go ahead, the price is fixed at that appointment as a single number. It covers the aligners, every check-in, any refinement trays we need at the end, and your first set of retainers. There is no separate bill at the finish line, which is where most aligner cases get expensive elsewhere.

Who it doesn't suit

Aligners are good at crowding, spacing, mild rotation and relapse after childhood braces. They are less good at large bite corrections and at teeth that need to move vertically. If your case is one of those, Dr. Okonkwo will say so at the consult and refer you rather than sell you a compromise.

Gum disease has to be treated first. So do untreated cavities. Both add time, and both are cheaper to deal with before the trays than during them.