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Brightside Cosmetic dentistry

Clear aligners,
for suitable cases.

A series of removable clear aligners that move teeth gradually. It handles a lot of cases well and there are cases it does not handle at all.

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What it is

Suitability is the whole conversation.

Crowding, spacing and mild to moderate correction are what aligners do well. Significant bite discrepancies, severe rotations and cases needing teeth moved through bone in a big way are frequently better treated with fixed braces or by an orthodontist. We will tell you which yours is, including when the answer means sending you elsewhere.

  • Teeth have crowded or shifted since your twenties
  • There is spacing you would like closed
  • You had braces and did not wear the retainer
  • You want correction without visible braces
  • Crowding makes certain teeth hard to clean
  • You want to know if you are a candidate before committing

What the visit is like

How treatment runs.

  1. Assessment and scanRecords, photographs and a scan. This is what shows whether aligners can achieve what you want.
  2. A plan you can seeA digital projection of the movement, along with a realistic duration. If the plan does not achieve what you came in for, you will hear that.
  3. Wearing themAround 20 to 22 hours a day, changed on schedule. Compliance is genuinely the main variable in whether this works.
  4. Retainers afterwards, permanentlyTeeth move back. Retention is not an optional extra at the end, it is part of the treatment.

Cost and coverage

You should never be surprised by a bill.

Every plan arrives with the fee beside each line and the insurance estimate beside that, before you agree to anything. We submit to your plan directly where it allows it, and we are set up for the Canadian Dental Care Plan.

Fees for this are quoted in writing after an exam, per tooth and per surface. Nobody can price it accurately from a website or over the phone.

Common questions

Asked on the phone most weeks.

Am I a candidate?
Many people are, and some are not. Crowding and spacing usually respond well; significant bite problems often need fixed braces or an orthodontist. We will give you a straight answer after a scan rather than before.
How long does it take?
Months, and the range is wide depending on how much movement is needed and how consistently you wear them. You get an estimate with your plan, not a marketing figure.
Do I have to wear a retainer forever?
Effectively yes, at least at night, long term. Teeth drift back otherwise. Anyone who does not tell you that at the start is setting you up for disappointment.

Booking

Say what it is when you call.

If it is pain, say that -- it changes how the day gets arranged. If it is a checkup for three people, say that too and we will try to put you in one morning.

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