Give yourself the smile you’ve always wanted

1st-Impressions.dental is pleased to offer aesthetic orthodontics, using clear aligners.

Clear orthodontic aligners give you the straight smile you always dreamed of. There is no need to use metal braces or wires and it is practically invisible, so people won’t even know you’re having your teeth straightened. Having straighter teeth enables you to be confident and look great!

Teeth straightening, known within dentistry as Orthodontics, traditionally used metal brackets and ugly wires to straighten your teeth. By contrast clear aligners use the latest technology on the UK dental market. This technique is suitable for mild to moderate crowding (the majority of cases). There is no upper age limit on treatment providing your teeth are in reasonable condition/health.

Our revolutionary clear brace aligner gives you the straight smile you always dreamed of. It is practically invisible, so people won’t even know you’re having your teeth straightened. You can have both jaws straightened at the same time, or just one.

With the 1st-Impressions evaluation process, you’ll know where you’re going before you even begin. Your evaluation purchase includes a full treatment plan, showing how your teeth will move. There’s a reason that thousands have chosen invisible aligners to straighten their teeth—the privacy of clear braces means no one has to know you’re making a change until your transformation is complete. We will closely supervise and monitor the entire process.

How does it work?

  1. At your first visit we will explain how clear orthodontic aligners can straighten your teeth and what preparatory treatment (for example, professional cleaning/descaling) you might need before impressions/casts.

  2. If you decide to proceed to the second stage we will take impressions of your teeth and send them to our UK laboratory for treatment planning. At the laboratory your teeth will be digitised and a CAD-CAM system used to align your teeth on-screen. You will get back:

    • a fully-costed treatment plan including the number of aligners required for each jaw

    • an animation of your teeth being straightened for you to see

      If you decide not to proceed, then we will give you a professional tooth-whitening kit gel FREE (RRP £249) to carry out a course of at-home tooth whitening.

  3. If you are keen to proceed, then we will make you a series of clear orthodontic aligners. When the first aligner is fitted we may remove small amounts of enamel (typically up to 0.5mm) to create the space for alignment. Each aligner is worn for 2-3 weeks and moves your teeth approximately 0.3mm. Complex treatment typically takes 8-10 months in total. You are expected to wear your aligners full-time (night and day) and take them out only for eating, and cleaning your teeth. You may be asked to wear upper and lower aligners even if only one jaw is being aligned to prevent excessive wear through tooth contact.

  4. Once your teeth are aligned, you will need to wear a clear retainer initially full-time and later during the night only. When you have finished your treatment we will give you 10 tubes of professional tooth-whitening gel FREE (RRP £249) to use in your retainer(s).

The total cost varies depending whether we treat one arch/jaw or two, and the severity of your crowding (see fees). We will give you a detailed, fixed quotation after stage 2.

Summary:

  • Consultation visit (cost refundable against treatment).

  • Treatment planning and diagnosis visit including impressions (cost refundable against whitening)

  • Scanning/digitization of teeth, production of quotation for approval.

    • If you do not proceed, provide free whitening.

    • If you do proceed, production of aligners.

  • At first visit, tooth reduction, create attachments and fit first aligners

  • One visit every 2-3 weeks during treatment to fit next aligner.

  • Mid-treatment: take interim impressions, check/refine tooth reduction / attachments and approve production of further aligners.

  • On completion of active treatment, remove attachments and take impressions for retention.

  • Fit retention and provide free whitening.

Any questions? Please contact us.