The most proven appliance in orthodontics, and far more comfortable than the braces you remember. High-grade stainless steel brackets and light archwires move teeth predictably, with coloured elastics if you want them.
Fixed metal braces remain the most versatile appliance in orthodontics. There is no tooth movement they cannot achieve, no compliance to worry about, and no case too complicated for them.
They are also nothing like the braces you may remember. Modern brackets are smaller and lower profile, and the archwires are light, heat-activated alloys that work continuously with far less force. That means less soreness and fewer adjustment visits than the same treatment would have needed twenty years ago.
For younger patients, coloured elastics turn them into something to choose rather than endure. For adults who would rather they went unnoticed, clear elastics keep them as low-key as metal braces get.
Rotations, impacted teeth, closing extraction spaces, correcting the bite itself. Fixed braces handle the cases removable appliances cannot.
Bonded to the teeth and never removed, so treatment progresses whether or not you remember to do anything.
Metal braces are the most affordable full-treatment option we offer, and the fee is fixed at the start of treatment.
New elastics at every visit. Team colours, holidays, or clear if you would rather they disappeared.
A clinical exam, radiographs and digital scans that show what is happening below the gumline as well as above it.
We walk you through what needs to move, how long it will take, what it costs, and what the alternatives are.
About an hour in the chair. Each bracket is bonded individually and the first archwire is placed. Nothing about it hurts.
A short visit every six to ten weeks to change wires, add auxiliaries and check progress.
Braces come off, we polish everything smooth, and your retainers are fitted the same day to hold the result.
Most patients are in braces for eighteen to twenty-four months. Early or limited treatment can be far shorter. Your own estimate comes from your records, not an average.
Fitting them does not. Your teeth will be tender to bite on for three to five days afterwards, and again briefly after each adjustment. Soft food and a warm salt-water rinse handle it; paracetamol if you need it.
Anything hard, sticky or chewy: ice, nuts, hard candy, caramel, gum. Cut apples and carrots rather than biting into them. Everything else is fair game.
Roughly every six to ten weeks. If you are travelling in from out of town, tell us and we will stretch the intervals and book longer appointments.
A series of clear, removable aligners that straighten your teeth without brackets or wires. We work with several aligner systems and choose the one that fits your case. You take them out to eat, brush and floss normally, and most people around you will never notice you are in treatment.
Ceramic brackets in a translucent, tooth-toned material that blends into your smile instead of standing out against it. They work exactly like metal braces and are usually placed on the upper front teeth, where visibility matters most.
A first orthodontic check around age seven, and interceptive treatment only when it will genuinely change the outcome. Guiding jaw growth at the right moment can create room for crowded teeth and avoid extractions or surgery later.
The most proven treatment in orthodontics, fitted by a certified specialist here in Whitehorse.
