Six Month Smiles Braces La Mesa Dental Center

Short Term Orthodontic Treatment

Six Month Smiles® short term orthodontic treatment is a modern twist on tried-and-true orthodontics.  There is little debate within the orthodontic community that braces are the most widely used and most effective method to give patients straight, healthy teeth and a beautiful smile.

How Six Month Smiles works

Like most orthodontic treatment for misaligned teeth, Six Month Smiles works by using light gradual pressure over time to move teeth into the correct alignment and position. However, while the process utilizes brackets and wires similar to traditional braces, Six Month Smiles brackets are clear in color and wires are white.  This very cosmetic in appearance approach makes the Six Month Smiles one of the most esthetic bracket systems that can treat front crooked and misaligned teeth only within 6 months, and sometimes even shorter.

Problems corrected by Six Month Smiles

Six Month Smiles is designed to work best on the visible part of the smile, including the incisors (front four teeth) and canines (next to front teeth, one on each side). The treatment addresses mild, moderate and even severe misalignment of the anterior upper and lower  teeth:

• Crowded teeth
• Gaps between teeth
• Mild teeth rotations
• Overbites and open bites (cosmetic only)
• Overlapped teeth

It’s important to note that while Six Month Smiles braces is a great cosmetic treatment, it is not intended to improve functional bite issues. 

Candidates for Six Month Smiles

For patients with mild to moderately crooked teeth, Six Month Smiles offers similar results compared to traditional braces and other orthodontic treatments. You might be a good candidate for Six Month Smiles if:

• You’re concerned about cosmetics: Six Month Smiles uses clear brackets and tooth-colored white wire for minimal visibility, which means you can smile, talk, and laugh without feeling self-conscious.
• You want expedited treatment: Not everyone wants to devote years to correct misalignment issues, and Six Month Smiles can produce beautifully straight teeth in a significantlyshorter timeline than other options.
• All your adult teeth have grown in: Six Month Smiles is ideal for female patients older than 15, and male patients older than 22 .
• At your consultation, we’ll perform a comprehensive examination of your teeth, gums, and oral health to determine if Six Month Smiles is the best choice for correcting your misalignment issues and improving your smile.

Six Month Smiles vs. Regular braces

Correcting cosmetic misalignment issues with Six Month Smiles has several advantages over traditional braces. These include:

• Six Month Smiles uses clear brackets and tooth-colored white wires, making them ( almost invisible) less conspicuous than traditional braces. 
• Six Month Smiles offers quicker results than regular braces. ( 3-6 months)
• Six Month Smiles requires fewer office treatments than other orthodontic treatments for correcting misalignment issues.
• Six Month Smiles is significantly less expensive than regular braces.  

Six Month Smiles has taken the best aspects of braces and modified the treatment and the materials to give adults a common-sense, cosmetic solution that fits your lifestyle.

How much is Six Month Smiles?

The cost of treatment for Six Month Smiles is less expensive than braces, and significantly more affordable than alignment trays  or veneers. Of course, everyone is different, and their cosmetic concerns may require more or less complex dental work. The cost of Six Month Smiles generally starts at $2,000 per single arch and $3,800 for upper and lower teeth , but may be more or less, depending on the severity of the misalignment issues. When you come in for your consultation, Dr. Mechev will be able to give you a clearer idea of how much the duration of treatment would be and what you can expect to pay for your customized treatment with Six Months Smiles.  

Of course, most PPO dental insurance plans offer adult orthodontic coverage.

The amount your PPO Dental insurance may cover varies, but it is approximately 30-50% of the total Six Month Smiles fee.

La Mesa dentist Dr.Mechev offers the Six Month Smiles option for all residents in La Mesa or near Rolando, Grossmont, Lemon Grove, Lake Murray, Mount Helix and San Diego. Call for a free consultation at 619-337-2424

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