Invisalign Before and After
Invisalign® has become a real game changer when it comes to straightening teeth. With its innovative and revolutionary technology, it has become a significant alternative to traditional metal braces. To help give you an idea on what to expect with Invisalign®, and to see some of our Invisalign® results, we have taken some before and after photos of some of our clients that we’ve treated. From these before and after photos, you will not only see the complexity of each case, but also the pleasing results for each client. If you would like to see if Invisalign® is right for you, schedule your smile consultation with us today.
Client Concern
A personal trainer of @sohfit outdoor fitness. Nile was looking for an alternative solution to traditional braces to straighten his smile before his wedding day. He wanted a smile to match his confident personality.
Treatment
A challenging case with a satisfying result that went quicker than initially anticipated. It was a 12-month Invisalign treatment with a non-extraction approach to resolve severe crowding, creating a big smile that suited his outgoing personality as a fitness instructor. Trust me this smile looked AMAZING on camera and in time for the wedding.
Dentist Diagnosis
Severe upper and lower crowding / Severely narrow jaw / Asymmetry / Imbalances / Moderate wear of teeth.
Client Concern
A professional singer who was looking for a discreet solution to give her a fuller smile. She felt that her front two teeth looked ‘bucky’ and her smile looked ‘narrow’. She was also concerned about how aligners would affect her singing.
Treatment
3 months of Invisalign treatment with minor repositioning of the teeth to reduce anterior dominance and increase broadness of smile. Tweaks were made in the design of the aligners to ensure non-interference with phonetics, allowing her to sing with her aligners in with no issues. A true testament that “Invisalign fits with your lifestyle’.
Dentist Diagnosis
Dominance of anterior teeth creating visual disturbance / Narrow smile smile profile.
Client Concern
Crowding of upper and lower teeth.
Treatment
6 months of Invisalign treatment to place teeth in an improved position. The precisely positioned teeth create a smile that complements and proud – it does not shy away anymore.
Dentist Diagnosis
Mild crowding of upper and lower teeth. Narrow smile. Smile profile.
Client Concern
Crowding of the upper and lower front teeth. Discolored teeth.
Treatment
9 months of Invisalign treatment with a non-extraction approach to improve the deep bite, repositioning of the teeth to improve broadness and symmetry of smile. Philip Zoom in-chair teeth whitening to improve the shades of her teeth.
Dentist Diagnosis
Moderate crowding / Deep bite / Narrow smile.
Client Concern
Rotated upper front teeth. She was looking for a solution to fit in with her busy schedule with domestic and international travel for work.
Treatment
Although relatively quick, the Invisalign treatment took a little longer than we initially thought. 12 months of treatment with a non-extraction approach to fix the deep bite, alleviate crowding and de-rotate teeth into position. All this while maintaining her very busy international work commitments.
Dentist Diagnosis
Deep bite causing increased wear / Moderate upper and lower crowding / Rotations of teeth specifically of the upper lateral incisors / Narrow jaw. Smile profile.
Client Concern
Felt let down by her smile all through her life and was looking for an age-appropriate option to improve her smile.
Treatment
Careful planning to prevent further recession of teeth. 12 months of Invisalign treatment with a non-extraction approach followed by teeth whitening have resulted in a smile that is more youthful. Invisalign is an appropriate treatment option for all ages.
Dentist Diagnosis
Severe lower crowding and mild upper crowding / Narrow smile / Gum recession / Rotations / Wear / Aged smile.
Client Concern
Client was unhappy with her smile and was interested in getting porcelain veneers to fix her overlapping front teeth and crowding of upper and lower front teeth.
Treatment
Invisalign was advised as a more conservative option instead of porcelain veneers to achieve the desired results. 12 months of invisalign with a non-extraction approach. Finished with teeth whitening and selective resin bonding to perfect symmetry.
Dentist Diagnosis
Narrow smile / Moderate upper and lower crowding / Teeth shape discrepancies / Tongue thrust.
Client Concern
A professional A-League soccer player. Luke was looking for an alternative solution to traditional braces to fix the crowding of his teeth. He doesn’t want to have teeth removed and needs a safe solution to suit his lifestyle.
Treatment
A very challenging case with immensely satisfying results. 14 months of Invisalign with a non-extraction approach to resolve the severe crowding. All this while playing professional soccer!
Dentist Diagnosis
Severe upper and lower crowding / Severely narrow arch / Asymmetry / Imbalances.
Client Concern
Client was concerned about her overlapping upper front teeth and crowded lower teeth, making the overall smile look narrow. Also like to improve the shade of her teeth.
Treatment
9 months of Invisalign treatment using a non-extraction approach to correct crowding and broaden the smile. It’s crazy seeing what a difference broadening the smile makes to the overall facial profile.
Dentist Diagnosis
Narrow smile / Moderate amounts of upper and lower teeth crowding.
Client Concern
Bryony was unhappy with the alignment of her teeth, specifically the lower crowding. She watched them gradually get worse, but had put off treatment thinking it could only be achieved with traditional braces and teeth to be removed.
Treatment
Smile design. Invisalign treatment 9 months using a non extraction approach. Upper and lower removable retainers. Lower fixed lingual wire. Teeth whitening.
Dentist Diagnosis
Mild upper crowding. Severe lower crowding. Broad smile but could benefit from further broadening. Teeth shade
Client Concern
Laurianne had always been embarrassed about her smile, but she was too afraid to have any treatment due to poor dental experiences when she was younger. Her secret dental wish was to have straighter teeth.
Treatment
Smile design. Invisalign treatment 12 months. Non extraction. A more balanced smile complementary to facial profile and features. Teeth whitening.
Dentist Diagnosis
Deep bite - with the lower teeth almost fully covered by top teeth - resulting in accelerated wear and reduced lower facial height. Moderate upper crowding Severe lower crowding Narrow smile.
Client Concern
Whilst Denise’s teeth had been letting her down for decades, she had always prioritised the needs of her two children. Now that her children are independent, she decided to do something for herself. Her main concern was the upper and lower crowding of her teeth. She didn’t like the way they looked, and it was also extremely difficult to keep the backs of the lower front teeth clean.
Treatment
The goal of treatment was to realign the teeth and widen the smile to give Denise a pleasing and youthful appearance.; that would be easy for her to maintain. 12 months Invisalign treatment. No teeth removed. Fixed wire behind lower front teeth to prevent relapse. Teeth whitening.
Dentist Diagnosis
Moderate upper teeth crowding. Severe lower teeth crowding. Narrow smile. Increased plaque lower anteriors despite excellent oral hygiene.
Client Concern
Ashleigh was concerned with the gap that was increasing between her bite (her upper and lower teeth). This was starting to interfere with eating and she did not like the appearance of her smile.
Treatment
Smile design Collaboration with an Oral Myologist to address tongue thrust habit. Invisalign treatment 9 months non-extraction. Open bite treated primarily by posterior teeth intrusion - allowing front teeth to come together. Upper and lower fixed and removable retainers nightly. Teeth whitening.
Dentist Diagnosis
Anterior open bite contributed largely by tongue thrust habit. Minor upper and lower crowding. Shade of teeth. Prominence of front teeth with a narrow smile posteriorly.
Client Concern
Andrew was primarily concerned with the chipping and shortening of his lower front teeth. One of these teeth was also very discolored. With the wearing of these teeth, they were starting to get sensitive and wanted options to prevent further wear.
Treatment
12 months of Invisalign treatment using a non-extraction approach to reduce the deep bite and straighten the teeth. Upon completion of Invisalign treatment, selective resin bonding was placed to replace tooth structure lost by wear, to improve shapes and mask the discoloration of a lower anterior tooth. A great case where form, function and aesthetics have all been resolved.
Dentist Diagnosis
Deep bite causing excessive wear of lower incisors. Mild upper crowding and moderate lower crowding. Retroclined profile of upper anterior segment. Accelerated wear of teeth. All the above creates an aged appearance to the smile. Treatment vision was to provide a youthful confident smile that would importantly be healthy in the long term by fixing deep bite to reduce wear on anterior teeth.
Client Concern
Christine was resistant to teeth straightening treatment as a teenager. But as years passed, the crowding (especially lowers) was gradually getting worse and started to bother her. She was keen to have Invisalign treatment as she felt it would make her less self conscious than traditional braces.
Treatment
12 months of invisalign treatment using a non extraction approach. A fixed wire was placed behind the lower front teeth to prevent relapse. Teeth whitening.
Dentist Diagnosis
Mild upper crowding. Severe lower crowding. Narrow smile. Shade of teeth.
Client Concern
Erin is a busy mum and keen home renovator who visited us for Invisalign treatment to correct the alignment of her teeth. Her main concerns were that the front two teeth were ‘bucky’ with the teeth on either side setback. She also wanted her lower teeth straighter.
Treatment
The objective of treatment was to create maximum broadness of the smile while correcting alignment/crowding. Invisalign treatment 9 months with no extractions. Teeth whitening.
Dentist Diagnosis
Moderate upper and lower crowding. Narrow smile. Prominence of upper central incisors in smile.
Client Concern
Gaby had braces as a teenager. However, has noticed gradual movement of teeth resulting in ‘gaps’ between her upper front teeth.
Treatment
Invisalign treatment 4 months to realign the teeth against each other; thereby closing the gaps. Concurrent referral and treatment by Oral Myologist to treat Tongue thrust. Retainers to reduce chances of relapse.
Dentist Diagnosis
Tongue thrust - a habit of pushing the tongue onto your teeth rather than the roof of your mouth when you swallow. This can move teeth outwards and away from each other - creating gaps between teeth. Proclined upper and lower incisors. Diastema ‘gaps” upper anterior teeth.
Client Concern
Lara came to see us specifically for Invisalign treatment to resolve crowding of the upper and lower teeth. She was almost certain that she needed a couple of lower teeth removed to fix the lower crowding.
Treatment
Invisalign treatment 7 months using a non extraction approach and maximum broadening of smile. Teeth whitening. Fixed lower wire. Upper and lower removable retainers.
Dentist Diagnosis
Moderate upper crowding Severe lower crowding. Narrow smile. Increased plaque lower anteriors due to crowding.
Client Concern
The way the upper front teeth look.
Treatment
6 months of Invisalign treatment using a non-extraction technique with the main goal to improve teeth position to create a more harmonious and balanced smile.
Dentist Diagnosis
Mild crowding / Rotations / Asymmetrical / Unbalanced positioning of upper front teeth.
Client Concern
Position of the upper teeth is not straight.
Treatment
4 months of Invisalign treatment using a non-extraction approach to reposition the teeth to recreate a smile that has less visual disturbances and sits on the smile frame a lot better. The teeth also reacted very well to teeth whitening.
Dentist Diagnosis
Deep bite / Mild crowding and rotations / Smile profile.
Client Concern
Client was looking for a solution to improve her overall smile profile, she was unsure of particular needs.
Treatment
A very straight-forward case. 8 months of Invisalign with a non-extraction approach to resolve crowding and creation of a broader fuller smile. Teeth whitening and resin bonding to finish off with a smile that enhanced the facial profile.
Dentist Diagnosis
Moderate upper and lower teeth crowding / Narrow arch / Asymmetry / Imbalances / Does not need porcelain veneers.
Client Concern
Client was concerned about the crowding of her lower teeth – it makes it hard to keep clean. To a lesser extent, the appearance of the smile.
Treatment
6 months of Invisalign treatment with a non-extraction approach to create a smile that is not only easier to keep clean, but also looks more youthful.
Dentist Diagnosis
Moderate crowding of lower teeth and mild crowding of upper teeth / Asymmetry / Gum inflammation of lower gums due to inability to clean due to crowding.
Client Concern
Hailey was one of our Dental Nurses at The Dental Room. After seeing the amazing results achieved for our clients, she decided to jump on the bandwagon to fix the crowding of her lower teeth with Invisalign.
Treatment
6 months of Invisalign treatment with no teeth removal to alleviate crowding and improve teeth positioning to give her a more symmetrical smile that she was very happy with. As the lower teeth are prone to relapse, a fixed wire was placed at the back of these lower teeth.
Dentist Diagnosis
Moderate amount of lower crowding / Mild upper crowding / Minor rotations of upper and lower teeth.
Client Concern
Client was very conscious of the flaring of his front two teeth. Never had them fixed as he didn’t like the idea of traditional metal braces.
Treatment
4 months of Invisalign treatment with a non-extraction approach to reduce the overjet, improve deep bite and fix crowding. Teeth whitening was performed at the end of Invisalign treatment.
Dentist Diagnosis
Upper anterior segment flared resulting in excessive overjet / Deep bite / Moderate crowding of upper and lower teeth.
Client Concern
Client was concerned about her open bite (upper front teeth and lower not meeting), lateral incisors set back and her small teeth.
Treatment
Started with 7 months of Invisalign treatment to close the open bite and correct irregularities in teeth positions. This was followed by crown lengthening (gingivectomy) procedure to improve tooth size and create a pleasingly natural smile profile.
Dentist Diagnosis
Anterior open bite / Proclined incisors / Tooth size ratio / Gummy smile / Smile profile.
Client Concern
Client was concerned about the crowding and overlapping of teeth, specifically the upper teeth. Also unhappy with the overall look of the smile.
Treatment
7 months of Invisalign treatment using a non-extraction approach to improve the straightness while giving her a pleasing smile that suits the facial profile.
Dentist Diagnosis
Narrow smile / Moderate amounts of upper and lower crowding / Bite was normal.
Client Concern
This lovely patient was interested in Invisalign treatment to fix the lower teeth crowding. She was told by another dentist that she would have to have teeth removed to create space but would prefer not to have any teeth extracted.
Treatment
12 months of invisalign treatment using a non extraction approach to resolve upper and lower crowding. The end result is a smile that flows better and is broader. Teeth whitening upon completion of treatment.
Dentist Diagnosis
Mild upper crowding. Severe lower crowding. Narrow smile.