Moving teeth with clear aligners has occurred for decades.  However, Darwin's theory of evolution has also thankfully applied to clear aligners—enter a new invention called Invisalign.  Invisalign (a specific brand of clear aligners and arguably the most popular and the only one worth using) uses technicians in Central America's Costa Rica to align patients' teeth on the computer and then the dentist or orthodontist simply accepts the recommended treatment with the click of a button and PRESTO!  Laser-made aligners are shipped to the front door.

What the public doesn't know is that to have the distinguished? title of 'Invisalign Certified' bestowed upon a doctor, there is a mere three hour training course that covers two topics:  1) How to get a patient's information to Invisalign and 2) How to market Invisalign to patients.  What's that?  You didn't see anything about the ability to straighten teeth?  Well you're correct.

 

Additionally, once a doctor has sold Invisalign to enough patients within a four month period, Invisalign knights them a 'Premier' (or 'Premier Elite') Invisalign Provider—clearly (no pun intended) rewarding accolades based on 'quantity—not quality'.  In fact, with the help of a dental assistant, a circus monkey could literally (but not legally) treat patients with Invisalign.  Dr. Stevens loves to do Invisalign because it is so easy to do and has hopes that the future involves him getting paid to hand out aligners to patients at a kiosk in the mall while selling cool toys.

However, easy to do does not mean easy to do well (straighten teeth with an ideal result.)  The unfortunate thing about Invisalign is that it is still in its infancy and its limitations on how it can accurately move teeth are numerous.

If you are interested in Invisalign, Dr. Stevens' knowledge of tooth movement and use of traditional braces allows him to let you know if Invisalign is your best option to get your smile as perfect as you hope for.  However, if in your unique situation you desire to accept a compromise of less-than-ideal tooth straightening by Invisalign for the trade-off of not having to wear traditional braces, Dr. Stevens feels you deserve to know what Invisalign's limitations are in order to make a truly informed decision.

If you think Dr. Daron Stevens has an axe to grind with Invisalign—the answer would be 'yes' as he feels the public is being deceptively sold a product as something that it is not.  The truth is that most marketing is guilty of false advertising.  For example, no one bites into a Hot Pocket and says, 'Yumm!  Just like the picture on the box!' do they???  Dr. Stevens feels that his orthodontic profession demands a higher level of honesty, integrity, and responsibility for the consumer (patient) than the sale of frozen foods.  True, there are patients that can obtain an ideal smile using Invisalign like they can with traditional braces; but unfortunately those patients are the minority.

Dr. Stevens has attended advanced Invisalign courses for orthodontist invitation only throughout North America that help him obtain beautiful smiles with Invisalign.  In fact, just for your perseverance in reading this far, if you're still interested in Invisalign treatment, print this page off and show it directly to Dr. Daron Stevens himself at the complimentary initial consultation and you will save $484.84 (four hundred eighty-four dollars and eighty-four cents) off your Full Invisalign treatment (this does not pertain to the less expensive Invisalign Express treatments that are only 10 aligners or less.)  This offer will be extended to the first 21 patients that bring in this printed web page.  Offer must be presented at the initial consultation.  This offer will be deleted off our website once we have extended 21 such discounts—so if you're reading this offer it hasn't expired as of yet.  Only one person to date has taken us up on this offer.  And no, we have not hiked our prices up to compensate for this offer :-).  We're just curious if anyone reads this stuff and if websites are worth having as an orthodontic practice.