Treatments

Three ways to straighten teeth, two things we make to hold the result, two for growing patients, and two areas we treat alongside another specialist.

Straightening your teeth

Three routes to the same result

Metal or ceramic brackets, fixed to the front of the teeth. Adjusted every 4 to 8 weeks until the bite is right.

The same fixed treatment, bonded to the back of the teeth. Nothing shows from the front.

A series of ClearCorrect trays, changed in order. Taken out to eat, worn at least 22 hours a day.

From a scan of your own mouth

What holds the result once the braces come off. Fitted, checked at follow-ups, and replaced when they wear.

Expanders, bite plates and retainers, printed from a digital scan of your mouth. Made for one case only.

Kids and early teens

Functional appliances, expanders and headgear-type appliances that guide how the jaws grow, used while a child is still growing.

Small appliances that help a child stop thumb or finger sucking, tongue thrusting or mouth breathing before the habit shapes the bite.

Planned alongside another doctor

For bites that need the jaws themselves repositioned. Planned around the operation and co-treated with a maxillofacial surgeon, before and after.

An assessment of the airway during sleep, and appliances that help hold it open. Referral to a sleep specialist where the case needs one.

Dr. Mashaly tells you which treatment fits your case at the consultation, and why.