Beverly Hills, Los Angeles & Las Vegas Orthodontist Blog

Beverly Hills CA Orthodontist Explains the Importance of Children’s Braces

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A beautiful smile helps fill your child with confidence. Unfortunately, many children endure smiles plagued with misalignment and unsightly gaps between teeth. Others have crowded teeth, overbites, and underbites. Thankfully, these dental issues can be addressed with simple orthodontic treatment. At Aesthetic Orthodontics, we offer our young patients the latest in innovative dental care to help restore their smile to optimal beauty and health. In today’s blog, your Beverly Hills orthodontist, Dr. David Alpan discusses the importance of receiving braces at a young age.

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Los Angeles Orthodontist: Try Our Quiz on Children’s Braces

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As a parent, what brightens your day better than your child’s smile? Unfortunately, many children suffer from dental misalignment, including crooked teeth, gaps between teeth, overbites, and underbites. In order to improve the health and beauty of your little one’s smile, Aesthetic Orthodontics recommends braces. In today’s blog, your Los Angeles orthodontist, Dr. David Alpan, provides a fun and informative quiz to discuss the importance of childhood orthodontics.

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Las Vegas Dentist Answers FAQs About Braces for Children

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Misalignment is a common dental issue that may lead to serious complications later in life. Difficulty eating, crooked teeth, and even tooth loss may occur if misalignment remains uncorrected. At Aesthetic Orthodontics, we can help improve your child’s smile with braces. In today’s blog, your Las Vegas orthodontist, Dr. David Alpan, answers commonly asked questions about childhood orthodontics.

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Beverly Hills CA Orthodontist Provides Inconspicuous Smile Repair

 

 

smileOften, people embarrassed of dental misalignment go to great lengths to obscure their smiles. They may cover their mouths when laughing or simply avoid pictures with friends and families. Over time, misalignment may eventually affect their self-esteem. While traditional braces would correct the issue, many adults feel a mouth full of metal braces could hurt their standing in the professional world. At Aesthetic Orthodontics, we understand the importance of a beautiful smile, which is why we offer a clear and comfortable alternative to braces. In today’s blog, your Beverly Hills orthodontist, Dr. David Alpan, explains the benefits of Invisalign.

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Los Angeles CA Orthodontist Shares Four Benefits of Invisalign

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Can you imagine walking into work with a new set of metal braces on your teeth? Many people would find themselves worrying more about the reaction of their coworkers than the task at hand. Unfortunately, we live in a society that finds it strange when adults choose to straighten their teeth with metal braces. Thankfully, however, there is a solution that can straighten your teeth without lowering your self-confidence: Invisalign. Read below as your Los Angeles CA orthodontist, Dr. David Alpan, shares four benefits of Invisalign.

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Social Media and your Orthodontist

Los Angeles, CA – We recently attended the GAC – Pride institute (Future Proof Orthodontic CE courseYour Practice) seminar. Here we learned from Top Orthodontist Lou Shuman, DMD, CAGS the importance of Future proofing our Orthodontic Practice utilizing social media to communicate with our patients. Social media has opened up the doors for our patient to communicate with us in our Orthodontic Practice says Dr. David Alpan. Before Social media the only means of communication between the office and patient was during monthly visits or over the telephone. Times have sure changed and we are now in the digital age where communication is almost instant!

Dr. David Alpan and staff have embraced the world or social media to help better serve our patients needs and has made communication between staff & patients much easier. You can now find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, instagram and our very own Blog to name a few. We look forward to communicating with you and ask that you Like Us on Facebook follow us on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram!

Children’s Braces from Your Las Vegas Orthodontist

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Did you have your teeth straightened as a child? If not, do you wish that you did? Only a lucky few people are born with naturally straight teeth, so if you are happy that you did get braces or regret not getting them in your younger years, you may want to consider braces for your child. Your Las Vegas orthodontist, Dr. David Alpan, discusses children’s braces and their many benefits below.

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Las Vegas Orthodontist: Your Consultation Is Free

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We at Aesthetic Orthodontics believe everyone deserves a truly beautiful smile. Accordingly, we strive to provide affordable orthodontics so that no one need suffer the embarrassment brought on by crooked teeth. However, in addition to delivering an improvement in appearance, orthodontic treatment can improve oral health and prevent other problems. Read below as your Las Vegas orthodontist, Dr. David Alpan, explains several benefits of orthodontic treatment and discusses your first step toward affordable orthodontics: your free consultation.

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Los Angeles Orthodontist -The Importance of Finding an Invisalign Elite Provider

Los Angeles, CA – Invisalign invisible braces have a 96% client satisfaction rate – and more than 1 million patients have been treated with Invisalign braces in North America, reveals Los Angeles Orthodontist Dr. David Alpan. Invisalign aligners are individually created for each patient. Invisalign employs a series of aligners that will be switched every two weeks by your orthodontist. Over time, your teeth move into place, and eventually they will reveal your new smile.

Invisalign Elite ProviderHowever, Dr. Alpan, a Los Angeles Orthodontist, points out that an experienced Invisalign provider must fit your aligners. When you are treated by an Elite Preferred Provider,  you can be confident because he or she has achieved a high level of training, continuing education, and Invisalign experience.

Align Technology, Inc., the inventors of Invisalign, requires providers to take a certification course before they are allowed to treat patient with Invisalign. Continuing education is very important so that orthodontists are kept up to date with the latest Invisalign has to offer. If you select an Invisalign Elite Preferred Provider, you can be confident that your orthodontist has met all the requirements and is committed to the Invisalign system.

Select orthodontists are recognized as Elite Premier Providers because they have an even higher level of Invisalign experience. Los Angeles orthodontist Dr. Alpan is an Elite Premier Provider – the level of his Invisalign experience is in the top 5%.

Invisalign can be acquired through a series of steps, listed below. “These steps show how crucial it is to be treated by an experienced Invisalign provider,” says Dr. Alpan, an Invisalign Elite provider.

  • At your first appointment, the orthodontist will ensure you are a candidate for the Invisalign system. He or she will also take pictures and impressions of your teeth.
  • Afterward, the impressions are digitized so the provider can show you how the aligners will move your teeth using the Invisalign Clin-Check software. You can see images that will show you step by step what your final smile will look like.
  • Based on the orthodontist’s instructions, Invisalign will customize a set of 10-30 aligners for you to use during your treatment Invisalign.
  • During your visits, the orthodontist will switch your aligners. Although new aligners may cause some initial discomfort, it is minimal and brief, says Dr. Alpan, a Los Angeles orthodontist. “You must wear your aligners all the time – except when you are brushing, eating or drinking.”
  • Over time, you will be able to see your new smile taking shape!

Cost of Braces

This is one of the most common questions. Everyone who has received a free orthodontic consultation at any of our offices always has been able to afford to have Los Angeles, Beverly Hills & Las Vegas orthodontist Dr. Alpan treat them without exception. We make it our mission to offer high quality affordable low cost orthodontic treatment. There are many ways to achieve our goal with low cost braces or with the most cutting edge technology. Cost for braces can vary widely depending on the material used. Metal braces are usually our lowest cost treatment option and lingual or hidden incognito braces are the most expensive. There are treatment options that are best for everyone, we just need to figure out which one is best for you or your child.

The total cost of braces depends upon the complexity of the orthodontic problem, so it varies from person to person. Usually longer treatment costs more and shorter treatment costs less. Since, the material used to make orthodontic appliances varies from plastic to gold, so does the price. With the advent of technology and digital 3D imaging the cost to make custom braces incognito or Invisalign aligners has increased dramatically in comparison to the traditional metal braces. The choices our patients are dealing with are cost of treatment, the time of treatment and the way it looks along the way. When making the decision about the best treatment option considering those three issues can change the price of treatment. Typically the treatment option which is the least noticeable is usually higher cost. The treatment options which are more visible, like metal braces, are the lowest cost option. Please schedule a free initial consultation to discuss all these options.   

Because our modern materials and techniques often require fewer visits, you might be surprised how affordable your orthodontic treatment can be. A healthy, beautiful smile is one of the best investments you can make in your future or in that of your child’s. We offer a variety of payment methods in our effort to help you fit this worthy investment into your budget:

  • In-house, interest-free financing, an appropriate down payment and the remaining balance paid over the period of treatment.
  • In-house, interest free financing with no down payment, but higher monthly payments, paid over the period of treatment.
  • Outside financing that offers a low down payment or even no down payment, with low monthly fees paid throughout the course of treatment.
  • Discounts for paying for treatment in full.
  • We accept all major credit cards for automatic credit card payments.
  • Most major insurance plans. We will complete the necessary paperwork for you.
  • Medi-Cal patients are examined. Medi-Cal decides for whom they will pay.
  • Lay away plans for people who are not ready currently, but would be in 6 months or a year

During your initial free orthodontic consultation, our treatment coordinator will go over all of the financial options available to you. She also will help you customize a payment plan that fits your specific needs. We pride ourselves in catering to all people’s budget. AO offers low cost braces and low cost Invisalign, please complete an appointment request, call and schedule your free consultation.