What's a Six Month Smile?

Being a dental blog, I guess we should talk some dentistry once in a while.

Straight teeth - in about six months. Interested? Read on...

Some of you know I participate in dental forums, on the Internet. Well almost two years ago, the guys on the forum started talking about a short-term orthodontics concept. This means straightening teeth within a relatively short time frame. How short? This way of moving teeth was called, "Six Month Smiles"; meaning patients would only have the treatment for around about six months. Hmmm, let's see what we have here...

I don't think many days go by without a patient wishing their teeth were straighter. It could be one tooth on the lower front; it could be the whole mouth; there's always someone! The solution was simple - for me at least - direct patient to our local friendly specialist orthodontist.

Not so simple for our patients.

What if, this person with crooked teeth was the fourth child in the family who needed braces. At around $6500 per child, we're up to $26,000!!!

What if, this person with only ONE TOOTH being twisted, was told by the specialist that TWO YEARS in braces was needed to correct it.

What if, this person was looking into the amazing Invisalign system for straightening teeth, only to be shocked at the $9000 price tag.

These people would all come back to me with no treatment, no satisfaction. No smile.

There had to be a way.

So I travel all the way to San Francisco for two days for intensive training in the Six Month Smiles system. Later, I travel all the way to Rochester, New York for further training - I guess I'm a slow learner!

From March 2010, DJ Lee - Dentist is doing this. WHAT IS SIX MONTH SMILES?

• Clear braces; white wire
• Time - approximately six months
• Cost (as @ July 2011) - $4000
• Result - straight teeth; new smile.

We are not here to move the Earth. We just wanna move your teeth to nice new smile!

Here's my wife, Kathleen, with the braces on:

Think you can handle that look?

The photo was taken @ Christmas 2010. The braces came off in April 2011. Total treatment time in braces - 6 months.

And we are done.

For more photos before and after the Six Month Smile braces, check out our smile gallery on our website:
http://www.myhillsdentist.com/smile_gallery_baulkham_hills_nsw.html

And check out our special offer on straightening your teeth:
http://www.myhillsdentist.com/dental_offers_baulkham_hills_nsw.html

For more information on the Six Month Smile system, check out the website:
http://www.6monthsmiles.com/
DJ Lee - Dentist is listed as one of the officially certified providers of the system.

Thanks for reading, catch you next week!