Straighten Your Smile with Orthodontics in Highlands Ranch

Whether you’re looking for traditional braces or a more discreet option like Invisalign®, Twiss Dental offers comprehensive orthodontic treatments to help you achieve a straighter, healthier smile. Our Highlands Ranch office provides customized orthodontic care for kids, teens, and adults, ensuring beautiful results that last a lifetime.

Traditional Braces

The familiar metal brackets and wires can correct the most challenging orthodontic issues. Over time, the wires adjusted to slowly move teeth into their correct position for a strong bite and healthy smile. Traditional braces are a good option if you need to fix:

Underbite
Overbite
Misaligned jaw
Open bite
Overcrowded teeth

However, traditional braces aren’t necessarily for everyone. We have other options, too!

Six Month Smiles^®–Straighten Teeth in Less Time

Six Month Smiles can present an ideal solution for patients looking to fix minor alignment issues in their front teeth quickly. They are of similar construction to traditional braces, except the brackets are clear and wires are color-matched to the teeth. They are a discreet and effective way to straighten teeth for patients 16 and older, and they work faster than traditional braces–just six months on average. People love Six Month Smiles because they are:

Clear–much less noticeable than metal braces
Effective–a straighter smile when treatment is done
Fast–wear them for months, not years

Invisalign^®

About 7.5 million smiles are straighter thanks to Invisalign^®–one of the most popular teeth straightening methods today. It works via a series of clear aligners that slowly shift and straighten the teeth. The aligners are made of a thermoplastic material that is virtually invisible as well as being strong and flexible to maximize comfort and durability. Aligners are removed to eat, drink, brush, and floss, making them very convenient.

How Invisalign^® works

The Invisalign process begins with impressions of your teeth so your aligners can be created in a dental lab. Aligners need to be worn for 22 hours each day–and every few weeks, wearers will transition to the next set of aligners in the series. Over a period of months, the aligners gradually shift specific teeth. We recommend patients remove their aligners and rinse them with warm water daily. They can also be carefully brushed with a soft-bristled toothbrush.

Why people love Invisalign^®

Patients report Invisalign^® braces are more comfortable than traditional brackets and wires
The aligners are clear so no one can tell you are straightening your teeth
The removable aligners can be temporarily removed for eating, social events, professional presentations, etc.
You can brush and floss your teeth as usual–just remove the aligners (no tools needed)
No need to fear stains on your teeth from metal braces

Invisalign Teen^®

Invisalign Teen^® is a treatment system tailored to the active lifestyles of teenagers who don’t want their braces to be obvious. They are also a great option for athletes who may need to wear mouthguards during practices and games. Invisalign Teen aligners have an additional feature–a blue dot to monitor duration of wear, an indicator of compliance with the 22-hour-a-day rule.

Dr. Tyler Twiss is a general dentist practicing orthodontic services.