Straighten Your Smile to Perfection
Dr. Roman Shlafer and his team are dedicated to ensuring each patient receives the highest quality of personalized dental care. Here at our Farmington Hills office, we provide a more precise, comfortable teeth aligning treatment with SureSmile® Aligners.
SureSmile is an attractive alternative to traditional metal braces, and particularly for minor tooth movements that enhance your smile. It works by gradually straightening teeth to alignment through a series of clear, removable, and custom-fitted aligners. Explore our guide to learn how SureSmile aligners can help you get the smile you’ve always wanted.
Benefits of SureSmile Aligners
Through the use of their advanced dental technology, SureSmile clear aligners offer numerous advantages that other orthodontic treatments can’t match. Some of these include:
- Supreme Comfort⎼ SureSmile treatment uses state-of-the-art manufacturing to deliver laser cut, polished aligners for optimal tooth movement and comfort.
- Lasting Aligners⎼ SureSmile is engineered using an industry leader in dental plastics, which gives 54 percent more force to hold its shape.
- Virtually Invisible⎼ SureSmile aligners are so incredibly clear that your friends and family won’t even know you’re wearing them.
- Clinical Expertise⎼ SureSmile technology is backed by more than 15 years of digital planning expertise and all cases are analyzed by our Digital Lab specialists.
- Easily Removable⎼ You can take out your SureSmile aligners throughout the day, allowing you to eat, drink or chew gum without restrictions.
- Customized Plan⎼ Using SureSmile software, dental professionals can create a highly customized treatment plan for faster, more effective results.
Often, the best candidates for Inman aligners are patients who previously had some form of orthodontic correction, but now their front teeth are starting to shift again.
The SureSmile Treatment Process
- Your SureSmile Consult⎼ First, you’ll meet with your dental professional for an initial SureSmile consultation. The Primescan™ intraoral scanner is used to take highly accurate 3D impressions of your mouth in seconds. These digital images are uploaded to their SureSmile software and analyzed by their Digital Lab specialists.
- Your Unique Treatment Plan⎼ Your dentist will work with SureSmile’s team of clinal experts in designing your customized treatment plan. They’ll define your treatment goals and assess each tooth for optimal movement. The precision of SureSmile software and Digital Lab’s expertise delivers greater comfort, faster treatment, and better alignment.
- Your Perfect New Smile⎼ Once they’re ready, you’ll return to our dental office to try on your first set of SureSmile aligners. They’re custom-designed with precise and individual tooth movements needed to achieve perfect alignment⎼unique to any other clear aligner brand on the market.
Equilibration for SureSmile Aligners
Dr. Shlafer is one of few dentists in the Farmington Hills area to offer equilibration. Equilibration, also known as dental occlusal adjustment, can offer several benefits in conjunction with orthodontic treatments like SureSmile Aligners, including:
Optimal Bite Alignment
Equilibration helps to achieve an optimal and balanced alignment of the biting surfaces of your teeth. This is particularly important when undergoing orthodontic treatment with SureSmile Aligners, as it ensures that the teeth come together correctly when you bite.
Enhanced Treatment Results
By addressing any irregularities in the way your teeth come together, equilibration can complement the effects of SureSmile Aligners. This can lead to more precise and predictable results in terms of tooth alignment and overall bite improvement.
Reduced Risk of Interference
Equilibration aims to eliminate interference between teeth, preventing potential issues such as premature contact or uneven pressure during biting and chewing. This is crucial for the success of orthodontic treatments like SureSmile Aligners.
Improved Comfort
Achieving an enhanced bite through equilibration can contribute to improved comfort during and after orthodontic treatment. It reduces the likelihood of discomfort or uneven pressure on specific teeth.
Stability of Results
Equilibration can play a role in stabilizing the results of orthodontic treatment. By ensuring that the teeth fit together properly, it reduces the chances of relapse or the need for further adjustments after completing SureSmile Aligner treatment.
Overall Oral Health
A well-aligned bite contributes to better overall oral health. Equilibration can help prevent issues such as excessive wear on specific teeth, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems, and other potential complications associated with an imbalanced bite.
Enhanced Aesthetics
Equilibration can contribute to improved aesthetics by creating a more harmonious and balanced smile. This is often an important aspect of orthodontic treatment, as patients not only seek functional improvements but also desire an attractive and natural-looking smile.
Primescan™ Intraoral Scanner
Our practice has adopted Dentsply Sirona’s Primescan for easier, faster, and more accurate intraoral scanning. From permanent crowns to SureSmile aligners, the Primescan intraoral scanner goes beyond the latest standards in dental scanning technology.
With the Smart Pixel Sensor, Primescan can produce photorealistic and highly accurate data in just a few seconds⎼enabling perfect sharpness and exceptional precision. This innovative intraoral scanner works with CEREC software to provide:
- Support full chairside workflows for single-visit dentistry
- Flexible data export options
- Automatized workflow due to Artificial Intelligence
- Touch-enabled and intuitive user interface
