Comprehensive Care For Your Teeth

Cost depends on what type of treatment is needed and/or selected. The fee is paid on an affordable, interest free installment plan. This would be explained in detail before any treatment is actually started. Insurance will help defray this cost IF you have orthodontic coverage on your dental insurance plan. You will be entitled to a lifetime orthodontic maximum per patient covered by the plan. This lifetime maximum amount will vary with each insurance carrier, but you can find out the amount by contacting your carrier or we can submit a claim for you.

Yes, you can play all sports with braces or Invisalign treatment. With Invisalign, you can wear any store bought mouthguard over the trays. With braces, we will give you a mouthguard, at no cost, that will fit over the brackets that should be worn for certain sports.

Yes, there are certain foods that can detach the bracket from the tooth. After your braces are put on, we will go over the foods that are notorious for breaking brackets off but you control what you eat so you do have to be careful.

Ideally, you should brush after every meal whether you have braces or not. The brackets and wires do trap food which makes cleaning your teeth more imperative. We will give you special tooth brushes and show you how to use them. We will also give you a special tool for flossing with brackets on the teeth.

Severely protuding/poking wires, swelling of the gums or face, external trauma to the teeth, unknown source of bleeding are all emergencies and you should contact our emergency phone at (646) 645-5446. Issues such as broken brackets or elastics, lost retainers or Invisalign trays, and non-painful dislodged wires should be addressed by calling (914) 478-0047 and leaving a message on the machine and we will call you back during office hours.

Absolutely not.

NO! Our oldest patient is 85 years young! Many adult patients pose a challenge with missing teeth, crowns, bridges, periodontal issues and attrition of the teeth. However, orthodontic treatment is still possible, sometimes in conjunction with other dental specialists, to give the best results obtainable. With the creation of Invisalign, more adults than ever are undergoing orthodontic treatment to prevent future problems or correct current ones.

Orthodontists have 2-3 years of training in the field of orthodontics after they have finished four years of dental school. Many general dentists do orthodontics in their practices but have not received this additional training and accreditation. If you needed heart surgery, would you let your family physician perform it or would you use a cardiologist?