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Metal Braces for Adults, Kids and Teens
Always on, never forgotten, and available with a same-day start when the case allows it.
Chapter 01
The tool that doesn't ask you to remember anything
Braces stay on the whole time, which is exactly their advantage over anything removable. There's no tray to lose, no wear-time to track, and no decision to make every morning about whether to put them back in. For a young child, or for a case that needs more complex tooth movement than a series of trays can manage, that reliability is the entire reason braces are still the right tool.
We treat adults, children and teens on the same wires and brackets, and kids get to pick their own band colors at every adjustment. It's a small thing, but it's usually the part that makes an eight-year-old actually look forward to the appointment.
A set of metal orthodontic brackets and archwire, the kind bonded during a braces appointment
What treatment actually feels like
Adjustments happen roughly every 10 to 12 weeks early in treatment, then close in to every 4 to 6 weeks as things progress and smaller corrections take over. Soreness for three to five days after each adjustment is normal and expected, not a sign anything's wrong.
The real cost of braces is daily habit rather than dollars up front: some foods are off the table for the duration, and flossing around wire takes longer than it used to. Neither is complicated once it's routine, but both are worth knowing before you start rather than discovering in week one.
Chapter 03
When a same-day start makes sense
For a case that's already been reviewed and doesn't need extra imaging or a second opinion, we can run the exam, the digital scan and the bonding appointment back to back, in about two hours. It's not the right call for every case, and Dr. Becker will tell you plainly if yours needs a second visit instead of a shortcut.
There's no published price for braces, unlike aligners, because the range of cases we bond in a day and the range that need staged planning first are genuinely too different to quote from across a phone call. The free consultation is where that number gets built, specific to your bite.
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When the case allows
A same-day start, in three steps.
Exam
Dr. Becker checks the case in person to confirm braces are the right call and that a same-day start actually fits it.
Digital scan
The same 3D scan we use for aligners, so your treatment plan is mapped before anything gets bonded.
Bonding
Brackets and wire go on in the same visit, roughly two hours start to finish.
Find out if a same-day start fits your case
Bring your kid, bring yourself. The consultation is free, and we'll tell you honestly whether today's the day or whether it needs a second look first.